It is estimated that on a 220-acre crop on Vale Head, near Molong, the rain will make a difference in the yield of two bags to the acre. ...
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Advertising : 659 wordsIn acknowledging an address and cheque sent to him by the Cowra district farmers. Mr. G. L. Sutton, formerly wheat expert at Cowra ...
Article : 653 wordsAbout two years ago a hemp plantation was started within the environs of Byron Bay, and a considerable amount of money was expended in planting ...
Article : 70 wordsInspector Reynolds says that the experimental areas on Messrs. Reymond and Sons' farm at Forbes, N.S.W., have the best crops he has seen ...
Article : 71 wordsThe crushing season in the Mackay district, of Queensland, will be shorter than last year. The whole of the mills except North Eton, are expected to ...
Article : 84 wordsOnions require a deep, mellow soil for best results. They should therefore be frequently cultivated, to give opportunity for the [?]ulblets to enlarge ...
Article : 49 wordsAn excellent object-lesson on the benefits of following is afforded on the farm of Mr. John Wright, at Dulla Dulla. Rawsonville, near Dubbo, New ...
Article : 99 wordsIn a letter to Uncle Wiseman, Mr. A V. Baldon speaks highly of the crop tha Messrs. Hoey Bros., of wallendbeen, are getting this year. He ...
Article : 79 wordsAs a general rule it is not advisable to remove the leaves of Brussels sprouts, but as soon as some of the heads become an inch or so in diameter ...
Article : 85 words1.—Nitrogen (or "ammonia") encourages strong leaf, vine and bush growth. 2.—Potash makes firm tuber, bulb ...
Article : 167 wordsThe N.S.W. Department of Agriculture has just issued a farmers' bulle-tin on "Harvesting," which contains a great deal of seasonably useful ...
Article : 108 wordsAt last meeting of Temora District Council F.S.A. a letter was received from the Chief Railway Commissioner intimating that he could not see his ...
Article : 124 wordsBanana culture is said to be one of the most profitable of all agricultural activities. Humbolt, the scientist calculated that an acre of ground ...
Article : 59 wordsIn some parts of the United States, where irrigation water and suitable land are available, enormous quantities of celery are grown and distributed by ...
Article : 204 wordsThe second application of arsenate of lead should soon be given for codlin moth. A lookout should be kept for woolly aphis on the apple-trees, and ...
Article : 63 wordsExperiments carried out by the West of Scotland Agricultural College show that, when properly prepared, freshly slaked lime can be easily distributed by ...
Article : 157 wordsAdvice has been received by the N.S.W. J. Government fruit Expert, Mr. W. J. Allen, of a shipment of 500 cases of oranges for export to ...
Article : 88 wordsMany farmers are possessed of the idea that the suckers, or earless stalks, which grow from a cob-bearing stalk of maize, are a hindrance to the best ...
Article : 103 wordsThere is every indication that the crop of apples and pears in New South Wales is going to be very heavy this season, and growers would be doing ...
Article : 64 wordsAt the approach of the spring, in accordance with the edicts of nature, been awaken from their winter state of semi-hibernation and recommence the ...
Article : 1,054 wordsThe N.S.W. Department of Agriculture is arranging for the viticultural expert, Mr. M. Blunno to give a demonstration in vine-budding on ...
Article : 176 wordsIn connection with the huge new fruit market, which is to be opened in Sydney in about three weeks, the City Council is putting up what will be one ...
Article : 168 wordsThe question of marketing wheat was brought up by the secretary at a meeting of the Temora District Council F.S.A. In Victoria, he said, ...
Article : 181 wordsThe results of the fodder crops experiments at Unanderra, N.S.W., have been made up. The crops were sown on April 29, and tested on October 31. ...
Article : 245 wordsMr. William Cammack, Ballandean Siding, Queensland, writes:—"Having noticed in your columns various articles and comments on the fruit ...
Article : 925 wordsLatest reports from the country indicate that, with the exception of south-western Riverina, all the wheat areas in New South Wales have ...
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The Farmer and Settler (Sydney, NSW : 1906 - 1955), Tue 7 Nov 1911, Page 7
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