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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,673 stories in Riverina's papers · page 70 of 84

Farmers Visit to Wagga Experiment Farm. Pleasant and Instructive

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 2

By arrangement of the Agricultural Bureau of Wallendbeen, and Mr. W. J. Cartwright, the courteous secretary; a party was got together for…

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Pastoral. Dorset Horn Sheep. For the Early Lamb Market

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 4

The Dorset Horn sheep that are at Wagga Experiment Farm have very favorably impressed the department's sheep and wool expert and the…

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Cheese and Butter

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

Referring to the respective profits in butter and cheese-making, Mr. M. Wallace, the New South Wales butter and cheese expert, recently dealt…

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Cutting Up a Sheep Carcase

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 7

Split the carcase through the back-bone with a saw or sharp cleaver. Divide the halves into fore and bind quarters, leaving one or two ribs on…

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The Wool Pressers' Award

The Worker · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

Dear "Worker : I quite agree with the writer (Geo. McGilvray) of the letter which appeared in "The Worker" under the above heading. I am quite certain that wool…

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Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., held their third sale of the current series to-day. whon they submitted a catalogue of some…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 4

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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The Soay Sheep. How They Are Captured by the St. Kildans

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 3

Apparently St. Kilda Island, which has just been doubly relieved, was starving in the midst of plenty, for the 75 inhabitants possess between…

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The Farm. the Indispensable Potato. the World's First Vegetable Its Origin, Development and Cultivation. the Tuber's Variability

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

to the extreme variability of the potato is due not only its multitudinous varieties, but also its caracity for improvement. It is because…

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The Irish Farmer. Yesterday

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 7

We can imagine to ourselves an Irish farmer of the old time with twenty acres to till, lord of a herd of four or five cows, a. drift of sheep,…

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Farmers and Settlers Association. Murray Valley District Council

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the above was held at the Royal Hotel, Corowa, on the 10th inst, when there were present: Messrs A. K. Trethowan (President)…

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Splendid Rains in South Australia. Many Crops Saved. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 2

Splendid rains have fallen in some of the northern and north-western parts of the State during the last few days. Many stations in the lower…

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The Crops

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 4

Conditions have become less favorable since these reports were compiled:—LOCKHART.—The estimated area…

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Immigration and Farm Laborers. an American Warning for Australia

The Worker · Thursday 24 October 1912 · page 20

An article in a recent issue of U.S. "Coast Seamen's Journal" has a particular significance for Australians just now, when there is so much talk about the…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 4

Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., report:—No Monday the 21st instant our catalogue was comprised principally of…

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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 25 October 1912 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tre[?], 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 impracticable to the individual producer…

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Bulk Handling. a Wheat Problem. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 2

The Assistant Railway Commissioner, Mr. Harper, giving evidence before the Victorian Commission into the carriage of wheat, stated that…

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Irrigation Farm Withdrawn

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 5

Farm No. 303, parish of Yarangery. within Yanca brigation Area has been withdrawn by amended notice in the Government Gazette. Area 54 acres…

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Land for Selection. Homestead Farm Area No. 98

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 4

Land District of Narandera and Yanko Shire. The following area will be available for application on and after 28th October. Applications received by post…

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Wheat Commission. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 6

Mr. H. Anderson, Under-Secretary of Agriculture, giving evidence before the Victorian Wheat Commission, said the Department realised that at least…

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