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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

1,155 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 58

Seven Acre Farm How to Work It Successfully

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 8

John Doe occupies a holding of seven acres on a seventy, years’ lease at a rental of L1 an acre. He devotes about half his time to his own land, and works…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Right's Reserved.) Beginning Bee-keeping

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

The present is a very good time for those who are thinking about keeping bees to begin by purchasing a good stock that has safely passed through…

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New Wheat Business

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

The well-known Sydney wood salesmen, Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., have added a farm produce department to their business. An…

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Co-operative Wool and Produce Company

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 8

The balance sheet of the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., which, was issued on 30th June last, is of unusual interest this year by reason of the signi[?]cant fact that…

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Tumut Butter Factory

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Tumut Butter Factory directorate took place on Saturday, Dr Mason (chairman), Messrs F Taylor, H H Crouch, J G…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 4

Mr. Patrick H[?]ffernan, of Junee, has sold nearly 4000 acres of Milbank Estate close to the town, to a Victorian syndicate, at a high price. It…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Candidates for State Parliament. Sir Willyne Condemned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association, was held at the School of Arts on…

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Much Cry, Little Wool

The Worker · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 13

FOR futile tongue-flapping, in certain directions, Premier John Murray the Reformer is in the record-piling class. But of late, what with his fulminations…

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The Wheat Harvest. Gratifying Prospects Large Area Sown

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 1

The Government statistician, Mr. J. B. Trevett, has issued an estimate for the present season. It is given as 2,240,408 acres, an increase of…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Selling Broken,' Association report:- The local wool market is still characterised by a keen demand at…

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Foot-rot in Sheep

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

Some contend that foot-rot is not a contagious disease, but generally it is held to be so, and by treating' it as such is the best way to eradicate it…

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New Wheat Busines

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

The well-known Sydney wool Winchombe, Carson, and Co. Limited, have added a farm produce department to their business. Announcement…

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The Markets Wool Reports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date 6th August. Showery weather inland is retarding…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

A local farmer, who has only a small quantity of wheat under crop, says that owing to the excessive winter rains he does not think his paddock…

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Antiseptics on Farms

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 3

While it is not expected that the average farmer will attempt much along the line of surgery, there are some things which the majority of them undertake…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Poultry Notes, Breeding Pens

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

It is time now that poultry-keepers were thinking of their stock birds, as it is advisable to get the stock settled down. It is high time now that fowls…

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Butter or Margarine?

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

The manufacture of food-stuffs has now reached such a state of dacaptivences that even the expert esay consume margarine with satisfaction…

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Sheep Dog Trials

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

Sheep dog trials in the show ring are growing in popularity. At Almost every show provision is made for these trials, and at Lockhart and…

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Fortunes for Farmers. Scientists Discover a "New" Wheat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 5

That remarkable body of scientific men at Cambridge who are devoting themselves to agricultural research are on the eve of establishing a proud…

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Sydney Dreadnought Fund Establishment of a Naval College. Farm for British Immigrants

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 2

A meeting of die subscribers to the Dreadnought fund was held in Sydney on Thursday, at which the Lord Mayor (Alderman Taylor) submitted a minute…

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