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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Wheat Figures

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 4

The total deliveries to date of the new season's wheat at Lockhart, amount to 74,630 bags, of which 9,810 bags have received despatch; 15,000…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report under date 12th February:— Wool.—Sales progressed satisfactorily last week, and prices were…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—Wool: At our sales to-day there was a good competition at recent rates. Greasy sold…

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Farmers from Uruguay. Visit Wagga Experiment Farm. Instructive and Enjoyable Day

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

A party of farmers from Uruguay paid a visit, under the auspices of the Government Tourist Bureau, to the Wagga Experiment Farm on…

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Farming in the "Dry" Districts

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 6

The first results of farming operations at the Nyngan State Farm are encouraging. The manager of the Farm (Mr. H. J. Kelly), in a report,…

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Whiter Dairying

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 3

At a recent conference of creamery managers, dairy instructors, etc., held at Thurles, in Ireland, one of the speakers, in the course of his…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. For the Man on the Land Germination of Wheat

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 7

A question of vital importance to wheat-growers is the proper germination of the seed when it is sown. In last month's Agricultural Gazette…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:— SYDNEY, Thursday. We sold 3,500 bales to-day, the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. wired:—On Wednesday we sold three thousand five hundred bales. The market was firm at late rates…

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South Gundagai Butter Factory. Shareholders' Meeting

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the shareholders of the South Gundagai Butter Factory was held on Wednesday afternoon. Those present…

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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 16 February 1912 · page 6

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

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Rust in Wheat Variety Tests. New South Wales Result

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 7

According to a New South Wales official report, moisture and warmth just prior. to harvest are main factors favoring rustiness in wheat. It is…

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Farming in the "Dry" Districts. No. 41

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 6

The first results of farming operations at the Nyngan State Farm are encouraging. The manager of the farm (Mr. H. J. Kelly), in a report, says that the…

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Ews and Notes. Motive Power On The Farm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

MACHINERY is the order of the day; there is no sense in doing by hand that which can be done better and quicker by the aid of…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Ready Made Farm Chapter Xvi

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 6

When British people start a colony, they invite all the world to come in and share the blessings of the place, and there is something magnificent in that British form of hospitality, which gives welcome to every soul. But it won't work always, as we have found out in…

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The Dairy. Points of Dairy Cows. Milking Characteristics

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

There are many distinguishing features in the most profitable dairy cows. The tail, udder, wedge-shaped shoulders, and eyes express milking…

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Stockinbingal Farmers 'And Settlers' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held at Mr. T. Ellwood's Commercial hotel on Saturday night last, with only a moderate attendance of members…

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Shorthorn Dairy Cow

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

The Shorthorn dairy cow Eaglethorpe Amy 5th, winner of two first prizes at Tring, and frist at the Cheshire Show, giving 49%lb. milk in the show ring also a London dairy show winner, the property of Mr Samuel Sanday, Puddington Hall, near Chester…

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The Dairy. the Brood Sow. Feed and Management. Instructive Details

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

The necessity of having the Bow in a thrifty condition (states a writer in the English "Farmer and Blockbreeder") at the time of breeding is a fact that…

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Butter Factory. Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 2

The annual meeting of share- holders of the Gundagai Co- operative Butter Factory was held on Wednesday last, Mr. J…

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