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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Farm. New Types of Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 3

A New Zealand sheep breeder has svolved a cross between a merino and the Romney Marsh, which has been, called the Corriedale- It is a dual-purpose sheep, and It is claimed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. by the N:s:w: Department of Agriculture. To Eradicate Bracken

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6

So far the method recommended by the Hewkesbury Agricultural College authorities for the eradication of bracken has been the passing over the bracken with a…

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Education in Agriculture. Vacancies for Apprentices on Government Farms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 6

Commencing from February 1st, the Agricultural Department will have the scheme of training farm apprentices in full going order…

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The Farm. Animal Nutrition

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 3

(Mr. Fuller is recognised as one of the leading authorities on feeding the dairy cow. He has had a vast experience . He fed Mary Anne of…

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Why Apple Sauce with Goose. and Bread with Butter ?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4

Not so many years ago prison diet consisted exclusively of skilly, bread, and meat, the latter usually lean.The actual weight of food given…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The secretary of the above deslre[?] to acknowledge recoipt of the following additional moneys In connection with the above:--…

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London Wheat Quotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has received the following official report of the English wheat market:-"London,15th inst.-Wheat market quiet…

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The Farm. Inter-pollination of Apples

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

There is very little positive know ledge concerning the inter pollination of fruits, and no subject in pomology is in greater need of study…

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London Wheat Quotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has referred the following official report of the English wheat market: "Wheat market firmer, with an improved demand…

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Returned "Cattle King." Fremantle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 3

Mr. Sidney Kidman, the Australian "Cattle King," arrived from England at Fremantle by the Osterley. He declined to be interviewed, but he inferred that a…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 4

The subject of the bulk handling of wheat came under review in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, on the following motion by Mr. Ball…

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A Dairyman's Money

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 3

Alfred Lindsay, a married mad, 27 years of age. was before Messrs. J. Baragwanath and J. Buchanan. Js.P., at South Melbourne Court to-day, charged with larceny…

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Pastoral Notes. a Troublesome Sheep Disease

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 17

Inspector of Stock at Cobar, in the March number of the Agricultural, Gazette, directs attention to a disease in sheep which is becoming widespread in the Cobar…

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Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 1

Has not been too plentiful, and so cash is scarce. That is the ladies' chance to se­cure Edenvale Famous Print at 5s 6d…

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Pickling Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 7

Messrs. Cuming, Smith, and Co. Pty. Ltd. direct attention to their advertisement in this issue, recommending their "Sickle" brand formalin for pickling…

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A Troublesome Sheep Disease

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

The inspector of Stock nt Cobar, in the March number of the "Agricultural Gazette," directs attention to a disease in sheep which is becoming…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

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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Amount of Rain Needed to Produce a Payable Wheat Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

Regarding the number of inches of rain needed for the production of a payable crop, some valuable lessons have been learned during the past…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 47

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 1

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, report under date 14th instant:—The wool market has been quiet throughout the past week, no doubt owing to the coal…

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