The Fertiliser. Vol I, Numbers 1-4, Bound as One volume (all issues for the Year 1913)

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Vol 1 No 1, January to March Quarter 1913: 120pp, index. With articles on Fallowing, The stiff soil problem; Value of superphosphate; The current wheat harvest; Potash on the farm; An agricultural expert in other lands; Fixing the F.A.Q.; Vol 1 No 2, April-June Quarter: 120pp. With articles on The railway transport problem; Fruit growing in NSW; Motor traction in the country; Some impressions of the RAS Show; An agricultural expert in other lands II; Maize growing; Review of the wool season. Vol 1 No 3, July-September Quarter: 120pp. Features: Impressions of the Farmers and Settlers Conference; Shirley's Entertain the Conference Delegates; The State Governor at Shirley's works; Lessons from the sheep show; A new Fertiliser Act; Opening up new wheat lands: Wyalong to Cudgellico; Pure seed legislation. Vol 1 No 4. October-December Quarter: 120pp. With articles on Bulk handling; The story of phosphoric acid; Harvesting of hay and grain; Feeding of farm horses; Summer fruits; An agricultural expert in other lands III. Each volume is illustrated with b/w photos and has a Woman's Sphere section. Library pocket on the rear flyleaf, some slackening at the hinges. Internally Near Fine. All edges red speckled. Half blue learther, rubbed and worn at the spine and at the corners, cloth boards, rubbed and somewhat faded. Spine title and Vol 1 gilt. Each issue retains its original cover and all advertising. Library reference sticker by the spine foot. The Fertiliser was established as Shirley's house journal. Five thousand (5000) copies of the quarterly magazine were distributed at the outset. Mainly devoted to agricultural topics each issue has a section called Women's Sphere with cooking, handicraft and fashion information, and a children's page. Not in Dillon & McFarlane's bibliography of Australian Agriculture, Not in Australian National Library. Extremely scarce. Size: 8vo. N° de ref. del artículo 017887

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