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  2. FRUIT CASES ACT

    THE Queensland Under Secretary for Agriculture drawn attention to the regulations under the Fruit Cases Act, 1912, which come into force on the 1st June. ...

    Article : 501 words
  3. BARREN TREES

    The Governing rule in the plant world was first clearly pointed out by the great naturalist. Darwin, substantially in these words: "Nature abhors self-fertilisation." ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  4. GROW POTATOES

    A very opportune reminder has been given by Mr. A. J. Pinn., the N.S.W. Government potato expert, that potatoes should be a profitable crop on the coast ...

    Article : 825 words
  5. POTASH FAMINE

    Of vital interest to the farmer and the orchardist is the supply of fertilisers. and never of more interest than this year. Almost the whole of the world's potash ...

    Article : 396 words
  6. VEGETABLE GARDEN

    At a recent gathering of South Australian farmers, Mr. Sanders read a paper upon vegetable growing. He advised those that contemplated growing ...

    Article : 496 words
  7. WHEAT GROWING

    Commenting upon a recent letter of Mr. E. S. Twigg concerning the relative merits of the binder and the harvester, Mr. L. M. McLeod writes:—During the ...

    Article : 665 words
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    Advertising : 106 words
  9. Carbon Bisulphide

    The chief use of carbon bisulphide in agriculture is for the destruction of weevil, which is so often found in stored maize and rice. In order to encourage the use ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  10. A SMALL PUMPING PLANT.

    The "Farmer and Settler" often receives questions concerning the effectiveness of small plants for irrigating garden and other plots, and it is useful to ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. SUPPLIES OF POTASH.

    It hat been suggested that the supplies of potash, cut on by the war, may be augmented in Australia by miming the residue of prickly pear after treatment by ...

    Article : 377 words
  12. THE GARDEN GEHENNA.

    With the advent of May such tender plants as the tomato begin to show signs of decay. As soon at they have served their purpose, and even before they ...

    Article : 194 words
  13. NORTHERN TERRITORY ORANGES.

    A sample box of oranges grown at the MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia, has been received by the Department of External Affairs, Melbourne. They were ...

    Article : 100 words
  14. WATERING THE ORCHARD.

    In preparing a private irrigation scheme for an orchard, the quantity of water available, the height to which it must be pumped, and the required flow, should ...

    Article : 211 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND'S WHEAT POSITION.

    Speaking at a show function in New Zealand, the Prime Minister. Mr. Massey, said he had keen urged to commandeer all the available wheat, or fix a maximum ...

    Article : 184 words
  16. PREPARE FOR PLANTING.

    As the month of June is a favorable one for planting out deciduous trees, the next few Weeks should be devoted to the final preparation, of the land and the ...

    Article : 115 words
  17. RARE SALAD PLANTS.

    A writer in the Australasian asks why endive is not more generally grown. Another salad plant worth cultivating is Brussels chicory. ...

    Article : 288 words
  18. POTASH FROM WOOL WASHING.

    A Bradford correspondent of the "Victorian Journal of Agriculture" revived a suggestion, that wool-washing establishments in Australia should put down ...

    Article : 306 words
  19. AGRICULTURAL LECTURES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  20. STATE WHEAT FARMING.

    Progress is reported by the New South Wales Government in regard to the area to be sown to wheat at Woodlands, Tullamore At present there ore seven oil ...

    Article : 185 words
  21. HAY IRRIGATION AREA.

    The irrigation settlers at Hay apparently Anticipate that high prices for fodder will continue during next season. The manager of the Hay settlement reports that ...

    Article : 204 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 506 words
  24. SEASON REPORTS.

    The afra under wheat in Trangle district promises to be larger than ever before. All the usual wheat-growers are well above ground. On the ...

    Article : 560 words
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    Advertising : 53 words
  26. BACTERIAL FERTILISERS.

    In a paper rend before the Society of Arts of London by Prof. W. B. Bottomly, a new type of fertiliser was described. After giving an account of various ...

    Article : 179 words
  27. THE MANURE HEAP.

    The most valuable part of the manure heap is the rich, dark liquid that drains off it. We cannot too definitely recognise that every pint of drainage represents a ...

    Article : 72 words
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