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

Farming & the land, 1913

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Wool Report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co. Ltd. report. The London March series which opened on the 4th inst…

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Good Farming Is Dry Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 3

Much is said at present regarding dry fanning. These methods are only good farming methods. In good farming it is necessary to have the soil in…

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Australian Butter. London, March 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 4

Sir George Reid to-day received a deputation, consisting of six Tooley-street agents, who sell butter on behalf of the co-operative societies. They emphatically denied that they had fixed…

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What Share Farming Does

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 1

W. Gilbert writes to the "S.M. Herald":—Passing through Bendick M[?]ell a few years ago, I pulled up at the railway platform, and wondered…

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Only Small Capital Required. Better Terms for Farms Than Offered by Government Closer Settlement Act

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 2

Whenever heard of country land being sold on a 10 per cent. deposit and no further payment of principal for five years? Messrs. Hain & [?]aright, of 12 Loftus-street, Sydney,…

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Dairying. Cross-breeding for Butter Production

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 4

Replying to a question on the subject of the crossing of cattle for the production of butter, the dairy expert stated that experiments which the…

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­­­­Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L Traffa, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. AGRICULTURAL SEED WHEAT…

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IRRIGATION. Advice for Private Farmers

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 4

Quite lately the irrigationist of this Department visited several small farms in the Gunnedah, Muswellbrook and Singleton districts, on some of which a…

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A Profitable Farm

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 3

The credit slips received by Mr. F. Gereskowski, on Crow's Nest (Q.) for pigs sold during 1911, totalled £112. This seems a nice sum to come from…

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Wool Market

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co.'s report. March 47—Following upon a slight reaction early last week, values of all descriptions of…

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Only Small Capital Required. Better Terms for Farms Than Offered Dy Government Closer Settlement Act

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 2

Wh[?]ver heard of country land being gold on a 10 per cent. deposit and no further payment of principal for five years? Messrs. Hain [?]earight, of 12 Loftus-street, Sydney,…

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Cattle Roasted Alive

The Yass Courier · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 4

A railway truck containing two bullocks was on Saturday at Grass Tree, near Muswellbrook, suddenly enveloped in flames. The animals…

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Grassfed Sheep at Shows. Objections Raised at Dubbo

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Dubbo P.A. and H. Association, an interesting debate took place as to the relative merits of grass-fed and…

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Only Small Capital Required. Batter Terms for Farms Than Offered by Government Closer Settlement Act

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Whoever heard of country land being sold on a 10 per cent, deposit and no further payment of principal for five years? Messrs. Hain Searight, of 12 Lo[?]-street, Sydney,…

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Our Wheat Yield

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 2

The statistics just published concerning last season's wheat yield are very satisfactory. Despite the fact that smaller area was cultivated in…

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The Wheat Harvest. An Absolute Record

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the final results of the wheat Harvest are not yet available, the Government Statistician forwards us a progress report, based…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Yass Courier · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

Short courses are provided at Hawkesbury Agricultural College at the slack period of the year for busy farmers and stock owners, who can…

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Intensive Farming

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 3

An intensive system of fanning by which the biggest yields are got out of the soil seems to represent the modern spirit. It is recognised that a…

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Sharp Advance in Ocean Freights Causes Cut Prices on Farm Machinery

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

We have known for three months, that from the expiry of our present contract for freight from America to Australia (on April 90th), rates would be increased 50 per pent…

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Like Sheep

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 1

A man stops in the busy street to see some trifling object or incident. Another stops to see what he is looking at, and finally a considerable group has gathered, before the individuals…

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