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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 6

These notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Hen[?]ary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Tr[?]e), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Tuesday, February 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 47

After three weeks interval wool sales were resumed in Melbourne to-day, when four firms offered a total of 5500 bales, of which Dalgetys offered 1800 bales and sold…

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Corowa Coursing Club. Serious Trouble with Trustees. Sheep Versus Hares

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the above club was held at the Riverina Hotel on Tuesday evening. There were present -- The President (Mr. J. J. Knight, in the chair),…

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Dairy Farming in Ontario

The Independent · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

The chief among the great agricultural industries of the Province of Ontario is dairying. It is a business requiring intelligent management and…

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Wool Sales. Young Husband Row and Co. Pty. Ltd. Melbourne

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

Young husband Row & Co. Pty. Ltd. continued their wool sales today, when they submitted a catalogue to auction of 1204 bales of wool, of which they sold 1013…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 18

Successful pig-feeding calls for method. It is true that in many cases "the gentleman, that pays the rint" is not always profitable ; but, nevertheless, there is a lot of…

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Treatment for Crop Bound

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 18

If you find a hen troubled with crop bound, treat her with great care. If the trouble comes from a lack of digestive juices, or from impaction by a foreign…

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The Dry-farming "Boom."

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

A trip through Wyoming and Colorado was not necessary to determine the accuracy of many statements that have appeared in the Australian press on the…

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Dairying in Denmark. Restoring Poor Land

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 16

The great bulk of the land is poor in quality, much of it being a light, free, sandy soil, which requires very heavy feeding to make it productive. It is on the…

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The Trials of Fourth Class. Falkirk Farm, The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is terribly hot this year ; hotter than last summer, don't you think? A terrible storm passed over the night the lightning was awful. I…

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School Records. Falkirk Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I was very glad to see my last letter in print. We sent some post cards for the Cot, and did you receive them? We have started school again…

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Dry Farming

The Independent · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

Who has not heard of that happy country where the inhabitants live by taking in one another's washing, and are as happy and prosperous as the day is long?…

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Keeping Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Prof. G. L. Mckay and C. Larsen of the town Experimental Station Ames, have issued bulleting 71, evening the result of their recent and many thorough…

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Dairying. Keeping the Milk Cool

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Mr. P. J. Car[?] Government it Dairy Super [?] or [?] dairy farther the necessary for converting then [?] when in tra[?] from the…

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Effects on Australian Trade. Grain and Wool Markets. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 2

Long before such a stupendous strike as that of the British, colliers is in being, the coming storm deadens the outlook here. The cables have already advised buyers of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 3

Goldsborough, Mort and Co. offered 2377 bales, which included a large clip from the Hay district, the balance of the catalogue being of rather a…

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Special Sheep Sale at Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 3

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report holding a special sale of sheep at the Albury yards on Friday, the 23rd February, when they yarded 14,250 sheep…

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Local and General News. Riverina Farms

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

The Melbourne office of the New Zealand Loan sand Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports having effected the sale of farms Nos, 6 and 7 of the Urangeline…

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The Washing of Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 18

In a letter to the agricultural press by Mr. J. F. Nicholson, the bacterioligist to the Idaho University experiment station, attention is directed to the above. He…

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Irrigation for Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 35

From a remark made at the Cobram irrigation meeting it was plain that, to some at least, it is unknown that wheat-growing under irrigation has been…

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