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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the Man on the Land. by the N:s:w: Department of Agriculture. Dairving

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

The Wollongbar State Experiment Farm, 8 miles from Lismore, on the Richmond River, is surrounded by an extensive area of undulating, arable country, comprising…

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Floods in Ireland. Serious Damage to Farms. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 2

The floods recently reported in Ireland owing to the overflowing of the River Shannon, which rose eleven feet above its normal height still continue. Several…

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The Harvest. Patchy Wheat in Southern Riverina

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 6

The season has been remarkable for its changes, which have veered from hot to cold, with periodical rainsqualls. Such conditions have not favored quick work…

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Western Wheat Experiments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 17

The farmers' experiment plots conducted under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture by Mr. Bragg, on his Mungeribar Estate, have this season provided a…

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Stats Wheat Estimate

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

The New South Wales Government statist (Mr [?]) estimate the State’s wheat harvest this year at 23,272,000 [?] with…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 7

Dalgety find Company, Limited, report:—The wool market is quiet at all the Australian sentres, practically all business being suspended untill after the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the [?] Minister for Ag[?]ture (Hon. J. L. T[?] and are based mainly on [?] experiments of the Department…

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Drought in Queensland. Big Wheat Importation Necessary

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

The severity of the dry spell is being felt in most parts of Queensland. Though people living in Brisbane hare from time to time heard complaints…

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Butter Will Keep Best If No Curd Is Retained

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 16

All farmers, when they first begin using a cream separator, want to know about how rich they should skim their cream, but they have not always received the…

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DAIRY[?] Intensive Dairy Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

A very interesting experiment was made recently at the Illinols Agricultural Experiment Station, showing a marked variation in the profits from…

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Dry Farming in Reality. Payable Crop with 3 12 Inches of Rain

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

A striking example of the results to be obtained by good farming under an abnormally low rainfall is supplied by the yields of the farmers'…

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Henty and Cermanton Wheat Plots" Good Yields on Moderate Rainfall

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 17

The Riverina furnishes further instances of excellent wheat yields on moderate rainfalls. These are in connection with the farmers' experiment plots at Germanton…

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Dairying and Hired Help

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 16

A few years ago the strongest criticism raised to dairy farming was that it was difficult to get competent help and to keep it. Now, conditions on the dairy farms…

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The World's Crops. Agricultural Institute's Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 30

The British Board of Agriculture and Fisheries recently received the following telegram from the International Agricultural Institute…

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Farmers' Experiment Plots. Results From Dry Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 18

Mr. Trefle is daily receiving fresh evidence of the value of the farmers' experimental plots. When seen on Saturday he said that from the reports now being…

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Engineering on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 18

Until recently engineering was considered a science by itself. The engineer was a wise man of the city and the result of his earnest and constant application of thought…

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Children's Story. How "Crophorn" Held the Pass

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 13

Nobody knows "Crophorn's" exact age, but she certainly is too venerable to be of use on a dairy-farm, and her breed is as uncertain as her years; but any…

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Crops for the Grasshopper. "Wandsworth," via Boree Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—The grasshoppers are very numerous about here now, and they are very bad on the crops and grass, as they eat it down. I am very glad that…

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