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Farming & the land, 1913

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Agricultural. Wagga Crop Competitions. The Judge's Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 3

Several points that are of interest to wheat-growers generally present themselves in connection with the competitions held under the auspices of the…

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Satur Stud. Fine Crop of Foals

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 6

The Satur Stud, the property of Messrs: W. B. and C. L. Thompson, has been in existence only two seasons ; but nevertheless, in that brief period, the…

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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 Hon. J. L. Trefd, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 136. Bees and Honey. the Control of Swarming. Watch the Virgin Queens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 4

"The first honey flow of the season is now practically over," said the Demonstrator in Apiculture in a recent conversation, "and swarming will…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 4

Hill, Clark, and Co., Limited, report:—No auctions this week, owing to the Brisbane sales since our, last there has been a very fair inquiry at slightly better prices than auction…

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Fearful Dust Storm. So Sheep Smothered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 7

Mr. A. N. Paynter, who has just returned to Broken Hill from a motor trip to Yalpunga. towards the Queensland bonier, stales that during the…

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Sydney Wool Market. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 2

Have received the following telegram from their Brisbane office—Brisbane Docember wool sales opened yesterday. Comlared with previous local sales market…

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Agricultural. Wagga Crop Competitions. The Judge's Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 6

Several points that are of interest to wheat-growers generally present themselves in connection with the competitions. held under the auspices of the…

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Wholesale Baby Farming Paris, Friday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 5

The police have discovered at Montarges a baby farming organisation which is believed to be operating throughout France and also abroad…

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Agricultural. "Wagga Crop Competitions. the Judge's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 10

Several points that are in interest, to wheat-growers generally present themselves in connection with the competitions held under the auspices, of the…

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Dairying. This Tuberculin Test. the Real Disadvantages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 10

Having stated the rational attitude of the veterinary surgeon to the objections urged by farmers and others against the tuberculin test, the article from which we…

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Soil Fertility. Mixed Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 15

Reference is often made to the value of mixed farming as a means of maintaining the fertility of the soil. Professor Snyder of the Minnesota experiment station…

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Aids to Agriculture. Advice From Experts. for the Man on the Land. Dairying. Winter Green Feed. the South Coast Competition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 15

All interesting competition was conducted in the Dapto district during the past winter and spring, under the auspices of the Dapto A. and H. Society which has done so much…

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Farmers Leave Their Jobs. Wharf Work Preferred

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 2

A position has arisen in Now Zealand in connection with the strike of wharf laborers, which is likely to result in a shortage of farm laborers…

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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 Hon. J. L. Tr[?], Minister [?] Agriculture, and are based mainly on the exaperiments of the Department. No. 136. Bees and Honey. the Control of Swarming. Watch the Virgin Queens

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 6

"The first honey flow of the season is now practically over," said the Demonstrator in Apiculture in a recent conversation, "and swarming will…

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A Successful, Lady Farmer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 6

Mrs. Hamer Jackson is probably the, most remarkable woman farmer in the Dominion of Canada. She is handling a square square mile of land in the Red Deer…

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Wool & Produce Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 4

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, namely, Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd John Bridge and Co., Ltd.,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Agricultural. for the Man on the Land. the Judge's Report

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 4

Several points that are of interest to wheat-growers generally present themselves .in connection with the competitions held under the auspices of the…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 1

Messrs. Griffith and Hasse patent attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents connected with…

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DAIRYING. The Tuberculin Test. the Real Disadvantages

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 4

Having stated the rational attitude of the veterinary surgeon to the objections urged by farmers and others against the tuberculin teat, the article…

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Butter and Margarine. No Appreciable Difference. London, Dec. 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 2

The Local Government Board has issued a memorandum stating that there is no appreciable difference in the nutritive values of butter and margarine…

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