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Farming & the land, 1910

1,313 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 66

Strike and Sheep Sales. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 2

Messrs. John Bridge and Company. Limited, had been unofficially informed that the slaughtermen's strike is settled. Consequently at the closing of the…

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Fruit Crops Destroyed New Zealand

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 2

A severe frost has swept the Hustings district and Auckland, and has entirely destroyed the fruit crops, valued at £10,000…

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A King's Speech. "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 6

One of the best stories in connection with the history ol the Kite's Speech, and perhaps the least dignified, is told of Georgo IV. When…

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Lightning Flower Farming

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 8

More than a million square feet of glass covers the greenhouses owned by the world's most up-to-date torist…

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Crossbred Sheep

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Matthews, sheep expert to the Department of Agriculture, congratulated the local farmers on their prospects for the coming harvest…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 3

Shippers and millers are still willing to pay equal to 3/9 1/2 Sydney, for choice old New South Wales wheat, but farmers have higher ideas of the…

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Farmers' Day. Annual Visit to Experiment Farm. Advice From Experts

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 3

The atmospherical conditions being favorable it was only natural that the farmers paying their annual visit to the Experiment Farm yesterday…

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Poultry Farming

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 3

Mr. A. L. Wyndham, poultry expert to the Wagga Experiment Farm, stated that the object during the past five years had been to get size with egg…

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Dairying Prospects

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 3

Mr. W. G. Lee, dairy expert attached to the Wagga Farm, prophesied a considerable expansion of the dairying industry in the district due to the…

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The Wheat Crop

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 2

The wheat crops in the south of New South Wales, according to our, exchanges, look magnificient, and the general outlook (west, north-west, and…

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Manuring Wheat Crop

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 2

Unless on exceptionally good land manures should be drilled in with the seed: where the ground is fairy rich a dressing of phosphates may be…

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Wool Reports

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., report—Good quality wools continue to command general, and at times, excited competition, buyers being evidently anxious…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., limited, report: —At our sale on Tuesday we offered a fair sized catalogue of wools from the west, north and north-west. While no…

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The Lady's Handbag. Lightning and Sheep

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 4

The human breath has been found to be a fair conduction of electricity, a spark from a windburst machine [?] in [?] than in [?]. Investigating…

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Branding Seamen. Protest Against Strange Practice. "Marked Like Sheep."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 7

One of the grievances aired by a deputation of the Sailors' Union received by Mr Buxton at the Board of Trade offices on Thursday (said "L'oyd's…

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Romneys at the Sydney Sheep Show. a Remarkable Prize-winning Feat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 3

At the recent Sydney Sheep Show, Mr. S. S. Hunt, Evans' Plains, Bathurst, performed the noteworthy feat of winning both Grand Championships,…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 3

A meeting of the Hillston Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held in the Club House Hall last Saturday evening. The President…

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Practical—Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially Written for this Column. All Rights Reserved. the Principles of Dry Farming

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 2

One night use the following terms in classifying the different systems of dry farming: Crop annually, a system where there is a crop taken off of the…

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An Alligator Farm—a Novel Industry

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1910 · page 7

"The average popular impression of the alligator and his consort in species, the crocodile, is one of deeprooted revulsion," say a contributor…

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Sheep and Cattle. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 October 1910 · page 3

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report:— 42,605 sheep and lambs forward, chiefly comprising good quality merino wethers,…

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