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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Seasonable Notes. Wheat Experimentalist

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3

As soon as the harvest it over, farmers with fallowed land should seize every favorable opportunity to get the fallows broken down and in order for…

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Farms in a Rich District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3

Ben Lomond, a noted estate in the heart of New England, has reached the and of its days as a pastoral property. Recently, the place changed…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the M.P. and A.A. was held on Friday evening. There were present. The Hon. Jas. Gormly, M.L.A., (President) in the chair,…

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Large Load of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

What is considered one of the largest loads of wheat, if not actually the largest load ever brought into Wagga was delivered at the…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

A meeting of the Pastures Protection Board will be held on Thursday next. On Friday 90 bags of maize ex…

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On Farm Aid Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Judging by the vast number of owes now being sent to Homebush market, there is likely to be a shortage of owes for breeding purposes…

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Fallow Land and Cover Crops. Seasonable Expert Advice

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 3

In view of the approaching conclusion of the harvest, some, notes by Mr. G. L. Sutton, wheat experimentalist, to the department, and manager of the Cowra…

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London Wool sales. Decline in Rates. London, Jan. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

The London Wool sales opened brisk at from 4 to 5 per coat, decline on closing rates of previous series…

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A Farmer's Loss

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

Our Tooyal correspondent writes on Jan. 20:—The time which elapses between the finish of stripping operations and the removal of the wheat…

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News of the Week. Farmer's Terrible Death

The Worker · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 5

William Ticehurst, while bringing in a waggon-load of wheat near Grenfell (N.S.W.), fell beneath a wheel, which passed over his head, killing him instantly…

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Come-back Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7

Experiments made this season at the Cowra State Farm, New South Wales, go to show that the Come-back variety of wheat is going to establish a…

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Farm and Field. New Varieties of Wheat and Lncerne

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7

It is reported that the Botanical branch of the Department of Agriculture at Washington (U.S.A.) has discovered a new type of wheat which…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Care of Dairy Cows

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

Under good conditions and if [?]perly treated, one may gain the dairy cows confidence, and that will increase her motherly instinct. Under those…

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Commercial. Younghusband, Row, and Co. Proprietary, Ltd. Friday, January 17th, 1908. 1030 Bales Wool

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

Our third sale of the current series was held to day, when about 1,500 bales were submitted to a good attendance of the trade, and which represented every…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

A report from Byron Bay says that, on account of so much rain in the northern district, dairy farmers the complaining of too much growth…

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The Footrace Handicaps at Coolamon. (To the Editor “Farmers’ Review.”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

Sir, —Just one glance at the list of starts published for the two footraces to be run on the 27th instant, is sufficient to convince one that the adjusters bestowed…

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Tillage and Rotation of Crops

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7

Professor W. H. Day, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Canada, has recently issued an important bulletin dealing with the tillage and rotation of…

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The Dairy. Milk Fermentations

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 7

It Is not unusual to and persons connected with dairy work whose sole knowledge of fermentative processes is limited to the lactic acid fermentation—…

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Wool. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 1

Hill, Clark, and Co's. Ltd. Report:—The tone of the market is not very satisfactory but of course great anxiety is felt in regard to the London sales where the quantity…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., [?] report:— The sales reopened on Tuesday, the 21st inst. Superior wools were not offered in any quantity, and…

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