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Farming & the land, 1908

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Conquest of the Air. Farman's Feat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. Henry Farman, a young English inventor, resident in Paris, has been proclaimed the winner of the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize, an event…

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Farm and Bushworkers' Union

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 2

The first annual conference of the Farm and Bushworkers' Union will take place in Wagga to-day. A smoke social will be held in the protestant…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Messrs R. Dear, R. Blakeney (secretary), Jas. McInerney, D. L. Herlihy, J. McCormiek, A. Davis, J. Tonking, R. Donaldson, J. S. O'Sullivan, J…

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On Farm Md Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

"Adventures" Writes to the "Albury Banner":—1. We have a paddock of " ambercane sorghum," which has not yet come to maturity." A…

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The Hereford As a Dairy Cow

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 1

THE best illustration of the value of the Hereford as a dairy animal is given in the "Dairy," October 10, 1906. The herd (says " Bruni," in…

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Experimental Farms. General Scheme Foreshadowed. Improving the Quality of Stock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. J. Perry, the Minister for Agri­culture, told a press interviewer last week that he had a general scheme with reference to experimental farms…

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Farmers And Settlers' Association. Millwood Road Branch. Demands of the Rural Workers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

Our Tooyal correspondent writes:— A meeting of the Millwood Road branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Mr. S…

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Baby Farmer Fined

The Worker · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 5

Nurse Clayton, who had charge of 12 boarded-out babies at Preston, V., six of whom died during the heat wave, was proceeded against last week for having…

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School for Farm Hands

The Worker · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 7

Dear Worker. The "S.M. Herald" recently published an article on "A School for Farm Hands," in which it mentions the rates of wages…

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Rural Workers' Organization Formed. Supplants Farm and Bush Laborers' Union. Assistance Rendered by A.w.u. President and Secretary

The Worker · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 11

The first annual conference of the Australian Farm and Bushworkers' Union was held at the Protestant Hall, Wagga, on Saturday, March 7. The proceedings…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles (All Rights Reserved.) Farm Cattle

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 2

The sooner farmers who buy in their stuck annually begin to pick up a few growing stores for wintering the better. At Michaelmas a good many sales…

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The Dairy. Salt for Cattle

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 7

It is evident that dairymen have not fully realised the Importance of giving their cows access to salt. In its connection some very Interesting…

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Farmers and Settlers' Asso­ciation

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 3

A meeting of the Adelone Branch of the Farmers and Settler's Association was held at the Royal Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Present :—Messrs…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 2

J. H. Beale advertises that he will hold a special sale of 1500 head of cattle at Moss Vale on April 2nd. The market for rabbits is firm in…

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Advising The Farmer

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 7

It is amusing, when travelling by train (observes a writer in the “Otago Witness”) to hear various occupants of the smoking carriage discussing the…

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Farm and Field. Stooking by Machinery

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 7

A Canadian, James Calder by name. is, according to a Canadian contemporary, the inventor or what lie claims to be an entirely practical grain shocker,…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

As the result of a butchers' strike at Broken Hill, a Co-operative Batchery has been started there. Last week two local trappers. work…

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Raising Dairy Cows

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

The one satisfactory way to acquire a choice dairy herd is to grow it. You cannot buy good cows without paying a good price. The owner…

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Bective Wet Sheep Cases. Extraordinary Judgment

The Worker · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 21

The hearing of the Bective wet sheep cases was concluded at Tamworth District Court, N.S.W., on March 9. Briefly, the facts of the dispute were as folloe :—It rained on…

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London Wool Sales LONDON, March 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 2

Nearly half the catalogue of the opening wool sales were New Zealand crossbreds. There was poor competition, owing to n miserable selection…

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