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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,673 stories in Riverina's papers · page 80 of 84

Items of News. First Local Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

The first load of locally grown wheat for this season has reached the Murrumbidgee Co-operative Milling Co.'s grain-sheds. The wheat was…

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Waugoola Wet Sheep Cases. Verdicts for the Defendants

The Worker · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

A case of considerable interest to pastoralists and shearers was heard at the Cowra Police Court on Wednesday, November 27 last, before F. B. Treatt, Police…

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Further Organizing Work. Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat Butter Factories

The Worker · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

Dear WORKER,—During live past week I have been visiting the butter factories around Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh and have to report a successful trip. I find…

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Agricultural and Pawstoral Notes. the Dorset Horn. The Sheep for Early Maturity

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 4

The suitability of the Dorset Horn for early, lambs was demonstrated by life weights taken recently of lambs dropped at Wagga Experiment Farm…

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The Crops

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

Reports from different parts of the Temora and Ariah Park districts confirm the earlier estimates that the wheat average for the district will…

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Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 3

There was spirited competition at yesterday's London wool sales, continental buyers showing eagerness for fine wools…

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Preference to Unionists. Tramway Employees Case. Justice Higgins Comments on the Brisbane Tramway Co.'s Methods. Witnesses "Stuffed" and Penned Like Sheep

The Worker · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 17

There were some sharp passages in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court at Melbourne last week, between. Mr. Justice Higgins and Mr. Frew, counsel for the…

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Pastoral. Merino Studs

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 1

The Objects at Yanco and Nyngan. In addition to the work that is being done by the sheep and wool expert in the way of experiments in…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 3

Large and representative catalogues [?]ve been dealt with during the past week and the selection has included some superior wools, with a big…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 4
Also in The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser, The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser

The Co-operative Wool and Produce Co. report. The company submitted on 2nd inst. a good average selection, and found…

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Wheat and Chaff

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 6

Writing as a special reporter as to the results of the hay and wheat crops of the present harvest and after reviewing the strange weather conditions that have…

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Markets, Wool Sales

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 6

John Bridge and Company, Limited, report that they offered a catalogue of 5,530 bales on the 27th instant. Some very superior New England spinning…

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Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 4

Prices were fully maintained at the London wool sales. MELBOURNE, Wednesday. The Australian Estates and…

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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 6 December 1912 · page 6

Three Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?] of the [?] J L. [?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the Department. The Department can [?] many problem concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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For the Man-on the Land. [Issued by the N. S.W. Department of Agriculture.] the Dorset Horn.the Sheep for Early Maturity

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 4

The suitability of the Dorset Horn for early lambs was demonstrated by the weights taken recently of lambs dropped at…

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The Dairy. Rearing of Calves. Methods in England

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 7

The dairying industry demands that a large number of selected holfer calves should be reared each season. if the best results ore expected the young…

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The Irrigation Area. Progress of the Settlement. Growth of Crops

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 6

Mr. L A. B. Wade, the executive officer of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust, forwards a report upon the progress of the settlement, and from this it…

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Fruit-growing at Yanco. what the Experiment Farm Orchard Has Demonstrated

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 1

During the four years it has been [?] existence the orchard at Yanco experiment farm has established many thing that will prove of value to settlers of…

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