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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Local and General News Growing Crops Competition

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

For some time past the Murrumbidgee Agricultural and Pastoral Association have been persistently trying to secure an officer of the…

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Farmers Seeking Knowledge. Wagga F. and S. Visit to the Farm. Interest in the Stock. Favorable Harvest Prospects

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 2

Over forty members of the Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association, accompanied by about 20 ladies, spent the day at the Wagga Experiment Farm…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Selecting Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

At this season it should be interesting, and perhaps ultimately very profitable, for wheat-growers to make a close scrutiny of their crops, and note…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, report:—We submitted 6,250 bales of wool at auction on Monday, including a few super lines, together with a large assortment of…

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Sheep As Beasts of Burden

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 7

Although there are still instances o oxen being used for ploughing (no further away than Sussex), and of dog being used as beasts of burden (In…

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The Pastoralist. Sheep and Blowflies

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

The season when the blowllies commence their raids on the sheep has again come round. This pest has not shown any signs of…

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The Pastoralist. No. 25. Sheep and Blowflies

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 6

THE season when the blowflies commence their raids on the sheep has again come round. This pest has not shown any signs of dhulnution; and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report:— We submitted 6,250 holes of wool at auction yesterday including of few super…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 6
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?] Minister of Agriculture, and are local mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can s[?] many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the indivi[?]al producer…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Hillston Branch

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held at the Club House Hotel on Saturday, October 14th…

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DAIRYING. Points of Cleanliness

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

There are many points in [?] dairying which, if observed [?] would obviate milk [?] consequent [?]…

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Pastoral Notes. Sheep and Blowflies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 7

The season when the blowflies commence their raids on the sheep has again come round. This pest has not shown any signs of diminution; and…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 5

The prolongation of the strike means New South Wale's millers can no longer export flour from Sydney to Queensland and the Islands, so the…

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Disease in Sheep

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

Mr. C. Lyne, inspector of stock, has lately been diagnosing a disease from which sheep have been dying at the parish of Marrar. After careful…

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The Wheat Crop. Government Statistician's Forecast

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 2

The Government Statistician, Mr. Trivett, has forwarded to the Premier a forecast of the wheat crop, which, on present conditions, he sets down at…

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The Pastoralist. Sheep and Blowflies

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 8

The season when the blowflies commence their raids on the sheep has again come round. This pest has not shown any signs of diminution; and…

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Wagga Show Dairy Tests

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

Several suggestions have been received by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the alteration of the conditions of the…

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Newtown V. Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 6

This game also is for completion this afternoon, on the Farm wicket. At present the Students have scored 135 runs in their first innings, and…

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Sheep and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 2

Cattle.—Supplies this week have been very heavy, and prices ruled still lower on Monday, while on Thursday the market just about held at equal rates…

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