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  2. THE QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURIST.

    The sugar factory closed this season's Crushing on Saturday, and the returns made available by the management show a falling off. About 20,000 tons of cane ...

    Article : 170 words
  3. BONE MANURE.

    Bones are preferable to other more active phosphate manures in cases where a gentle but continuous supply of phosphoric acid and ...

    Article : 113 words
  4. PUNT FOOD IS THE FARMER'S BANK.

    Professor Roberts, an eminent American authority on agriculture, has expressed himself as follows:— "The vast store of plant food is the ...

    Article : 138 words
  5. WHEAT BREEDING.

    Wheat improvement may be done in two ways (says tho West Australian "Journal of Agriculture"), the first and most generally followed ...

    Article : 345 words
  6. THE STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA.

    Unfortunately, the strawberry industry in California is almost wholly in the hands of the Japanese (says Mr. Edwin Pitt, in his report to the South ...

    Article : 155 words
  7. LUCERNE FROM CUTTINGS.

    Mr. Horace Stevens, of Ascotvale (says a correspondent of the "Australasian"), has carried out some experiments in connection with the propagation of lucerne ...

    Article : 331 words
  8. THE MANURE SPREADER.

    After several years' experience with a manure spreader, I have this to say in its favour (writes a farmer in an exchange). It saves a great deal of labour. ...

    Article : 165 words
  9. CLIFTON BUTTER FACTORY OPENED

    The Clifton Butter Factory was opened to-day for cream supplies, and the total quantity received was eighty-four cans, representing 566 gallons. This is a most ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. ADVANTAGES OF FALLOWING.

    At the Morehard branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau the other day, Mr. Kupke, in the course of a paper on is subject, said the system now generally ...

    Article : 337 words
  11. PROHIBITED PLANTS

    The Customs Department is in receipt of a copy of a proclamation issued by the State of Victoria under the Vegetation Diseases Act, 1896, enumerating the ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATION.

    The cultivation of the land demands as much intelligence as any matter in relation to the farming industry. The advantage of cultivation is that the land ...

    Article : 167 words
  13. CARE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS.

    At the Shannon branch of the South Australian Farmers' Bureau lately, Mr. J. Carey said the carelessness of some farmers in respect ...

    Article : 233 words
  14. A FRUIT PEST.

    The orchard post known as the cherry green beetle, which is capable of inflicting great loos on fruit growers, has made its appearance near Melbourne (says the ...

    Article : 186 words
  15. ELECTRIC LIGHT TRAP FOR INSECTS.

    The following letter from a German correspondent is printed in an American paper:— The Saxon authorities have ...

    Article : 198 words
  16. ESSENTIALS IN PIG FEEDING.

    An American pig raiser, writing to an exchange, says that when hogs are kept it is a good plan to produce as much of the feed for them ...

    Article : 316 words
  17. CORNS IN HORSES.

    A corn, be it remembered, is not a tumour or a growth, it is merely a bruise of the sensitive foot under the horn of the sole. It shows itself by ...

    Article : 417 words
  18. NEW BORDEAUX MIXTURE.

    At the Woburn (England) Experiment Fruit Farm investigations have shown that the clear lime water made by slaking 3lb. off quicklime in ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. SYDNEY WHEAT CASE

    Mr. Justice Simpson, in the Equity Court today, gave judgment in what had become known as the wheat case. The plaintiffs were the City Bank, and there were three defendants—Messrs. ...

    Article : 354 words
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  21. WONDERFUL PRICES FOR PIGS

    The "Australian Field" states that the market for pigs in Sydney, early in October was very high. Messrs. Badgery Bros., Sydney, ...

    Article : 94 words
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