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Farming & the land, 1912

1,673 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 84

Poultry. Fowls on the Colony System. the Methods on . a Large Farm

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

For the ordinary farmer keeping a few repress or hundreds of fowls, with plenty of grassland to run them on, the colony system will always take first place,…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the lion. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…

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How to Crop Wheat Early—rotate—fertilise

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 3

Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst experiment farm, in the course of an address to the members of Spring Hill Agricultural Bureau…

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Yields of Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

The Department's Inspector in the Southern District, in a report, says that: Reviewing the whole of last season's experiments, we find that the…

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Wheat. a Further Rise

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

Sydney opened with a much brisker wheat market in view of the steady tone in London and the continued dry spell in Riverina and other parts…

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Federation Wheat Officially Recommended

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 6

It has been heard in several quarters that Federation wheat is losing favour of late, and there are fewer growers of this variety than previously. From…

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Forward Selling of Wheat

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 3

A new system of selling wheat forward has lately been introduced on the Sydney market. The agreement is that no wheat actually passes, but that…

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Tuberculous Dairy Herds

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 2

In a paper read recently by Professor Stewart, Professor of Veterinary Science, Sydney University, before the Australian Association for the…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association. Eastern District Riverina Council. Annual Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Eastern District Riverina Council in connection with the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, was held at…

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The Dairy Cow. a Valuable State Asset

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 4

Lecturing before the Bathurst Agricultural Bureau, at Bathurst, Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, chief of the Dairy Branch of the Department of…

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Sheep and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—Sheep.—Worker for all classes on Monday last, when the demand was dull and sales…

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A Troublesome Sheep Disease

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

The Inspector of Stock at Cobar, in the March number of the Agricultural Gazette, directs attention in a disease in sheep which is becoming…

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Wheat and Oats Compared

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

In comparison with Algerian oats—a crop grown largely for green feed by South Coast farmers—Thew wheat stands out well in regard to early…

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Commercial. Wool. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

A. M. L. and F. Co., Ltd., report:— The attention of the trade during the week where, after an interval of some two…

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Sydney Wool Market. V

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

The Cp-operative Wool arid Produce Co., Ltd , report:—Wool sales took place in Brisbane this week. Greasy declined par to 5 per cent., whilst scoured was…

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Wheat on the South Coast

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

The wheat plots on the South Coast during the past season were favoured with better conditions than on any other occasion since the experiments were introduced…

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The World's Wheat and Flour

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom, as cabled this week 1s 3,950,000 quarters, or an increase of 325,000 quarters since…

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To-day's Telegrams. Wheat and Chaff

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 2

Wheat 3/9 to 3/10. Chaff: Wheaten, 4/6 to 5/11; catch, 4/11 to 5/5. ALL NIGHT SITTING…

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Commercial Sydney Wool and Produce Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

Wool.—Business in the Sydney wool market during the past week has been mainly confined to trading for locally scoured skin wools, and prices for these…

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Varieties of Wheat. Recommended by the Department

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 6

In the "Agricultural Gazette" for February, and in various newspapers a list has appeared of the varieties of wheat which the Department of…

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