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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Rural Workers' Demands Discussed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

A fairly well attended meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts on Saturday…

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Wagga Growing Crops Competition. Awards Amended

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association Committee has readjusted the awards in the late Growing Crop Competition. It will…

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Agriculture and Pastoral Notes. Improving the Dairy Herds

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

Ever since dairying has become prominent as an economic factor in rural industry dairymen have often been perplexed at the extraordinary…

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The Wheat Market

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 1

Last Saturday morning some thousands of bags of New South Wales prime bright, unbleached wheat were brought an equal to 3s 9d, Sydney a rise ef ½d…

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Wet Sheep Case. Shearers Win a Test

The Worker · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 1

At the Warrnambool, Victoria, Court, on January 13, Ronald McRae sought to recover £17/3/6 from A. H. Baird, of Warrong, for wrongful dismissal; while…

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Wool Sales. Some Big Prices

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd , report :— Our catalogue of the 18th instant passed off with excellent competition…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 3

The Australian Mercantile and Finance Co., Ltd., report:—At our Rale to-day we offered a representative lot of 4045 hales, including clips from the…

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Farming Notes. Healthy Pigs

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 7

The factors which largely conduce to disease among pigs are overwhelming and injudicious feeding with more or less unsuitable food. Wheat is at…

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District News. Milbrulong. Farmers' Union

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held in the Public Hall on Saturday, 20th January. In the absence of the President (Mr. W…

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Farming and Fallowing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee Co-operative Milling Co. has taken a wise and commendable step in stipulating that its donated prizes to the Wagga Show…

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Handling Wheat in Bulk

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6

Practically every visitor from this country returns from the United States or Canada strongly impressed with the advantages of the bulk…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 3

There was good competition at yesterday's wool sales, best merinoes and all crossbreds selling well. Prices and faulties were weaker…

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District News Yerong Creek. Wheat Figures

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 4

The amount of the new season's wheat delivered at Yerong Creek up to the 23rd January amounted to 31,458 bags, of which 25,507 bags are…

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Wool Sorters' Demands. Claim for Fair Wage

The Worker · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 9

About two years ago in the Court of Industrial Appeal, Mr. Justice Hodges fixed the remuneration of wool sorters at £2 5s a week. This was generally…

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Improving the Dairy Herds

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6

Ever since dairving has become prominent as an economic factor in rural industry, dairymen have often been perplexed at the extraordinary…

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Fodder Crop

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 6

The reports from several coastal districts that maize which, owing to dry weather, has failed to develop a satisfactory cob, is being utilised to…

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The Wheat Crop

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

THE Government Statistician has just made available his estimate of the wheat crop. Although the crop is less by 4,500,000 business than last year, it…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

The second half of the wool selling season opened during the past week with a very large attendance of buyers, animated competition…

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The Revolt in China. Its Bearing on the Wool and Wheat Industry of Australia

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

Events so startling, and following in such rapid succession, in China, almost invariably heralding victory to the Rebel arms, so fiercely opposed to the…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Tho Co-operative Wool Co., offered 42,000 bales to-day. Competition was very keen with the best rates of the week fully maintained. Among the sales…

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