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Farming & the land, 1913

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Dairying. Good and Bad Cows

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 6

Mr. J. C. Kendall, writes as follows in “Farm, Field and Fireside” on this subject:— The profitable cow is the one that…

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Practical - Agriculture Original Articles. Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Farmers Experiments

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 4

“Experientia docet” is an old and very true proverb. Any difficulty or problem that a man solves by his own work and experience is more deeply…

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The Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

There was more wheat offering in town to-day, and considerable business was carried through at Yesterday's improved quotation of 3/2. The London market, according to…

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Vegetable Fibre in Wool. Investigation on Committee's Reports. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

The committee which has been inquiring into the problem by vegetable fibre in wool, has concluded its labors. The members did not arrive at a…

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The Farm. This Seat of Power in the Horse

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

Some of the ablest writers on the horse have made careful study and in position of the mechanism of the horse, and accorded to this subject…

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Triple Murders on a Farm. Four Arrests Made Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 2

The Polish stable hand, who is believed to have murdered a farmer, the farmer's wife and a servant girl at Buckow, in Prussia, has been arrested. He…

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Official Wheat Quotation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

The official advice received by the…

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The Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

Wheat for prompt delivery is firm to-day, the expected demand being to cover speculative forward business for delivery by January [?]. Shippers are quoting [?] to the…

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Latest by Wire. SYDNEY, Monday. Wheat, 37 to 37½

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

The Inter State cricket match, South Australia v New South Wales, was continued today. South Australia's first innings closed for 331 (Bridgoman…

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Two Country Crimes. Woman Shot by an Ex-State Boy. Dairyman Mysteriously Shot. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

A shocking murder was committed at Punchbowl, near Copmanhurst, early on Sunday morning. Mrs Lloyd, wife of Mr. J. Lloyd, farmer, had some reason to…

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A Deal in Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 1

A case of interest to stock buyers came to arbitration at Charleville Queensland, recently, when Messrs Bray and Berry, of Moree, New South…

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Wheat Round Henty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

Wheat this year has been rather late here compared with former years, but nevertheless, this year promises to be more prosperous than 1912. There were…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

The second series of Victorian wool sales opened in Melbourne on Monday last, when Dalgety and Coy. offered a splendid catalogue of 7,000 bales. The…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co. report:—Sales were resumed in this centre yesterday. We offered our first catalogue to-day (Tuesday), when we submitted 1785 bales of a very…

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The Wheat Yield Bowna District. 20-Bushel Average Estimated

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

It will be several weeks yet before the big harvest in Southern Riverina is over. On many farms stripping and carting in have been completed, but in the Bowna…

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Crops at Woomargama

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

Harvesting in the district is progressing satisfactorily, and some good returns are being obtained. Mr. Gratis, of Mountain Creck, from 180 acres has obtained about…

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The Harvest at Bonegilla a Crop of 36 Bushels to the Acre

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

Owing to the phenomenal weather conditions earlier in the season, harvest operations have been put back a considerable time, and the full yields will not be…

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The Farm. Rotation V. Fertilisers. in Important Consideration

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

For some time past there has been a growing inclination among agriculturists to find out something more about fertilisers than they knew in…

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Lucerne and Maize for Farm Horses

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

The Illinois Experiment Station made some tests with working horses for about twelve months in order to determine the comparative value of…

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The Wheat Yield Bowna District. More Big Crops: Modern Mixed Farming

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

Judging by the heavy yield is around Bowma, which indicate that the harvest this season is better than last, it was suggested in our first article that the average for the…

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