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Farming & the land, 1912

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., wool and produce brokers, Sydney, report under date 26th February:—We held our final sale of the weekly series on the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held a periodical sale on Tuesday, when they submitted a catalogue of 1610 bales…

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America and the Farmers How He Is Helped

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 3

It appears that since 1839, when the first grant in aid of £200 was made, until 1910, Congress has advanced to agriculture the large sum of…

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Wheat Growers to Note

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

The experiments conducted by the Department have thrown some additional light regarding the economic production of wheat. The object of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Fermentation in Wine Making

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

It is, perhaps, almost a platitude to observe that the man who schools himself in all the most advanced knowledge applicable to his calling,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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The Dairy. Curing Pork. a College Method

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

Farmers and dairymen sometimes require information concerning the best method of curing pork. Some time ago publicity was given to the method of…

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Dry Farming

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

Who has not heard of that happy country where the inhabitants live by taking in one another's washing, and are as happy and prosperous as…

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Cricket. Newtown v. FARM

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 3

The following have been chosen to represent Newtown against The Farm on The Farm wicket on Saturday:—Gethings, Cox, O'Connor,…

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Nth Berry Jerry & Bannock. Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the above took place in Springwood hall on Saturday the 24th inst, with a fair attendance of members…

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The Dairy. Rearing Young Pigs, Use of Skim Milk

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

Skimmed or separated milk of great assistance in bringing young pigs along, especially in moderation and in proper combination with…

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Why Farmers Should Keep Poultry

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 4

1. Because by, their means farmers can convert a great deal of waste on the farm into money, in the shape of eggs and chickens for market…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Private cables state that the London and Liverpool wheat markets are a little better. The sale is mentioned of a cargo of Australian wheat on…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Owing to the strike the wool sales are indefinitely postponed…

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Farmers Fair

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

Entries for all sections on the Farmers' Fair schedule close on Tuesday next. All that day, Mr.George Lindon, the hon. secretary, will be in…

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Wheat Gorging. Wheat Gorging

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

After every wheat harvest, in all districts where the grain is grown, there are heaby losses through horses getting to the grain stacks. A…

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Wheat Grown in Rotation with Fodder Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

When wheat was grown in rotation with a fodder crop comprising rape, or tares the results from methods of harvesting were different from…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

The Co-operative Wool and Produce Co. report:—Weekly wools sales are over, Burry and unskirted wools ore irregular, but best bright shafty lices are…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd. report:— The past week has been a comparatively quiet one in the wool trade, everybody taking a rest after the…

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