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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

Mr. Oliver Harris has removed 120 of his cows from Yarrangobilly to Jlle ngroe, Adelong Grossing. Mr. F. D. Brown has 172 horses…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 3

Filly-three applications were lodged last week for two blocks of Crown lands at Greenhills, Adelong. Mr. Surveyor Martin is at present…

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Farmers and Settlers' Platform

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

Read for yourself! Here it is! Election platform of the Farmers and Settiers' Association. Re-affirmed at the 1907 Conference:-…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Monthly Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Wagga branch of the F. and S. Association was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Strout…

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Wagga Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the Wagga Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on saturday afternoon…

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Appendix on the Medical Aspects of the Question. the Relation of "Wet Wool" and the Work of Shearing to Health

The Worker · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 11

1. One of the moving factors in the "Wet Wool Question" has been the strong belief held by shearers that there are definite occupational diseases connected…

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Wet Wool. Solving the Problem. Conference of A.W.U. and Pastoralists. Important Recommendations Arrived At. Reports From Scientific and Medical Experts Considered. Conclusions of Advisory Board Discussed. What the Investigations in Australasia Disclosed

The Worker · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 5

The joint conference of representatives from the Australian Workers' Union and Pastoralists' Association, which stood adjourned from August 10, 1908, resumed…

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Flies in Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 2

The ravages of flies in sheep during the last few years have added considerably to the pastoralists' working expenses. Their prevalence seemed…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 4

The Melbourne brokers held their closing tale for season 1908 9 this afternoon, when the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., Ltd.,…

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The Butter Market. Advance of Four Shillings a Cwt. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 2

Butter advanced is a Cwt to-day, choicest being quoted at 120s per CWT…

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Warwick Farm Results. a Mixed Day's Racing.—Merei Scores at Last.—Some Big Fields

The Worker · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 17

No one who visited Warwick Farm last Saturday would have thought it was winter, for it was, more like summer. People turned up in great force, which…

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Wool Reports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Company, Limited, wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 22nd June:—Transactions in greasy…

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Milking Machine Patents. a Warning to Dairymen

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 6

THE L.K.G." Milking Machine having proved an absolute success after 7 years use, a crop of weak imitations has come along, and we hereby warm…

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Experiment Farm Sheep at Sydney Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture is supplying a special display of sheep at the Sheepbreeders' Show which opens in Sydney on Wednesday next. The…

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Melbourne, Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

The Melbourne brokers held their closing sale for season 1908-1909 on Tuesday afternoon when the New Zealand Loan and Mereantil Agency Co…

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Depth or Sowing Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

What is the best depth to sow wheat According to an American report farmers who are wise and given to investigation do not sow as much wheat…

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Shortage of Wheat. Science to the Rescue

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

In his presidential address to the British Association at Bristol on September 7, 1898, Sir William Crookes, F. R. S. called attention to the peril…

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Correspondence. the Farmers and Settlers' Association. to the Editor

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

Sir,—Your contributor, "Bill Budgeree," states that the above association "has developed into a political organization, with wealthy men at the…

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Improved Farming. Departmental Action a Big Experiment. Operations at Nangan

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

Mr. Perry, Minister for Agriculture said on Thursday:—If what is called dry-farming for want of a better came, is likely to ensure farmers…

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The Wheat Yield

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

Actual returns completed the Government statician, show that the total wheat production of New South Wales last season was 15,483,406 bushels…

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