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Farming & the land, 1913

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Potato Growing. Grafton Experiment Farm Method

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 4

Much useful work, instructive to the district and profitable to the farm, has been done in the growth of potatoes at Graf ton Experiment farm. On the…

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Local and General News Farmers' Show Schedule

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

The schedule for the Farmers' Autumn Show (late Farmers' Fair) to be held under the auspices of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and settlers'…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. "Take-all" in Wheat. How to Control It

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

The appearance of "take-all" in so many of our wheat fields this year is some evidence that the warnings of this department. two years ago, were…

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Wool-pressers' Wages

The Worker · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

Dear WORKER,—In your issue of Nov. 13 I noticed two letters on wool-pressers' earnings. Now, as I have been at the work for the last 15 years I think I am…

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Bores Creek. Wheat carting is in full swing

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 5

Such a pleasing change was experienced in the weather last Monday morning—from 108deg. to 78. 'Tis rumored that Boree is likely…

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The Farm. Crops Raised on Subsoil Moisture

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

In my address at the third Dry Farming Congress, at Cheyenne, I recommended farmers to acquire their moisture first, and then raise…

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The Dairy Inspector. and a Northern Dairy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 8

The story is told time an Inspector on his rounds among the dairy farms of the North Coast came upon a place hopelessly filthy and run down. A…

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The Farm. How Legumes Re-made Farm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

A short but effective story told by Walter W. Finley in the May number of "American Agriculturist":— At one time 1 depended on wheat…

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Cowpeas As a Seed Crop. Worth Thinking About

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 3

Under this title an article appears in the "Queensland Agricultural Journal" for December, which directs attention specially to the profits of…

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Emigration of British Farmers LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. W. A. Chappie, member for Stirlingshire, has drawn attention to the increasing effort, of Australia and Canada to attract the best British…

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Wheat Hauling

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

Wherever carriers assemble at this busy season of the year the conversation swerves irresistibly to an exchange of ideas on the probable wheat…

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Albury Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

Younghusband, Row and Co., Pty.. Ltd., report having gold by auction, on Thursday, January 16th, at Albury, 1131 bales of wool, which attracted an…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held their final sale of the regular weekly series on Tuesday, when they submitted a thoroughly…

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A Question of Bread and Butter

The Worker · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 13

RE "the high cost of living:" argument that the Liberal Party use on every platform, The Worker has already demonstrated that in the case of meat…

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Wool Sales. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held their final sale of the regular weekly series to-day, when they submitted a…

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"Take-all" in Wheat. How to Control It

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 3

The appearance of "take-all" in so many of our. wheat fields this year is some evidence that the warnings of this department, two years ago[?]…

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Scientific Farming. Its Influence on Agriculture Good Cultivation First; Then Manures

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 4

Mr. A. H. Renard, the well-known agricultural scientist of Victoria, writes as follows:— Comparisons drawn between…

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Warwick Farm Races. Books Have a Good Day.—Careel and Merei Win the Double.—Outsider Takes the Nursery.—Willow Green Beats Golden Hop

The Worker · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 7

Some big fields were seen out at Warwick Farm on Saturday, where a very fair crowd put in appearance, though Kensington was also the scene of action…

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Wheat Trucked

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

The following statement shows the number of bags of wheat dispatched from various stations:—Wallendbeen, 3,068, Morrison's Hill 437,…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Schute Bell, and Co., Ltd report:— At the opening sale of the new year on 13th inst. we found the market…

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