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Farming & the land, 1913

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Sheep Worrying Doga

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 1

A couple of weeks ago (says "Deniliquin Independent,") a mob of sheep belonging to Captain Landale, of Wandook station, near Deniliquin, which…

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Record Load of Wool

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 1

A record load of wool is reported from Hillston. Joe Hallam, known throughout Riverina as the "Hillston Pet," piloted a team of 42 bullocks…

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Pastoral. Farmers' Wool. Hints on Marketing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

Some useful suggestions on the preparation of farmers' lots of wool for market were made by Mr. Cuthbert Howard in a paper read by him before…

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Moisture in Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 17

Throughout Irish towns, writes the "Farmers' Gazette," Dublin," notices are to be seen placarded up on hoardings warning Farmers' and others against the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · 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. No. 87. AGRICULTURAL…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

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. No. 86. DAIRYING…

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Great Wheat Yield. Fifty Two Bushels Per Acre

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

Early last August Messrs. O. P. McMahon and Peter Sullivan put in 130 acres on Mingay holding near the stockyards (says the Gundagai…

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Instruction in Dairying. Wollougbar Experiment Farm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

For the young man who wishes to make dairying his vocation, there is no question that Wollongbar experiment farm is the place to acquire the…

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A Ton of Farmyard Manure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 15

Of a ton of fresh farmyard manure about three-quarters consists of water. It contains also from 551b. to 651b. of ash and about 5001b. of organic substance—that is…

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The Farmers and the Referenda. to the Editor of the Herald

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 1

Sir,—A sub-article appeared in the issue of the "Jerilderia Herald" of the 13th inst headed "The Farmers and the Referenda," to the effect…

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The Farmer and the Referenda

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 7

As we know Socialism—under the guise of Labor and otherwise—its whole aim is to reduce everything to a common level, to penalise those…

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Agriculture. "The Farmers' Handbook." a Guide to Best Methods

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

"In using in systematic order every part of his holding for some profitable purpose throughout the twelve months of the year, the farmer will find the key…

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Dairying for Profit. The Importance and the Limitations of Herd-testing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 5

Herd-testing is on the move as a progressive element in dairying in New Zealand. The Dairy-produce Division of the Department of Agriculture has…

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Homestead Farms

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 8

[A Homestead Farm is a lease in pepetuity. The principal conditions which attach thereto being prepetual residence and payment of rent and the carrying out…

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Dairying. Lucerne on the Richmond. Profitable in Several Ways

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

An was remarked in a previous article in those notes, the fanners on the Richmond River find that paspalum has not the feeding value where time and…

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Farmer and Soldier. a Day with the Bulgars

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 4

The Bulgarian soldier is one of the the first things that strike you in Sofia (writes G Ward Price in an English journal). It is not the uniform…

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The Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

Private cable advises state that the London wheat market continues quiet. Options have advanced 1-8d. for March, but the May position is ¼d. weaker. Locally…

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Australian Butter. Sri G. Reid's Report. Dissent in Tooley Street. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

The cabled summary of the report of the High Commissioner setting forth the alleged disabilities from which Australian butter suffers in England, before reaching…

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Turkeys for Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 6

No one can succeed better with turkeys than the farmer if he will bestow upon them a fraction of the care he bestows on his sheep and cattle…

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The Record Wheat Crop

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. Jack Nicholls, of Hongongolong, is after the reeard wheat yield belt. The best part of his crop went of bushels to the acre, and all-round it averaged is…

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