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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Firbank Wheat for Hay

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 7

The results obtained from Firbank wheat are rapidly bringing it into favor as a wheat to grow for hay, and a heavy sowing this season is…

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The Wheat Position "Not Enough to Go Round."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 5

Sussex street produce firms report that the impression is gaining ground in Sydney and country that there is not enough wheat to go round. Farmers…

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Agricultural. Hawkesbury College. Winter School for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 7

This year's winter school for farmers will commence on Monday, June 17, and will terminate on Saturday, July 13…

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For the Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 1

In the island of Jersey farming land is extremely valuable, the average yearly rental being about £10 or £12 per acre; and in some parishes, such…

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Farmers and Settlers Association Organiser Pearce on Tour

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. C. J. Pearce, the lately appointed organiser on behalf of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association, sends the appended…

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Wool Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 3

A.M.L. and F. Co, Ltd. Report with the holidays intervening little or no business has transpired since our report of last week. our London ag[?]'s able as…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 3

Dalgety and Company report:—Matters incidental to the Show and visits from country events have chiefly engrossed our attention during the week. As far as…

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Sheep Stolen for Starving Family

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 3

Edward James Hodgetts, on remand was charged with the theft of a sheep valued at 11s, the property of Patriot and Thomas Byrnes. Mr. P. R. Higgins…

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Special Cattle News. Collision with an Iceberg

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

Despatches from Halifax state that the Manner Titanic, after striking an iceberg off Newfoundland, began to sink. All the passengers,…

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To-day's Telegrams. Wheat and Chaff

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

Wheat strong at 4/8. Chaff: Wheaten, 4/8 to 6/9; oaten, 5/3 to 5/6. AUSTRALIAN PRESSMEN…

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The Wheat Market a Sharp Rise. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 2

The wheat market has experienced a sharp rise at Chicago, in consequence of the reports from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky that the crops have…

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"Take-all" in Wheat. How to Control It

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 3

The spread of "take-all" is one of the serious menaces of agricultural life Growers who have it in their paddocks deserve sympathy, but…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 1

The General Secretary advises all branches of the following dates fixed by the executive in connection with the next annual conference:—…

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The Farm. Inter-pollination of Apples

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 3

There is very little positive knowledge concerning the inter-pollination of fruits, and no subject in pomology is in greater need of…

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The Farm. Exaggerated Emphasis on Type

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 2

It will bear repetition, writes "The farmers' Advocate," that the contrast between beef and dairy type, as commonly exemplified , in the…

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The Farm. The Effect of Frosts in Agriculture

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1912 · page 7

No more valuable means of preparing clay soils for working them into a fine tilth can he utilised than ploughing ground roughly in the…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 3

Private cables state that the London and Liverpool wheat markets are 1½d. a quarter lower and there is no demand for distant Australia cargoes…

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London Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 15th April that the London wool sales opened satisfactorily on Thursday last, competition being keen…

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Werriwa. the Labor Candidate. a Farmer Selected

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. J. Lynch, who has been selected as the accredited Labor candidate, is a farmer at Thuddungra, who has for years been a prominent member of the…

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Farmers and Settlers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held at the School of Arts on Saturday. Two witnesses are to be selected to…

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