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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,673 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 84

Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

Sydney buyers of wheat on milling account have been scared a bit by predictions of rain. There is no prime grain offering under 4/5 a bushel,…

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Commercial Special Sheep Sale at Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

Younghusband, Row and Co. Pty. Ltd., report having held a special sale of store sheep at the municipal yards at Albury on Friday, 3rd inst., when…

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Items of News. M.p. and A.a. Wheat Prizes

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

The local response in respect to the liberal and grain prizes offered by the M.P. and A. Association has not been up to the present, as satisfactory as…

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Football. Rugby. Lake Albert v. FARM

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 3

The above teams meet on the race-course on Saturday next in the Byrnes' Cup Competition. The Lake team will be chosen from—Willis…

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Farm and Station Laborers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 4

The Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of the…

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Farm and Station Labourers

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

The Director of the immigration Bureau advises further large shipments of selected agricultural labourers from the rural districts of the…

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Up-to-date Farming. An Example from Riverina

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 6

The irregular and unforeseen attacks of the elements to which farmers in this Stale are subject are largely responsible for a state of mind which…

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Wagga Farmers & Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settler's' Association is to be held next Saturday afternoon. The business sheet is as…

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Firbank Wheat for Hay. Opinions of a Coolamon Farmer

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

Mr. E. Field, of “Wave Hill,” Coolamon, contributes the following to the last issue of the “Agricultural Gazette”.—…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

Dalg[?]ty and Co., Ltd., wool sale[?]ruen, Sydney, have received the following cable message from their London House, dated 4th inst. The second series of…

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Wool. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:— Substantial catalogues aggregating 24,500 bales were offered in the…

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Pastoral Notes. Sheepskins. Faults That Can Be Avoided

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 9

The recent article on the preparation of hides for the market indicated the ways in which depreciation can be avoided…

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Agricultural AND Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J.L. Trefie, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and…

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Dairy Cows Poisoned. Farmers' Serious Loss. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

A couple of Inverell dairy farmers lost 33, valuable dairy cows, apparently as a result of cyanide poisoning, as several dead opossums were…

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Farm and Station Laborers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

THE Director of the Immigration Bureau advises us of further large shipments of selected agricultural laborers from the rural districts of the United Kingdom, to arrive…

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Winter School for Farmers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

In connection with the forthcoming winter school for farmers, to be held it the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from June 17 to July 13 next…

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Seed Testing. a Simple Method. on the Farm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

The seed time for many of our [?] is drawing near. In many co[?]ies, notably Sweden, seed-testing is undertaken by the State. In Ireland the…

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British Farm Labourers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

THERE continues to arrive into the State it steady stream of young agricultural labourers from the British Islands. Since the inauguration of the…

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