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Farming & the land, 1907

1,414 stories in Riverina's papers · page 59 of 71

Wagga Experiment Farm. Visit by Farmers & Settlers Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

The fifth annual visit of the Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association to the Wagga Experimental Farm took place yesterday. Farmers to the…

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The Farm Serfs of Victoria. Sweated Country Labor

The Worker · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 9

On many occasions THE WORKER has drawn attention to the disgraceful sweating conditions which govern the existence of a huge, number of the farm laborers of…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At our sale on Thursday last the market was firm and unchanged at recently…

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Impure Salt in Butter

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

In the annual report of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Experiment Station in Germany writes the “New York Produce Review.” an account is given of a…

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Farm and Field. Vegetable Fibre in Wool

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

Complaints are made by the manufacturers in Bradford, England, that it costs the worsted trade in England L1,000,000 a year to get the vegetable…

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The King Wool—shed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 2

KING has just finished shearing the station flock of 24,000 sheep in the new shod, which is equipped with twenty Wolseley shearing machines,…

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Preparation Wool for Market

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

The British Wool Buyers’ Association has issued the following suggestions to wool growers on the preparation of wools for the market…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] The Piggery

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 6

Breeding sows should be allowed to take a run out in the orchard or paddock sow. It will always be found a considerable relief when they are…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 2

Kimo shed cut out on Wednesday, 24,000 sheep being put through in nine days. It is stated that Qusmboyne station…

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Danced on Her Birthday. a Baby—farmer's End. She Confessed Her Crime. Execution at Cardiff

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 4

Mrs. Leslie James, the baby—farmer, was executed in Cardiff gaol for child murder on August 14th at eight o'clock. By a strange coincidence the date of…

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The Grain Crop. an Official Statement

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 4

The Intelligence Department has issued the following statement: The first aeries of reports from the agricultural reporters in the…

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The Dairy Bacteria and Dairying

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

Twenty years ago, practically nothing was known about the relation of bacteria to milk. During the two decades the whole dairy industry has been more or…

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Good Crops in a Dry Season

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

The Director of Agriculture for New South Wales (Mr W. S. Campbell) has received samples of some wheat crops grown at the Corowa Experimental…

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Farm and Field. The Best Potatoes

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

The question is often asked which is the best potato to grow, and it is one that is difficult to answer. Of the hundreds of new varieties (or new names)…

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The Dairy Points of a Shorthorn

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 7

A well-known authority, dealing with points in Shorthorns, says:—“In Shorthorns, width between the eyes is indication of good breeding quality in both…

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Sheep Shearing Machines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

In the House of Representatives, Mr. Chapman, in reply to a question by Mr. T. Brown (N.S.W.), admitted that brackets and bevel wheels on…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 3

Hill, Clark, and Co's. Ltds. Report:— SYDNEY, Monday. We brought forward a nice attractive catalogue of 1,600 bales and are able to report…

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17the Wagga Sheep Test Prize

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

Mr. Hawkesworth, of the Sheep and Wool Department, Technical College, Sydney, has advised the Secretary of the M.P. and A. Association that he…

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High Price for Local Wool

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

An exceptionally high price, which must be pretty nearby a record for the season, was realised for Wagga wool at Messrs. [?] Mort and…

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The Rainfall. Great Benefit to the Country. the Wheat Districts Well Favored

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

In the country immediately surrounding Wagga it would seem that the wheat areas received even more copious falls of rain on Wednesday…

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