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  2. THE SOIL.

    The year has been a sufficiently adverse one for the wheat grower over the greater part of the State to bring out into conspicuous relief the telling lessons of good farming. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,291 words
  3. FOR THE FRUITGROWER.

    The Department of Agriculture is in receipt of a very satisfactory report regarding a trial shipment of 110 cases of oranges and 40 cased of lemons from the Pera Bore orchard, shipped ...

    Article : 446 words
  4. DAIRY FARMERS AND THE F.S.A.

    BANGALOW, Thursday.—The matter of the Rural Workers'. Union's claim is receiving keen attention, in this district at the hands of the Dairy Farmers' Association. Special attention ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. BEES AND BEEKEEPING.

    The question is often asked, what time of the year is best to start with bees? To this question various replies may be given, and each be . applicable in certain circumstances. Bees . ...

    Article : 879 words
  6. WESTERN WHEAT EXPERIMENTS.

    Among the most successful and best cultivated farmers' experiment plots in the western district this season were those on Major Barton's Towri estate. Maryvale, where the experiments ...

    Article : 887 words
  7. CLEARING WITH EXPLOSIVES.

    The ridding of land of stumps of hardwood trees (writes "Coaster") has always been a vexatious question with farmers on the North Coast, and whatever methods have in the past ...

    Article : 443 words
  8. HARVESTING EXPERIMENT PLOTS AT TOWRI ESTATE.

    BAGGING WHEAT FROM THE HARVESTER, WEIGHING AND TESTING WEIGHT WITH CHRONDROMETER. THE HARVESTERS WORKING ON THE PLOTS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  9. DISTRICT NEWS AND NOTES.

    The orchards in the Penrose district are looking well. The young trees have grown rapidly, and the recent heavy winds have been somewhat of a tax on their stability. Wherever ...

    Article : 903 words
  10. WOOL TRADE REVIEW.

    After an interval of a week, arranged to prevent Sydney wool sales clashing with the Brisbane fixtures, auctions were resumed in Sydney on Monday last. The market opened with a ...

    Article : 1,713 words
  11. LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

    The following lectures and field demonstrations have been arranged by officers of the Department of Agriculture for the coming week:— ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. THE ORARA DISTRICT.

    A considerable area of scrub has been burnt off this season in the Orara district, and, owing to the recent bountiful rains, farmers have been very busy following up the burns with ...

    Article : 452 words
  13. THE MEGALONG VALLEY.

    KATOOMBA, Thursday.—At the last meeting of the Blue Mountains A. and H. Society, the question of roadway communication between Megalong Valley and Katoomba was discussed. ...

    Article : 194 words
  14. CURRENT NEWS.

    BELLATA, Thursday.—The weather here for the last few days has been very hot, and the nice green shoot which was noticeable in the grass after the late rains is beginning to go ...

    Article : 468 words
  15. STOCK SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 words
  16. PIGS FOR BACON.

    The advice given by Mr. A. E. Sweaney, of the Inverell Butter and Bacon Factory, to his suppliers its to the breeding, and feeding of bacon pigs,published yesterday, was the subject ...

    Article : 446 words
  17. NEWCASTLE WATER SUPPLY.

    A large increase in the quality of water consumed in the Newcastle district is shown by the annual report of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The total ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SETTLER.

    An interesting paper on the genesis of land settlement in Australia was read at the last meeting of the Royal Society by Mr. Frank Walker, who briefly sketched the first ...

    Article : 774 words
  19. GENERAL NOTES.

    The departmental statement of lands applied for under the Crown Lands Acts and Closer Settlement Acts during the week ended December 2 show that 17 new settlers took up a total ...

    Article : 640 words
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