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Farming & the land, 1907

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Wagga Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. J. D. Lankester, Secretary of the Albury Vine and Fruitgrowers' Association, intimates that about 20 members will make the annual visit of…

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Good Dairying Country

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

A Humula school girl (Miss M. G. Galvin) gives some reasons in favor of the extension of the railway from Wagga to Humula:—"Humula is situated…

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Doings in Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 4

Lindley, Walker, and Co., Mark Land Sydney, report:—A period of dullness has supervened since our last report, but we remind growers of our previous…

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Wagga Farmers Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 2

The second annual Farmers Fair, under the auspices of the Wagga Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall…

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Farmers and Settlers C[?]cising the Pastures Board

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 4

A general meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday afternoon in the Australian Hotel. Mr. T…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wagga Branch

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 4

A meeting of this branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday. Present—Mr. T. Strout (in the chair), Messrs. Purtell,…

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Losses in Sheep. Eating Poisoned Rabbits

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

The losses in district sheep through eating the carcases of poisoned rabbits proves to be heavier than anticipated by the general public…

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A Special Importation of Seed Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Lindley, Walker and Co., of Mark Lane, Sydney, have received at cable from Canada, advising despatch of a small shipment of Pure No. 1 Hard…

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Fruit-growers at the Farm. Visitors From Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

Yesterday about a score of the members of the Albury Vine and Fruitgrowers' Association paid a visit to the Wagga Experimental Farm and were…

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The Farmers' Fair a Capital Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 2

Wagga fanners and settlers must feel proud to-day. They hare secured another big success. Their second annual fait is entered in the annals of our times as a…

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Albury Vignerons. Visit the Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 2

Some twenty-five members of the Albury [?] and Fruitgrowers Association, and chief annual visit to the Experiment farm yesterday. For over…

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The Farmers' Fair. Promenade Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 3

"One of the finest shows of from 1 have yet seen," was the remark passed by a prominent vision to the Farmers Fair yesterday afternoon. The…

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The Dairy. Sources of British Butter Supplies

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

The London correspondent of the New York "County Gentleman," in dealing with the sources of British butter imports, says that the colonial supply, in…

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Bloat in Cattle

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

From whatever cause, bloat in cattle is very dangerous, and unless help is soon obtained the animal will die. The most effectual way of relief is to use…

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Sheep-Breeding Suggestions

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

Secure, in the first place, a good ram of the breed desired. A good ram will easily add several shillings to the value of every lamb, so that the price of the…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

Our contemporary has—are you surprised?—turned informer, and has been spying out the landowners who, in its opinion, have not been…

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Alleged Baby Farming

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

At the inquest on the alleged baby farming case at Perth, it was stated 32 out of 35 children placed in Mrs. Mitchell's charge have died…

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Large Returns From Dairying

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

From time to time returns are published showing the profits made from dairying in Victoria, but none equal to the following, which we take from the…

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Farm Implements

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Gawler River Agricultural Bureau, S.A., Mr. Keieg read a paper on "Farm Implements." He thought that as the live…

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Farm and Field. Influence of Humus on Soil Fertility

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

Humus is the name applied to that portion of the soil-which is of plant or animal origin. Among the early investigators there was a long controversy as to…

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