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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Practical - Agriculture. Original Articles. [?] Written for this column All Rights [?] Forage Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 February 1913 · page 3

While the hurry of harvest is on the farmer is so busily engaged that he sometimes neglects to give consideration to the provision for his stock for…

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Business Methods in Farming

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 5

An important address was delivered at the last meeting of the Farmers' National Congress, Wisconsin, U.S.A., by Mr. L. W. Watkin, who dwell at length…

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Bunt in Wheat

The Yass Courier · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 5

Already the treatment of wheat seed for the prevention of bunt in next crop is beginning to interest farmers. The operation should be…

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A Criminal Farmer. Paris, Feb. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 1

A farmer named Chiapali has been' arrested after having terrorised the Grace district, Alpes-Maritimes, for five years. He is charged with having committed no fewer than 70 crimes,…

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A Fine Wheat Yield

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

Mr. E. Gordon Spicer (of Messrs. E. G. & C. M. Spicer), Campbellfields, Burrows, writes us:-I am sending particulars of a wheat yield grown on…

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Practical — Agriculture. Original Articles Specially written for this column All Rights Reserved Hard Butter

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 3

During the summer the chief trouble of the butter-maker is to make firm butter, while in winter just the reverse is generally experienced, the trouble…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land.“twice-ploughing.”

The Yass Courier · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 4

A few weeks ago we asked the question in these “Notes,” “Why plough twice,” referring to the practice of wheat farmers in several…

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Wool Market. Schute, Bell & Co.'s report

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

Feb. 24.-That the wool market continues firm at prices recorded in Sydney last week is evidenced by recent fairly…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially written for thir column. All Rights Resar[?] Intensive Dairy Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 3

An Australian farmer in Adelaide claims that an experienced dairyman should be able to obtain £400 per year from 25 acres of good land. He…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Burrowa Branch

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the members of the Burrowa Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was…

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Old Age Pensions and Dry Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

In order to find some excuse for the Nielsen wild-goose chase to America, supporters of the Labor candidate are making reference to the matter of the…

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Farmers' Picnic

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 2

Wednesday next is the date of the farmers' picnic at Young. In all probability a procession will move from the P. and A. Hall in the morning…

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Farmers and Seltlers’ Association

The Yass Courier · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 2

The various branches of this Association throughout the electorate have endorsed Mr. Bourke’s candidature, and “The Land,” their official organ,…

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Hand-Feeding Sheep

The Yass Courier · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 5

The problem of feeding the sheep at Wagga experiment farm is a frequently recurrent one, and during the just ten years hand-feeding has had…

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Practical Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially written for this column All Rights Reserves the Value of Clover Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

Many farmers may not realise the value of a clover crop. A good crop of white clover will realise as much as £25 worth of seed per acre. This of…

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Bendick Morrell. What Share Farming Does.s

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

W. Gilbert writes to the "S.M. Herald":-Passing through Bendick Morrell a few years ago, I polled up at te railway platform, and wondered…

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Pastoral. Sheep on the Clarence. An Experiment

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

A good deal of interest is being taken in North Coast districts, in the experiments with sheep which are being conducted at Grafton experiment farm…

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Hand-feeding Sheep

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

Alternatives in a Dry Season. The problem of feeding the sheep, at Wagga experiment farm is a frequently recurrent one, and during the past ten…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Yass Courier · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report:— There is no sign of slackening in the keen demand for wool existing on the Sydney market. Advices…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hen. J. L. Tr[?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 96. Agricultural. Green Fodder Trials

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 4

South Coast Farmers' Experiment Plots. Reporting on the trials of green fodders which were made on the farmers' plots on the South Coast last…

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