Appended are extracts from an interview by a 'Queensland Times' representative with Major Bell, of Coochin: ...
Article : 1,024 wordsIn the Central district, on both scrub and forest land of the various coastal areas, the older stands of Rhodes grass are ...
Article : 400 wordsFarmers who have not already adopted the practice are advised to give careful consideration to the advantages of running pigs on the ...
Article : 473 wordsA heavy spring crop of tomatoes in Southern Queensland districts is in prospect. A comparison of prices during the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 245 wordsThe Government Statistician (Mr. Colin Clark) has issued a statement, with accompanying tables, showing the numbers of ...
Article : 739 wordsThe partial failure of the maize crop in Victoria will create an additional demand for the Atherton Tableland crop. With pork at 6½d a lb., too, ...
Article : 1,043 wordsThe Butter Board has published the following particulars of butter production, sales, and values for the year ended June 30, 1939. ...
Article : 386 wordsEvery dairyman knows that a loss of milk-fat in separating means loss of money, but many do not realise the full extent of the ...
Article : 352 wordsThe output by Norco Cooperative Ltd., Bryon Bay (N.S.W.), for September was 803 tons, for which suppliers were paid 12½d lb. for choice, ...
Article : 278 wordsAny deciduous fruit trees which have been grafted this season should be examined from time to time, and when the grow this about 8in. long the ...
Article : 299 wordsThat there is good money in pigs if they are properly bred, fed, and controlled is again evidenced in the factory returns of Mr. W. Muirhead, of ...
Article : 393 wordsIn the selection of a dairy heifer, the form and general character will, to a great extent, indicate whether she will develop into a good producer. ...
Article : 424 wordsThe economic value of bird life is not generally realised, and often little appreciated by orchardists, who may adopt an indifferent or careless ...
Article : 244 wordsFrequently inquiries are received by the Department of Agriculture and Stock as to where seed of blue couch, Kikuyu, Panicum muticum (Para), ...
Article : 224 wordsAs the result of the favorable seasonal conditions, banana plantations are now making a flush of suckers. On the selection of the best sucker on ...
Article : 297 wordsMr. E. J. Shelton, H.D.A., Senior Instructor in Pig Raising, left recently for the central Burnett district, visiting Gayndah, Mundubbera, Monto, ...
Article : 221 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 222 wordsAlthough the internal quality of the egg is of primary importance in determining price, the factor of size cannot be overlooked. ...
Article : 329 wordsA simple and cheap method of waterproofing closely woven fabrics—such as old tarpaulins or calico sheets—is to rub into them a solution of ...
Article : 120 wordsA good use for the corncobs (cores) that accumulate on most farms, and around piggeries, is to make charcoal of them. The cores are of little value ...
Article : 167 wordsSodium silicate, under the name of waterglass, is well known on farms as an egg preserver. In its different forms it has a variety of uses. A hot ...
Article : 144 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Wed 15 Nov 1939, Page 3
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: