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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Farm. The Wonders of Cement

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 4

Province is kind to the farmer. Farm help gets scarce-and improved labour saying farm machinery came to the rescue. Timber gets scarce…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 3

The London wool sales were continued yesterday, when a special attraction was a splendid selection of crossbreds. The market received rather better…

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Diseases in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 18

Reference is made by the South Australian Chief Inspector of Stock in his annual, report to several diseases that occurred among sheep during the period…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 5

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of the following additional moneys in connection with the above: --…

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Proof Against Cold. Fish, Sheep, Rabbits

The Independent · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

A hedgehog picked up in the curious torpid state which we call "hibernation" has been immersed in water for twenty minutes without…

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Pastoral. Treatment of Hides. Reasons for Reduced Prices

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 8

Complaints from selling agents about the "get up" of hides offered at Sydney auctions are so common as to suggest that sellers have it within…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, 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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Agricultural. "Take All" in Wheat. How to Control It

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 8

The spread of "take all" is one of the serious menaces of agricultural life. Growers who have it in their paddocks deserve sympathy; but experiments and…

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Agricultural Notes. "Take-all" in Wheat. How to Control it

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 17

The spread of "take-all" is one of the serious menaces of agricultural life. Growers who have it in their paddocks deserve sympathy; but experiments and observation go…

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Albury Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 47

The monthly meeting was held, on Friday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs G. A. Bell (chair), P. A. Buchhorn, M. M.'F. Fletcher, J. M. Stewart, J. C…

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Organising the Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 32

Mr. C. J. Pearce, the lately appointed organiser on behalf of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association, sends the appended report of his…

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Farmers' Bank Failure. Arrest of President. Toronto. April 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 43

Dr. Beattie Nesbitt, the former president of the Farmers' Bank of Canada, which failed in 1911, has been arrested at Chicago on a charge of having falsely…

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A Berrigan Farmer in Canada

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 20

In a lecture, Mr. E. J. Gorman, of Berrigan, who recently returned from a trip, to England, Canada, and America, in comparing Canada with Australia, said that…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 16

Mr. Edwin Nichol, of Snape, Suffolk says that sugar-beet pulp fed to dairy cows imparts excellent flavor to the butter., The farmer can either sell his crop…

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Wild Dove Nested in Farmer's Hat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 8

Ezra Penfield, of the meadows, was chopping cordword in the timber coat of his place when he noticed a wild pigeon circling over his head…

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Broom Millet. Complaints About New Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 8

There were numerous complaints from manufacturers last year about the condition in which broom millet was being marketed, and attention was drawn to…

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Plea for Rotation of Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

In discussing the decline in the wheat yield shown by the return of the Government Statist -- a falling off from on average of 14.52 bushels per acre in…

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A District Stud Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 2

Fully aware of the thorough unsuitability of his Balldale property for the successful rowing of blood stock, Mr. C. Knorpp was for considerable time on…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Finley Branch

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

A meeting of the Finley branch of the [?] and Settlers Association of New South Wales was held on Saturday, 6th inst., when Mr A…

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Wheat Laden Ship Sinks. Strikes Unknown Object

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 6

A telegram from Port Victoria states that the Norwegian ship Songvaar, which completed loading a full cargo of 40,700 bags of wheat, on Saturday, on account of Bell…

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