{No abstract available}
Advertising : 536 wordsThese notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the ...
Article : 109 wordsThere have been many definitions of patriotism. Some genius once remarked that it was often the last refuge of scoundrels; anothe wiscacre declared it to be a "noble ...
Article : 1,157 wordsSir, --The new tariff includes a number of new as well as increased taxes for the printer to pay. Of course protectionist papers will now feel a new joy in living, as these taxes ...
Article : 808 wordsUnder the direction of Mr. Cann, Minister for Mines, the department is pursuing its search for coal in different localities. The Government's consumption of coal annually ...
Article : 137 wordsIn the past few years the Dapto Agricultural and Pastoral Association has conducted a competition that has done much to bring into prominence the value of growing green fod ...
Article : 180 wordsAn interesting experiment was conducted at Nebraska Experiment Station, U.S.A., during last winter, the object being to ascertain the commercial results of feeding soaked ...
Article : 81 wordsA marked change in the weather has prevailed during the past few days and might well be appreciated after a prolonged spell of unsettled conditions, which, nevertheless. ...
Article : 96 wordsTwenty pigs were used in the experiment, 10 being fed in each way. Care was taken that the lots should be as nearly equal as possible both as regards size and thriftiness, ...
Article : 131 wordsMuch regret was expressed here yesterday when the news came to hand that Guard John Turner, of Wallerawang (known throughout this district by the familiar sobriquet of ...
Article : 223 wordsThe scale of points on which the awards were based may be summarised thus:-- Suitability for green feed for dairy cattle (comprising carliness, disease resistance, and ...
Article : 130 wordsAt the end of the experiment the average weight of the pigs fattened on whole wheat was 2061b., and those on the ground wheat 2371b. The whole wheat lot gained 70 12 ...
Article : 156 wordsA distinctly interesting feature of the report is a discussion of the relative value of wheat, oats and barley for dairy cattle. All have their champions, but some discussion has ...
Article : 130 wordsThe usual monthly meeting of the Progress Association was held on Tuesday night at the Town Hall. Those present were Mr. A. J. Tarkakover (in the chair), Messrs. McCall, ...
Article : 631 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 306 words"The earliest fodder that farmers on the South Coast feed to their cattle is wheat, say in July and middle of August. The cattle up to then have had to rely on natural ...
Article : 211 words"Two million divorces, four million Americans divorced!" There (according to a writer in the "Munsey") we have, in concrete form the net, tangible product of America's ...
Article : 147 wordsIt is true also, as this report admits, that in an average season oats yield a heavier bulk of green fodder than the varieties of wheat grown on the coast, but it is just as true, too, ...
Article : 129 wordsThe following are the Bathurst statistics for the past year: --Births, 385 -- males 208, females 171; marriages 115; deaths from infections diseases, 10-- diphtheria 5, typhoid ...
Article : 202 wordsIn the course of an address before the Californian Fruit Growers' Convention, Mr. U. P. Hedrick, an officer of the New York experiment station, had something suggestive to say ...
Article : 74 wordsThe following applications were received at the Bathurst mining warden's office last week:-- C. J. Flynn, three (two areas) and two acres, parish Sofala; William Genttens, ...
Article : 80 wordsThe clamor about size has gone on for so long that it is much over estimated as an indication of true quality, but while for most kitchen purposes fair or large size is ...
Article : 210 wordsAs the result of unprecedented downpours of rain on New Year's Day, serious damage was done in the Molong and surrounding districts. The water fell "in buckets full," and ...
Article : 135 wordsThe rabbit inspector, Mr. E. G. Lynch, emphasises that rabbits in the Bathurst district are getting the better of the landholders. The trapper, he contends, is a serious obstacle in ...
Article : 132 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 140 wordsOn the subject of color, this authority remarks that popular taste favors the brightly [?] fruit, partly because that is more attractive to the eye, and partly because of a ...
Article : 231 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Fri 8 Jan 1915, Page 6
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: