The Farm Garden the Best Roses National Rose Society's Choice
For the guidance of amateur growers the National Rose Society has compiled a list of the best roses, either for the home garden or the show tray."…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farming & the land, 1930
12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250
Dairy Produce
The following prices ruled for dairy produce in Sussex Street yesterday, as ascertained by the State Marketing Bureau:—Butter: Choice 189/2, first quality 184/6,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brisbane Farm Produce
Brisbane, Thursday. The following prices were realised at this morning's sales: Lucerne hay from £6 to £6/15/ per ton; lucerne chaff, £7 to £8/18/4; oaten chaff, Wagga £9 to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm and Country Mirror News Items from "Land" Readers
Barry ("Theseus of Sky." 7/1/'30[?]): Barry is situated nine miles south-east of Blayney, which is on the Western Line, and is 179 miles from Sydney. The Barry district,is well suited…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sweet Clover Increased Productiveness of Farms
If all farmers substituted a crop of sweet clover in the place of bare summer fallow, they would increase the productive capacity of their farms…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Pigs for Profit. (By Our Pig Expert.) Green Crops and Grains Take Advantage of Them for Growing and Fattening Pigs
LACK of food of the right character is often advanced by farmers as a reason for the non-breeding of pigs. The trouble chiefly is that farmers will…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farm Poultry Hints
The interior of an up-to-date poultry house should contain nothing excepting the roosts. These should not be more than one foot, or at the most…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Irrigation Crops
"Delta," Wilcannia, asks if it is possible to secure land in an irrigation area to grow vine fruits. Answer: Land is obtainable on both…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Necessitous Farmers Itinerary of Investigating Officers
To enable necessitous farmers to explain their cases personally, arrangements have been made for representatives of the Rurial Industries Branch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Training Farmers Work of Rural Schools Education Increases Production
The belief that in the extended teaching of agricultural subjects in country schools lay the way to an increased volume of primary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mallee Convention Dry Farming Education
On Tuesday, February 4, at Merrlwagga, in the Hillston district, a convention will be held for the purpose of enabling dry farmers, and particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Defence Union for Farmers To Protect Them From Rapacious Creditors
"Steel" comes again to the attack:—In reply to the letter of Mr. Twigg, of Cowra also in reply to the article published by your goodselves, I should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmers Are the Editors
"The Land," as the official organ of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and the authoritative voice of the Man on the Land, desires to give the rural view on all public questions affecting primary production and the primary producer. Every reader is a co-editor, entitled to express his opinions in these columns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dignity of Farming
Farming, these times, is a profession—a profession of knowledge of soil and seasonal conditions, and of the science of farm economics. Most of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A System of Agriculture Balanced Between Crop Production and Fodder Conservation
"A sure and regular crop must be produced each year, and wheat appears to size up to the specification. A secondary crop must be grown in rotation with wheat. Up to date, oats have boon most successful in that rotation. This system also gives a supply of autumn and winter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Riverina Crop
The crop of Yandilla King wheat that gained the Albury and Border P., A., and H. Society's award in this season's crop competition for Mr. C. W. Moll, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sidelines on the Farm Estimates of Returns
Mr. L. Martin, of Maltec, Eyre Peninsula, gives interesting figures concerning returns from his farm sidelines in that South Australian wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fruit Crop Prospects
From a report issued in November by the Tasmanian Department of Agriculture, prospects for the coming season's apple crop are that it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. Ashburnham District Council Vigorous Attitude on Important Public Questions
The meeting, at Peak Hill, Of Ashburnham District Council, F.S.A. was attended by delegates from North, South, East and West of the electorate,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South African Farmers To Visit Australia
A conference of South Africa's farmers—11 men and seven women—who will visit Australia, sailed by s.s. Runic. Chairman Allan, who conducts a…
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