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Farming & the land, 1913

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Butter Going Up. Possibility of a Famine. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 4

The Sussex-street butter merchants predict a possibility of a butter famine. Choice brands are going up and will be quoted at…

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A Muttama Case. Straying Cattle on Railway. Appeal Dismissed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 4

JUDGMENT was delivered in this matter, which was an appeal from a decision of Mr. H. G. Shaw, P.M., of Cootamundra. The…

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An Unforseen Function of the Beard of Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3

Wheat growers in general do not favour long-bearded grain, as the straw made therefrom is not liked by barn animals. Still in windy regions the…

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Cattle on the Line. a Cootamundra Case. Appeal in Chambers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3

Mr. Justice Ferguson, in Chambers, last week, was engaged with a special case in relation to the straying of [?] on the railway line…

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24-Yeab-old Steak. Hope of Preserving Dormant Life in Wheat for 3000 Years

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 4

A 24-year-old beef steak is mentioned by Mr. R. Whymper in an interesting article on Mummy Wheat in this month's, issue of "Knowledge."…

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The Farmers' Parliament

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 2

THE annual Conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association meets in Sydney on 7th proximo, and has a huge…

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The Farmers' Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3

The approaching annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, to open in Sydney on July 7 is attracting more than usual attention…

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Science and Farming

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3

Science is continually contributing something for the benefit of the farmer. If the farmer would meet the scientist half way, the condition of each would…

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Dairying. Milk Fever

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 6

All Agricultural authority of wide repute in England, Mr. Primrose McConnell, B. Sc.), recently sketched the past and present status of that once…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 3

Private London cables to Sydney mention sales of Australian [?] cargoes [?] of [?] cables [?]…

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Probable Butter Famine

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 6

It is the opinion of the leading butter merchants of Sussex-street that Sydney, and in fact the whole Commonwealth is about to experience one of…

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The Wheat Transport Problem

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 4

By an interesting coincidence, while an American expert on the bulk handing of wheat is now in this State, having been brought here to advise…

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Butter Famine Feared. New South Wales Prices. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 1

It is the opinion of the leading butter merchants of Sydney that the Commonwealth is about to experience one of the most severe butter…

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Girls As Fruit Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 4

An interesting suggestion regarding the employment of girls was made by Miss Badham, at the Girls' Grammar School prize distribution in…

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The Sheep Fly Pest Departmental Attitude. Prcautionary Measures

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 4

It is a moot point with some as to which is the greater menace to the sheep industry, the rabbit or the blow­fly post. Honors so far rest with the…

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Big Rise in N.S.W. BUTTER. Other States Buying. Wintry Conditions

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

THE market for grocers' selected brands of New South Wales butter will open in Sydney to-morrow morning at 126s per cwt. on the…

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Stockinbingal Farmers and Settlers' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 3

A meeting of the Stockinbingal Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was hold in Mr. Ellwoods Commercial Hotel, on Saturday the…

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The Butter Robbery

The Worker · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 12

GRADUALLY the secret of the inflation of the price of butter is becoming public property. When prices started to climb two rungs at a time the Tory…

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Farmer's Bankruptcy

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 1

A public examination of John Shannon Adams bankrupt, formerly farmer, Yerong Creek, was conducted at the Albury Court-house on Tuesday…

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The Farmer and the Labor Party

The Worker · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 8

Dear Worker,—In the article in your last issue under the heading, "Why Do They Hate Labor?" you have told us why the capitalists hate…

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