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Farming & the land, 1910

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The Wheat Market. Little Business in London or Sydney. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 3

Private cables from London to Sydney state that there is a holiday feeling about the markets there, and Unit both the London and Liverpool wheat…

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Shocking Fatality. Farm Hand's Terrible Predicament. Caught in Drum of Threshing Machine

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 3

Mr. T. H. Davis' traction engine and threshing plant pulled into Mr. Frank Grogan's farm at Greenvale, Boree Creek, on Saturday afternoon. Work…

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The Call for Farmers "Our Paramount Necessity."

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 4

In the course of an interview in Sydney, the chairman of the Victorian Water Supply Commission (Mr. Elwood Mead) said:—…

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From Sheep to Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

Colonel Mackay, M.L.C., has let 1,000 acres bf his estate to Messrs. Hoey Bros, for the purpose of wheat growing, and intends to start at once…

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Share Farming. Wheat and Dairying on the Halves. A Start in the Gundagai District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

ALTHOUGH I have Always held the opinion that the contented farmer is be who owns the freehold of the bit of land he occupies—chiefly because of…

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Wool Reports

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. report:—The firm tone which characterised the clossing of the workly s[?]les in this centre has been fully borne out at the London…

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Historic Importance of Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 3

Wheat, since the earliest period to which history reaches, has always been accounted the most valuable grain of the cu[?]miferous tribe, hence all…

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The Markets Wool Reports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., Wool and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report under date March 21 :— The firm tone which characterised the…

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Farm and Station

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 3

Mr. Johnson, inspector of orchards, has obtained from Mr. Chas Walker's orchard at Hallow a case of five-crown apples for exhibition purposes in the Intelligence Bureau,…

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Farm and Field. Selection of a Stallion

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 3

The selection of a stallion that will form a satisfactory alliance for his mares is a subject that will always continue to agitute the minds of horse…

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Seaweed Farms

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 5

Did you ever hear of the seaweed farm before? Yet this curious branch of agriculture has been in existence for nearly 500 years, for…

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The Farmers Column. Rusty Milk Cans

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 5

Rusty cans arc a constant menace to the industry, and a source of daily anxiety to the factory and creamery manager, as it also ought…

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The Farmers Column. Leguminous Cops As Fertilisers

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 7

They are of two classes of crops, leguminous or nitrogen-gathering, and non-leguminous. Among the latter may be named wheat, oats,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (Copyright.) the Right Way to Get the Corn Started

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

Prof. R. S. Cooley here outlines some of the Essentials—No fanner should consider that he knows it all-Refresh the memory with a…

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Farmers' Sheep. Wool Trophy at Sydney Show Lessons for Mixed Farmers Fleeces From Various Crosses

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 4

An educative display of crossbred wools in trophy form is made by the Department of Agriculture in the departmental pavilion at the Sydney show,…

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Mr. E. Crouch Resigns. Secretaryship of Farmers and Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. E. Crouch, secretary of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, has made up his mind to resign his office. He is now…

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Stockinbingal Farmers and Settlers' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Stockinbingal Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in Mr. Ellwood's i Carrington Hall on Saturday night,…

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The Wheat Market. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 3
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In Sussex-street to-day several small sales took place during the forenoon of milling wheat at equal to 4s 11/2d per bushel. Koine millers and shippers are…

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Wagga Wheat at Sydney Show

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Lindon, of "Clonnegonnell." Wagga, figured amongst the successful exhibitors of wheat at the Sydney show, carrying off first and…

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