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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Farm Labor in Victoria. the Producers in Defence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 17

So far as victoria is concerned, the Rural Workers' Union is not to be allowed to have everything its own way. The activity that is being displayed by the official's…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Experimental Farms Chapter Xvii

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 4

A man said to his wife one day, speaking very humbly, "Maria, I thought that when we were married, we were going to be one." "Yes, John," replied the wife, promptly, "we are one—and I'm the one." It is distinctly a good thing, in any compact, to know who is…

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Kanimbla Farms

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 3

Kunimbla Station, in the glorious Kanimbla Valley, Blue Mountains, has been subdivided into farms for sale on terms. The station has an area of…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Ready Made Farm Chapter Xvi

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

When British people start a colony, they invite all the world to come in and share the blessings of the place, and there is something magnificent in that British form of hospitality, which gives welcome to every soul. But it won't work always, as we have found out in…

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Southern Riverina Farmers' Co-operative Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

The first meeting of shareholders of the above association was held recently in the Town Hall. There were present about fifty prominent landholders from…

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Berrigan A. and H. Society Crop Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 6

The following are the detailed results and awards in connection with the Berrigan A. and H. Society's growing crop competition. In this competition…

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Wolf in Sheep's Clothing "Sister" Candide Charged with Fraud. Sentenced to Is Months Imprisonment. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 2

The trial has concluded of "Sister"' Candide, the foundress of several hospital, who, in May, 1910, was arrested and charged with having defrauded 15 Parisian…

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Official Wheat Quotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the following official report of the English wheat jacket:— "Wheat market very dull and lower to sell, Liverpool…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: We held a periodical sale to-day, when we submitted a catalogue of 1610 bales. With the exception of…

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A Millionaire's Dairy Farm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 3

Modern dairy farming, if properly carried out on the exacting lines laid down by bacteriologists, pathologists, and scientific authorities, has,…

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Tragedy of a Farm Yard. Eight Years for Manslaughter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 3

Alfred Thomas Swift, a dairy farmer of Mead, near Kerang, pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Supreme Court on Monday, to a charge of manslaughter…

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Wool Sales

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

After an interval of three week s, the Melbourne wool sales were resumed oa Tuesday last, when four firms offered a total of 5,500 bales…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

Messrs. A. A. Piggin and Co. have kindly consented to assist in the collection of wheat, and their representative at Corowa (Mr. Ed. Clayton),…

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Official Wheat Ouotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the, following official report of the English wheat market—"London, 27th inst., Wheat market steady no quotation."…

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Wheat Growers to Note

The Independent · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The experiments conducted by the Department have thrown some additional light regarding the economic production of wheat. The object of these…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 1

After three weeks interval the wool sales were resumed in Melbourne to-day when four firms offered a total of 5500 bales, of which Dalgety's offered 1800…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Independent · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the…

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Agricultural Notes. Varieties of Wheat Recommended

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 17

At the annual conference of departmental officers, held in January, consideration was given to the varieties of wheat found suitable for the various districts, and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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