Farmer's Wife Demented. Tragedy Near Wangaratta. "No Help to Her Husband." Depression Leads to Suicide. Melbourne
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2
Eliza Ann Carlyon, the wife of a farmer at Greta, near Wangaratta, became demented. She soaked her clothing in kerosene, drank phenyal, and tied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dry Farming and Irrigation. Another Report From Mr. Neilsen. Murray Waters for Irrigation. America's Average of £3 [?] 10½d Per Acre. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2
Mr. Nielsen has presented a vol[?]minuous report to the Government on dry farming. After tracing the history of irrigation from the earliest times, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. (These columns are open for the discussion of any question touching the development of the irrigation settlement. Letters must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication. Matter intended for publication in the succeeding issue must reach the office, Leeton, not later than the 10th and [?]5th of the month. The irrigation Record is published on the 1st and l[?]th day of each month.) Capital Required to Develop a 50-Acre Farm
Irrigation Record · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 5
There has Been much controversy among settlers as to the amount of capital required to develop a 50-acre farm on the irrigation areas—that is, to bring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Profitable Dairying. What Can Be Done on Thirty Acres
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 7
When co-operative dairying first, came into vogue, a return of £8 to £10 per cow was considered good, and there me probably yet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm. the Use of Kainit
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 7
Kainit is well known to every intelligent agriculturist as a salt containing about 12½ per cent. of potash combined with common…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boree Creek Farmers' Union
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 2
At a Boree Creek Farmers' Union meeting a letter was read from Mr. Wade, administrator of the irrigation trust, slating that the suggestions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm Poisoning Case Adjourned Inquest. an Open Verdict. Benalla (Vic.)
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 3
The adjourned inquest into the circumstances of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bamford, wife of Thomas H. Bamford, farmer, Kilfeera, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairy. Streaky Butter. Some of the Causes. Methods of Control
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 7
Inexperienced buttermakers often find the finished article streaky, or mottled, without being able to account for the damaged condition. Butter must be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Annual Wool Report
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 8
WE have received a copy of Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd's twenty-fourth Annual Wool Review, which contains much…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agriculture. Two Wheat Averages
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5
Does it Pay to grow [?] for a [?] crop? It a season when the average yield is estimated by the Statistician to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Important to Wheat Growers
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2
Messrs. Lindley, Walker and Co., the well known wheat agents of Mark Lane, Sydney, advertise in another part of this issue a new seed dressing for smut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 6
These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trade of Agricultural, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. NO. 102. AGRICULTURAL…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leeton Butter Factory. to Be Opened Next Thursday by Sir H. Rider Haggard
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2
The Dominion Royal Commission are visiting Leeton next week, and on Thursday next, 24th inst., the official opening of Die magnificently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the man on the Land. (Issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture.) Agriculture. Two Wheat Averages
Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 6
Does-it pay to grow wheat for a 10-bushel crop ? In a season when the average yield is estimated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butterfly Farms
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 3
It is, perhaps, not a matter of general knowledge that in England there are at least three farms devoted entirely to the cultivation of butterflies and moths…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Selecting Dairy Machinery Hints for the Prospective Buyer
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2
How many farmers are in the unhappy position of having hastily acquired a faulty piece of machinery, whether separator, oil engine, or compline hulking plant? They were either…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dominions Commission. Dry Farming in the State. "Best in the World." Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2
Mr. Valder, acting Under Secretary for Agriculture, gave evidence before the Dominions' Commission upon various aspects of forming in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allicator Farming
Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 3
There is much money to be made in alligator farming, it is said. The demand for alligators is large, constant, and rapidly increasing; the supply is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers & Settlers’ Association. the Murrumbidgee Selection
Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 6
A meeting of the Narandera branch of the above association was held at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Wednesday afternoon, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Intensive Farming
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 4
An intensive system of farming by which the biggest yields are got out of the soil seems to represent the modern spirit. It is recognised that a…
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