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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,673 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 84

Cattle Talk

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

Mr J. T. Cole, manager of the Darbalara Estate, has been drawn into a controversy re the purity of Shorthorn cattle at the…

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World's Wheat Supply

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 3

Preliminary returns of the wheat and oats harvest in the Southern Hemisphere were contained in the bulletin of Agricultural Statistics for…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 2

Good sales were effected at the London wool auctions, at unchanged prices…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 5

Alter an interval of nearly two mouths, sales were resumed in the Melbourne market to-day, when the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile…

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To Reform Parliament Dubbo Farmers' Proposals

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Dubbo branch of the F. and S. Association, a number of motions were agreed to for submission to the Western District…

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Temora District Court Shake Farmers Complaint

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 2

Judge Hamilton presided at the District Court sittings at Temora on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday, before a jury of four, his Honor heard…

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Shall the Rural Workers Get Justice? Bitter Hostility of the Dairymen's Association

The Worker · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 16

The Tweed River Dairymen's Association, like several other branches of the same organization, is out to defeat, if it can, the claims of the Rural Workers'…

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Horses Getting at Wheat

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 3

Occasionally in the Coolamon district we hear of valuable, draught horses getting at the wheat stacks, and eating their…

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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 26 April 1912 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J.L. Prime, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impractable to the individual producer…

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The Dairy. Milk and Tuberculosis. How Pigs Are Affected

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 7

The cause of tuberculosis in pigs would appear to be associated with the two of milk from affected cows. Investigations made in parts of China where…

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Farmers’ [?] Settlers’ Assen. Coolamon Branch

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

A meeting of members of the above; was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Saturday afternoon last, when there were present:—Messrs. J. Maloney…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

Private cable state that the London wheat market is steadier than on Wednesday. The Sydney wheat market is practically at a standstill. The…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

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

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BUTTER-BOXES. Effects of Poor Material

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

The dairy expert has noted lately that a number of butter factories have been using an inferior type of wood for the export of butter. The…

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Compulsory Sheep Dipping. Border Difficulty. Albury

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

At a meeting of the Albury Pastures Protection Board, to-day, the stock inspector Mr. Wilks) reported that the Victorian Sheep-dipping Act…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

The market was active at the wool sales. All sorts were firm and there was strong competition for fine-haired merinos…

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Sheep at Albury Market Are They Vermin Infested? Compulsory Dipping Advocated

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 5

The stock inspector in Albury district, Mr. Willis, brought under the notice of the P.P. Board on Wednesday the question of protecting the…

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Dairying. Milking Herd Records. Hawkesbury College

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

The value of herd-testing is illustrated in the records of the 1911 mill yields for the Hawkesbury Agricultural College dairy herd, which are…

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School for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture has advised Mr. A.F.D. White, secretary of the M.P. and A.A., that the winter school for farmers at the…

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Mr. Beeby in Melbourne Lessons From Western Tour. Dry Farming Possibilities

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 2

Mr. Beeby, Minister for Lands, has proceeded to Melbourne after his lengthened tour of the western Riverina district. Interviewed in the…

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