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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Sheep and Small Areas

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 16

A contribution of a somewhat extreme nature to the discussion as to the connection between small areas and the sheep industry comes from, South Australia. At…

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Sheep in South Africa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 16

The fact that the German Emperor is reported to have purchased, sheep farms in German South-West Africa directs attention to the development of the sheep…

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Strange Disease in Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Berrigan Agricultural Society, the President brought under notice the fact of a disease that was…

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Hospital, Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

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

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Letters from the Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society have been sent to other societies, asking that delegates sent to the convention of…

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Sheep Losses. "Ada Vale," via' Lockhart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am going to school and am in fourth class. I like going very much. There are 18 children in the school. Mother has two little doves…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 4
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

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

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Latest by Wire. SYDNEY, Thursday. Wheat. 42

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

The jury disagreed in the case in which 1vy Lane was charged with stealing jewellery valued at some hundreds of pounds, belonging to John de…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Rations for Stock Expedients in Dry Weather

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 17

The chief thought of many farmers just now is for their cattle and sheep. With dry conditions that have existed for months they are concerned in the question of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Live Stock. Present Prices for Fodder. Were They Preventible

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Once more farmers are face to face with the problems of fodder and of water. At the time of writing these notes…

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Wheat Ship in Peril. Sailors Washed Overboard Rio De Janeiro, June 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 21

The steel four-masted barque Erasmo (1995 tones), owned in Italy, which left Port Pirie on March 21 for Falmouth with 38,318 bags of wheat on board, has put into…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 17

Condiments exercise a favorable effect on the appetites of milch cows, and are found not only to increase the lacteal yield, but also to improve the quality. It should be…

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Farmers and Settlers' Annual Conference. Important Proposals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 18

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference will open in Sydney on July 15, when it is expected that about 300 delegates will be present. The business paper is more…

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Murrumbidgee Farms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 18

It is not likely that the New South Wales Government will co-operate with any other State in regard to the introduction of irrigationists into Australia. At all…

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Rain at Last. Every State Benefits. From an Inch to Two Inches in Riverina. the Farmers Satisfied

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 28

The prediction of Mr. Wragge that useful rains would probably fall about 10th June, was borne out to a nicety; and the South Australian meteorologist has earned…

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Making Farmers in Australia. a Visitor's Impressions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 4

In the slums of Sydney one of a family of six boys won a scholarship at the public school and entered the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Four years…

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Dairying. Contagious Abortion. The Bacteria in Milk

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Investigations by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry have demonstrated that the bacteria which causes abortion in cattle may also be…

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Late Crops. Wagga Results

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

Comeback demonstrated its value as a late wheat in a definite manner at Wagga Experiment Farm last year, two of the paddocks could not be…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. (CONTRIBUTED)

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 6

The annual report of the executive of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association of New South Wales is now published…

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