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Farming & the land, 1913

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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 5 September 1913 · page 6
Also in Daily Advertiser

[?] No. 122. AGRICULTURAL…

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Politics, A Bread and Butter Question. To the Editor

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 4

"Politics is purely a bread-and-butter question," declares Mr. Wade, who makes a practice of asked at all his meetings whether anybody is batter…

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Indian Cane. a Farmer's Method

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 6

A member of the Lower Portland branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. W. C. Gambrill, put in a few words on the value of Indian cane as a fodder…

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Agricultural. Another Western Farmer. Fallowing Ensures Clean Land

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 1

"Yes, I like fallowing because it conserves moisture, cleans the ground and puts it in a better mechanical condition. The short (or summer)…

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Farms Tragedy. Alleged Murderer's Body Found. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 2

The body of F. J. Virgin, who was alleged to have set fire to the house of a farmer named Julian, at waimata (N.Z.), as a result of which…

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The World's Wheat Crop

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 5

The preliminary estimate by "Dornbusch" of August 1 of this year's wheat crops in every country in the world is to hand by mail. The grand…

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Woman's Inhumanity to Women. Destitute Asylum Case. Revolting Disclosures. "Bugs in the Butter." Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 4

The report of the committee of inquiry into the charges made by a nurse of the Adelaide Destitute Asylum, against another nurse, with…

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Serious Driving Accident Illabo Farmer Killed. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1913 · page 2

Armour Harris, a well-known farmer of Burringa, near illabo, spent Friday at the local races and remained in town till between 10 an 11…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report:— Some fair sixed catalogues of early shorn wools were presented to buyers…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

THE butter export trade is a matter of so much importance to the prosperity of Australia that the comprehensive annual review…

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Sheep for Money Making

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

The money making possibilities in the sheep industry are evidently not yet exhausted. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. point out that a draft of 500…

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Commercial Wool. Opening Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

The weekly wool sales for the present shearing season opened on Tuesday last, values showing a slight decline…

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Dry Farming

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

"The practising of dry farming methods in Australia would, in districts of under 30 and over 20 inches of rainfall, increase the yield…

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Dairying in Riverina. COOLAMON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

The country about Coolamon, with a rainfall of 21 inches, and a grass season of three months, more or less, is not generally considered suitable…

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Farm Medicines and Their Uses. with Special Reference to Cattle

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 6

Every farmer should keep on band a supply of medicine for cattle diseases. We mention here the most common class of medicines likely to…

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The Farmer's Babcock Test and What It Tells Him

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 6

It has been repeatedly urged that dairy farmers should study the milk-producing properties of the cows in their herds. Equipped with the…

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Care of Farm Implements

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 7

Of course, a well constructed toolhouse is the best place in which to store and care for farm implements, but the majority of farms do not…

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Cattle Breeders' Delusion

The Worker · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 13

NOT a few Australian cattle-breeders profess to believe that the establishment of the Beef Trust in Australia will promote their prosperity. They point to…

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Trouble at Carinda Wool Scour

The Worker · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 17

A.W.U. Organizer Cullinane wires to say that the men at Carinda Wool Scour ara standing firm for Award rates, viz., 38s. per. week with rations, and are confident…

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