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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Irrigation Area. Phenomenal Growth of Crops

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

Mr. L. A. B. Wade, the executive officer of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust, issues a report upon the progress of the settlement, from which it would…

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Wool Sales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 8

There is an animated marked at the London Wool sales. Prices are being fully maintained. Notable price obtained at last…

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London Wool Market. Prospects Decidedly Favorable. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

The wool sales closed with well sustained competition. Opening rates were fairly well maintained, except for average top making wasty…

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A Fine Crop

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1912 · page 2

A fine yield of wheat is reported from Downside, on Mr. Harold Hay's farm. Forty acres were sown with Firbank wheat and all but two acres…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

Messrs Schute, Bell, and Co., Ltd report:— The market closed very firmly last week, any hesitancy in bidding for…

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To Keep Butter. Without Cold Storage

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 3

How can the farmer or farmer's wife keep butter in good condition during the hot months? The dairy expert's suggestion is a…

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Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. head their ninth wool sale of the season to-day, when they offered a good catalogue of close on 5000 bales. There was a full…

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Important to Drovers. Sheep on Railway Lines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

DROVERS and others would do well to note that it constitutes an offence, punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding £50, for…

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The Vacant North. Chance for the Boys. Free Farms for Settlers. Proposed Government Steamers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 4

An official statement has been issued by the Minister for External Affairs with regard to the steps being taken to secure settlement in the…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Platform. Objective

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 1

(a) The return of members to Parliament having a practical knowledge of country districts and requirements generally…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Malting Barley. a Crop that Pays

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 4

The growing of malting barley is a rather neglected industry in New South Wales, but the Wagga Experiment Farm has done something to…

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Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance. Co. report: We offered today 4242 bale, the catalogue being a thoroughly representative one,…

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King George as a Cattle Breeder. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

King George won three special prizes, four firsts, eight seconds and six thirds at the Islington cattle show…

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Moist Facts For Dry Farmers

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 7

The above is the title of a bulletin recently issued by the Department of Agriculture of West Australia, and compiled by Mr G. L. Sutton…

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Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 1

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co. Ltd., report: We held our ninth sale of the series this afternoon, bringing forward a catalogue of 2522…

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Death of Mr. G. J. Mulholland. a Noted Sheep-breeder

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 4

News of the death, in Sydney, of Mr. George James Seaton Mulholland was received in Wagga last evening The late Mr. Mulholland was one of…

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The Turf. (Continued from Page 7.) Warwick Farm Races. O.D.V. Scores Again—Malheur Beats Irishman.—Mandowa Wins the Big Race.—Backers Do Well

The Worker · Thursday 12 December 1912 · page 9

Opposed by Ascot, the meeting at Warwick Farm suffered somewhat on Saturday. Backers got on to a few "winners, but very little light was thrown on the…

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Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 4

Johu Bridge and Co., Ltd. report that no sales have been held in Sydney during the week owing to the absence of buyers in Brisbane attending the…

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Markets. Wool Sales

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 4

Hill, Clark and Co., Limited, report as under:— At our sale on Monday we offered 2367 bales, the selection being chiefly medium…

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Chicago "Pit." the Wheat Harvest

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 2

One who is in the middle of the great Chicago commercial maelstrom said to me when we were out together at a country club. "You must come with me…

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