Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

9,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Dairying Herd Contracts

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

What a revolution there would be in our methods If all the good were placed in one herd and all the unprofitable cows could be…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Dairying. Denman Dairy Co

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

The Denman Dairy Co., Ltd., for December manufactured 63,994lb. choicest butter and ll,507lb. second grade. This quantity, compared with…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Muswellbrook Dairy Co

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

The Muswellbrook Dairy Company during December manufactured and paid for 58,154lb. of butter, 57,043lb. being choicest and 1,111lb. second…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Taralga Dairy Co

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 13

The Taralga Dairy Co. for December manufactured 41,464lb. of butter, of which 38,558lb. was graded choicest and 2724lb. first grade…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Experimental Farms Cure Claimed for Bunchy Top

The Land · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 10

It would appear from the reply received by the Farmers and Settlers' Association in response to a request by the last conference that…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Better Returns From Dairying Greater Profit Hy Feeding to Extend Lactation Period

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

It can readily be admitted that in the dairying industry there has been a truly wonderful improvement in New South Wales during the past ten…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Tasmanian Produce a Pessimistic Report Potato Crops Fail

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

A gloomy picture of the season's crop prospects in Tasmania is painted in the monthly report of the agricultural superintendent in that…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

"Better Farming" the Domestic Side Better Homes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

Congratulation on the work of the Victorian' Better Farming Train in educating people in country districts, whore there are no other opportunities…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Insurance Against Drought Conservation of Fodder on the Farm Rural Bank and Royal Show Society's Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

The conservation of fodder in recognised as of national importance, but unfortunately, so far, attempts to extend the practice among farmers…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Rice Growing the Crop at Yanco Water Grass Pest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 14

This season's rice sowing on the Yanco section of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation area (N.S.W.) amounts to about 2000-acres. The crops (says…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Dairy Factory Reports Bega

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 10

During December the Bega Co-operatives Cronmery Co., Ltd. manufactured 31-tons of butte, for which strippllers were paid £10,074. The production for December 1924, was…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Barley Growing a Neglected Crop Heavy Imports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

Although then has been a consistently good market, and conditional in certain parts of New South Wales, particularly the Riverina, are suitable…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Crop and Pastures Lucerne a Valuable Fodder Grazing the Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

Stock-owners in dry districts know the value of lucerne as a grazing crop. Being very drought-resistant, it often provides acceptable green feed when…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Debt Farm Competition. Murrumburrah Result

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

In a report in those columna last week upon the farm competitions conducted by the Murrumburrah (N.S.W.) Agricultural Association,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Power on the Farm. Tractors and Motors Popular

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

The use of motor-lorries and tractors has become very popular in farming operations in the rivering lately, and in many districts practically the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Farmer's Sacrifice

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

Vain Effort to Save Drowning Man. While bathing in the R[?]inahunga River, near To while (N.Z.), last week a farmer named Stanley…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Matters of Moment Mixed Farming in Australia the Opportunities for Agriculture in Our Great Continent Described to Three Millions of Listeners-in by Means of an Address That Was Broadcast by Wireless From London

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 9

It is estimated that upwards of three million persons "listened-in" to an address on "Mixed Farming in Australia," that was broadcast by…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Tropical Crops Empire Research Trinidad's College London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

THE REPORT for 1923-1923 of the Principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture at st. Augastive, Trindade, shows that…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Curlwaa Fruit Crops

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

Exceptionally favorable weather for fruit production prevailed during the closing three months of last year in the Cut[?] irrigation area. There…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

British Farmers. Outside Competition. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

At the annual general meeting of the National Farmers' Union in London the milk and dairy produce committee reported that a determined effort should be made to secure…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →