Cutworms Damage Crops Poisoned Bran Bait Control
CONSIDERABLE damage is being caused by the common cutworm, and pea, potato, tomato, maize and other crops…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Farming & the land, 1937
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Mighty Sweep of Drifting Soil Acroos Continent Farmers Arouses on Vital Issue Call Is for Nation to Check Erosion
MR. E. S. CLAYTON'S statement of the serious position facing Australia because of the continuance of soil erosion and the need for immediate State-wide action to prevent further soil losses has already…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storing Grain on the Farm Fumigation to Check Insect Pests
PROPER methods of Storage reduce considerably the possibility of loss from infestation by insect pests when grain is held…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Referendum Issue Will Show Farmers Their Real Friends
"I WONDER what some of the opponents of the present proposal would say if it were suddenly discovered that the Commonwealth had no power to impose Customs duties, and whether they would adopt the came attitude towards any referendum designed to restore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY Some Common Eye Troubles in Farm Animals by Our Veterinarian
APART from ophthalmia (Pink Eye), which is, of course, well known, there are many other diseased…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Harvesting a Heavy Crop
An International tractor hauling an 8ft. McKay header in a heavy crop of Dundee wheat on Air. Gordon Duncan's property, "Everleigh," Daysdale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Housing for Farm Stock Choice of Site and Aspect Important
A VERY considerable proportion of disease and mortality can be more or less directly traced to errors in constructing…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Share-farming Agreements
"B.W.": Half-dozen agreement forms forwarded, as reqested…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Director Finds Farmers Keenly Interested In Big Competition
THE Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald), who has recently returned from a visit to certain country…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Farmer's Gift for Research
MRS. KATHARINE GIBSON, who owns 2,000 acres of grazing and farming property in the vicinity of Dookie Agricultural College (Vic.),…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm Gambling Does Not Pay
MR. T. H. BATH, a trustee of the Western Australian Wheat Pool, in emphasising that stabilised marketing was essential to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dairymen Becoming More Fodder Conscious Lesson of Dry Spell Sinks In Coastal Interest
DISTRICT agricultural instructors report much greater interest on the part of farmers in fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Animals Competition
Eatrtes are mvited for a rann Animals Competition (excluding cats), in aid of the Cot Fund. As many entries as liked may be submitted but…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Production and Consumption of Dairy Products are Both Rising
BOTH the production and consumption of milk products have been rising in recent years, according to a report issued by the Imperial…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Produce. Dairy
High prices for bacon cuts and eggs have not as yet appreciably deterred retailers. The egg trade is fairly brisk. Supplies are falling off in all lines. In some quarters the bacon…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rural Problems. Farmers and Settlers Association Executive Decisions
The referendum, the New South Wales Government's closer settlement scheme, soil erosion, and a number of other important questions affecting the primary industries,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmers Militant. Denounce Government; Resist Evictions
RANKINS SPRINGS; N.S.W., Feb. 2.—“Committees of action” are being set up by South-West settlers to prevent further dispossessions of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney's Breakfasts Getting Dearer Dairy Supplies Rationed by City Agents
SYDNEY'S breakfast is getting dearer and dearer. It may be lighter, too. Bacons and hams are so scarce that agents have had to ration supplies to retailers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Garden More Shade-Loving Subjects. Stone Paving. Crop Rotation For Vegetables
Everyone becomes troubled sooner or later regarding the handling of portions of the garden which arc of too shady a nature to grow the rank and file of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Holds Police at Bay Arrest Drama on Lonely Farm Wellington (N.z.)
THE dramatic arrest of William Joseph Fox, farm manager for the Crown Lands Department, on a farm in the…
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