Busy on the Farm
MARY WARD (Goonellabah.)—The farms around here are looking beautiful utter the rain. Instead of the burn-up paddocks there are nice green ones. The rain was the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Farming & the land, 1930
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Cape Weed a Detriment to Pastures in the Dairying Districts
Cape weed (Cryptostemma calendulaceum) is a spreading herb with a rosette of leaves deeply "cut" and hoary on the underside. Tho flowers are yellow and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judging Junior Farmers' Calves
Members of the Cloyna-Meriwond (Q.) Calf Club waiting for their calves to be judged by the District Dairy Inspector, Mr. LADEWIG, of Murgon…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Glen Innes Experiment Farm
The manager, Mr. G. Sparkes, with Mr. E. J. Rafforty, in the Apple Orchard…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Cry for Reform. To the Editor "Farmer and Settler"
In the latter part of last year a Citizens Reform League was started at Ardlethan; resolutions on reform lines were passed; they were then sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Inland Sea. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
The beneficial rains that have fallon over the western districts of New South Wales recently have forced attention upon the importance of the primary industries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Junior Farmers' Page Juniors' Letters to Benby
BENDY wants his young friends to write and tell him about themselves—about their ambition, hopes, work, and play-whether on the farm, at school, or in holiday hours in the paddock, on the river, or at the seaside. Benby will publish any letters that he considers are worth printing and will pay the writer of any letter that may be printed on the Junior Farmers Page. Don't hesitate; write whenever you have anything to say, and you will Rive Benby pleasure…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Price of Fertiliser. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler"
In your issue of 18th I notice the Australian Fertilizer Companies claim to be acquitted of charging unreasonable prices for super. The comparison with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Breaking of the Drought. To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
The sweetest music heard in the western district, for the past two years, was he steady rain falling continuously on he roofs. Everyone seemed to have given…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motherhood: Where Our Education System is Defective What Is Happiness? The Breaking of the Drought ill the Western Districts Letters From Women Motherhood Training. To the Editor "Farmer and Settler"
When I see a girl starting her first baby off in life in a way to make trouble for herself and it. I wish it could be a compulsory for every woman to be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →What Is Happiness? To the Editor "Farmer and Settler."
In a recent issue of the "Farmer and Settler," I noticed that in a ballot competition held among the universities of England and Wales, a sound constitution…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Better Farming Empire Farmers' Brief Visit to Australia and New Zealand
Extensive, if hurried tours of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales have been undertaken during the past few days by the party of South African…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TUBERCULOSIS Is it Prevalent in Dairy Herds in the Country?
At a meeting of the executive of the Local Government Association in Sydney last week, Alderman Keant, of Parkes, said that milk from tubercular cows was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost of Super Tariff Board's Report Awaited by N.S.W. Farmers
FArmers are concerned about the delay in the publication of the report of the Tariff Board on superphosphate, seven months having elapsed since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Prospects Marked Improvement as a Result of the Rain
WITH a few exceptions, dairying prospects throughout New South Wales are decidedly encouraging, recent rains having produced an abundance of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →What's new in Dairying
"AUSTRALIAN dairymen are spoonfed. They rely on providence, and expect too much from the Government," That from a man prominently…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cereal Crops Prospects are Bright in the Northwest
The agricultural Instructors in the different parts of New South Wales report that conditions for the preparation for the coming crops are favorable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soil Erosion Farmer's Novel Scheme at Nemingha
The erosion by the Cockburn River of rich lucerne flats at Nemingha (N. S. W.) has successfully been prevented by Mr. J. Voyzey, of Evergreen Farm. He packed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Successful Junior Farmer
VIOLET ELLIS (Walla Walla).—I am a member of the Walkyrie Junior Farmers' Club which was formed last June. The project I have taken up is duck raising. Last September…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Improving the Dairy Herd
LAN HORE (Leitchville, Vic.)—I am twelve years old and I must tell you about our dairy farm. We have been milking Shortborn cows for years but last years had went…
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