Bushcraft and Farm Handicrafts Plaster on Piso Giving the Walls a Smooth Finish. Plastering Methods
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1
It is not every land-holder in the treeless areas of Australia that realises that wherever there is soil there is building material. If properly made, a mud house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Farm Bench Vice Constructional Directions in Detail. a Time and Money Saver
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1
The "Victorian Journal of Agriculture" pays special attention to farmers. needs in the way of tools and appliances in a recent issue is a description of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Serviceable Concrete-Mixing Outfit Suitable for All Farm Purposes, and Operated Readily by the Average Farmer. a Mixer That Can Be Made by Anyone
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1
An immense amount of concrete is made on the farms of the United States annually, and an immense amount of concrete work ought to be done on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Information and Help Department Farm Water Supply a Fast Water Paint Iron Pipes that Leak Now to Keep Roots Out of a Well
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2
Tara (Q.) is sinking a hole for an underground tank, and has found the toots of a tree, growing some 40-ft. away, in the excavation at a depth of about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wire-Straightener Devised by a Farmer for Farm Use. Made of Cotton Reels
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1
"Popular Mechanics" illustrates an effective wire-straightener that any farmer could make as per the illustration. The original is made by bolling several reels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wonderful Kerosene Illuminant, Insecticide and Resolvent. Its Use on the Farm
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1
Kerosene is a wonderful oil, and no one has ever set forth in one article a tithe of its uses in the home and about the farms. The following brief summary may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Field, Orchard and Garden Crops. Tup Vine-grower The Black Spot Infection Victorian Expert's Report on Mildura
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3
A very helpful report concerning black spot of the vine, as developed recently at Mildura, has been made by the Victorian Government Viticulturist (Mr.F.de…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Produce. Dairy. Eggs Lower
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 8
Business opened very quietly in Sussexstreet yesterday morning, after the holidays, and only a moderate demand was forthcoming for dairy produce lines. Supplies of eggs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Meat Famine Farmer's Patriotism Strike Against Fixed Price LONDON, Wednesday Night
The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 1
A meat famine is expected at the week-end owing to the farmers refusing to send cattle to market because of the new order regulating the price of cattle on the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Control of Dairy Industry
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3
Mr. G. W. Gordon writes: "The Primary Producers Union in opposing the creation of a Federal Dairy Department and agreeing to sole Federal control is only another instance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 10
Also in The Land
Heavy supply. Quality good. Last day's rise more than lost. Ninety-one consignments, representing a supply of 2039 cattle, were listed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheep
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 10
Light supply. Quality fair. Market generally dearer. J. J. Leahy, Grong Grong; J. Keys, Narrabri; Martin Bros., Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Helping the Sheep Farmer
The Land · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 15
Small sheep farmers of Queensland are appreciating the scheme whereby the Department of Agriculture handles their wool and puts it on the market under more favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Zealand Wheat Crop
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 13
Regulations have been gazetted in New Zealand prohibiting private dealings in wheat, except in cases of growers, who may sell up to 100…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Infested Sheep
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5
BATHURST.—The Chief Inspector of Stock has written to the local P.P. Board, emphasising the importance of the latest provision against the spread of sheep louse and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Wheat Crops Destroyed
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4
Possibly the biggest bush fire in the history of the district swept hundreds of thousands of acres of grass and timber country in the Gunbar-Green Hills…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cattle Tick
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 16
A meeting of the stock owners of the Tweed was held to receive the report of the recent deputation to the Minister. It was contended that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Sheep and Wool Grower Travelling Stock Permits a Stock Agent's Complaint
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 8
Mr. M. G. Cater, stock and station agent, of Wellington, sends us a copy and a letter which he has written to the Pastures Protection Boards'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Fly Parasite
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 16
At the last meeting of the Warialda P.P. Board the Department of Agriculture wrote asking for the names of stockowners who would be prepared to…
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