Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,656 stories in Murray's papers · page 71 of 83

Reduction in Price of Butter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 2

Following on the reduction of a penny a lb. in the choicest butter at the beginning of last week, a further decline of a halfpenny took place to-day. This is in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Limited, Melbourne, wire under date, 12th November:—At our sale to-day, we offered one of the best…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Suggested Wool and Produce Exchange

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 3

Now that Albury looms prominent as a centre for the sale of wool and other produce, it is realised by both the people in the trade and their constituents that the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 4

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

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. the Orchard

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 4

During the four years it has been in existence the orchard at Yanco experiment farm has established many things that will prove of value to settlers on the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Melbourne Wool Sales. a Buoyant Market. Prices Well Maintained

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 21

With the progress of the series, full catalogues are now the order of the day, the offerings weekly becoming more attractive. The earlier shorn western district clips are…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agriculture. Tobacco Growing. In Relation to the White Australia policy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 3

Can White men profitably engage in the production of, tobacco in Australia. This is the essential issue raised in an article by the editor of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Agricultural Notes. Fruit-growing at Yanco. What the Experiment Farm Orchard has Demonstrated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 17

During the four years it has been in existence the orchard at Yanco experiment farm has established many things that will prove of value to settlers 'on…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Some Splendid Crops. Urana P.O.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It must be nearly two years since I Wrote to the "Banner," but they say "Better late than never." The weather has been fairly cold, but…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Jerilderie Farmers and Settlers' Association

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Friday afternoon last. Present— Messrs. Horgan (ch.). Olive, Elliott…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Orchard. Fruit Growing at Yanco What the Experiment Farm Orchard Has Demonstrated

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 3

During the four years it has been in existence the orchard at Yanco experiment farm has established many things that will prove of value to settlers on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Crop Prospects

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 5

During a run through Corcon, Days dale, Boomerang, Kentucky, and Hills borough, the week before last, your scribe saw some very nice wheat crops…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 2

Dalgety & Co. offered a large selection of wool on Monday composed principally of wools from Riverina. There was a crowded attendance of buyers and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Australian Women League. WHEAT [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 2

To allege that [?] of Socialism is [?] private competing [?] collective capital [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Science and Farming

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 4

When the scientist gets fairly busy in the interests of the man on the land he promises to do timings which will as tonish the farmer. A French writer is…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Moisture in Butter 16 Per Cent

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 November 1912 · page 2

The Minister of Customs has at last yielded to the persistent representations of a number of members of the Federal Parliament for an increase of the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cattle King at Ballarat. Houses and Buyers. Ballarat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 November 1912 · page 3

A surprise visit was paid to the stock sales of Messrs. Coles and Pullum yesterday by Mr. Sydney Kidman the cattle king, who was vein…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wheat Freight

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

Mr. T. J. Connery, stationmaster, Corowa, has forwarded the following copy of a by-law issued by the Chief Commissioner of Railways in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

New Variety of Wheat

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

Sailor's Fortune is the name of the new variety of wheat which exists in the Pinnaroo district, and from fairly good tests has proved that it possesses…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Alleged Cattle Stealing. a Hillston Case

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 November 1912 · page 2

Before Mr. M. Longfield, P.M., at Hillston, on the 15th November, Frank Hay Johns was charged with stealing 13 head of cattle, to wit, calves, the property…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →