Farm Ducks
The ducks one usually sees on farms in N.S.W. are not a creditable lot. They are, too often, mere mongrels with no definite commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Farming & the land, 1924
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Country Shows Products of Husbandry the Farmers' Pride Albion Park
The Albion Park show last week was largely attended, and despite the droughty season the exhibits were well up to the standard of those previous shows, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Champion Herds South Coast Contest Apathetic Farmers
A considerable time has elapsed since the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales ratified the conditions of the contest for the dairy herd…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairying and Pig-rearing Industries Breeding Tests Increasing Production Valuable Experiment
The 630,000 dairy cows in California produce annually about 100,000,000-lb of butter-fat, or a little leas than 160-lb, a cow. The latest figures available…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Help for Farmers Rural Industries Board Branch Office at Dubbo
Mr. B.P. Campbell, an official o the Rural Industries Board, has arrived in Dubbo (N.S.W.) and established a central office in the preci[?]cts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Immigration Policy an Appeal to Farmers Sharp Criticism
At the monthly meeting of the council of the New Settlers' League in Sydney last week, Sir Arthur Rickard directed attention to what he termed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Tobacco Crop. Attacked by Blue Mould
An Albury correspondent states that grave anxiety has been caused among tobacco growers on the Upper Murray by the recent cold snap. Blue mould…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crops Burnt. Owner Charged With Arson
The coroner at Forbes (N.S.W.) was engaged last week in an inquiry into a fire which destroyed 160-acres of crop at Coma on 23rd December. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Tractors Heavy or Light Machine Cooling Systems
The "Farmer and Settler" has arranged for the publications of a series of articles by Mr. E. T. Brown, on the practical management of the farm tractor. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The "Diamond Light." Handy for Household or Farm Use
For years past inventors have been striving to produce moderately priced, roliable lamps for country users who cannot have the benefit of electricity or gas. Many such…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Orchard and Garden Seed Growing Tasmanian Seed Farms a Climate That Suits (Continued from the Last Issue.)
The great war, upsetting as it did the supplies from other parts of the world, added a fresh incentive to seed growing in Australia, and assisted…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Season Reports Crop Prospects and Conditions
One of the local [?] harvests [?]ver [?] in the [?]gan district is nearing a close. Owing to the [?] of rain, [?] time has been [?] in gathering the grain, but…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Sugar Crops. Prospects for the Season
The president of the Australian Sugar-Producers' Association (Senator Crawford), in a review of the prospects for next season, said last week that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soldier Farmer Robbed in Sydney
Perry Arthur Harris a soldier farmer on the irrigation area at Griffiths, while on a visit to Sydney, where he stayed at the People's Palace, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastures and Crops Stock Inspectors' Reports
The Stock Inspectors' reports for last month emphasise the need for more rain. The rain received towards the end of the month aid much to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →North Coast Farmers Rain Relieves Strain. Premier's Comment
The Premier stated on Tuesday that he had received from the executive of the Primary Producers' Union a letter, convoying the resolution, "That…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bangaroo Clydesdales Transfer to Experiment Farms
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. F. A. Chaffey, M.L.A., has decided to transfer the Clydesdale stock at North Kangaroo Stud Farm to a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Produce Markets Sussex Street & Alexandria the Week's Sales Day by Day
Sussex-st. has been moderately active daring the week. Butter and cheese sold readily at late rates following on Monday's reduction. Towards…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Produce. Dairy
Steadier conditions prevailed in the dairy produce section of the Sussex-street wholesale markets yesterday, but the usual demand for week-end supplies was the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Land "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution, but the land will care for him who cares for it." ADDRESS: 7 O'connell Street, Sydney. Telephones: B2534. Works: 880 Redfern. Telegrams: "The Land." Sydney. Friday, January 18, 1924. Wheat-compensation Claim Justified by Official Figures
MANY people in the city, and in all probability not a few in the country, had their minds confused, or obscured, by the masses of figures and the conflicting statements placed before them regarding the merits of the claim of the farmers for compensation in connection with the disastrous…
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