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Farming & the land, 1913

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

Private cables states that the London and Liverpool wheat markets are steady, but quiet. Late on Wednesday afternoon about 40,000 bags of…

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Points for Wheat-growers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 6

The following are some pointers which the manager of Bathurst experiment farm put together recently, and which state the case for best methods so…

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Bloat in Cattle. Cause and Treatment

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 7

From the suddenness of the attack, rapidity of its course and frequently fatal termination. It is essential that cattle owners should be well versed in…

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Licking for Sheep. a Useful Idea

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

THE value to owners of live stock of good "lick" was incidentally demonstrated in the course of some experiments in the control of worms…

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Agricultural Notes. Points for Wheat Growers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 5

The following are some pointers which the manager of Bathurst experiment farm put together recently, and which state the case for best methods…

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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 7 February 1913 · page 6

These Notice are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trafic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Live Stock. the Feeding of Pigs. Lucerne's Place

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

Recent references in these "Notes to the value of lucerne in the production of park has turned attention to a paper written some years ago by the…

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Home-made Hay Press. for Small Farms

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 7

A serviceable home-made hay press for small farmers may be made as follows:—A is post of hay shed; B is block ir check, nailed firmly at Gins, from the…

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Oat Farming

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 6

The possibilities of fur farming in England are alluded to by a writer in "The County Gentleman," who describes a cat farm in the United States. This farm was…

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Land Notes. Homestead Farms

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

Land District Wagga Wagga and Mitchell shire Homestead Farm Area No 126 Parish Munsowy 303 [?]and 278a., capital va lue £1366 17s 6d and £1251,…

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Increase Fodder Crops

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 3

The energetic cultivation of fodder forms the basis of both the successful maintenance of live stock and of crop production. Such a system enriches…

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Marrar Sensation Agent Charged with Theft of Wheat. Committed for Trial. Shortage of Sixteen Hundred Bushels. Junee

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

At the Junee police court yesterday Percy White was committed for trial on a charge of stealing 185 bags of wheat, of the value of £107 the…

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Lady Farmers in Western Canada

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 7

Sedgewick, a community in that district of the Western Canadian praities known as Central Alberta, is [?] thousand miles distant from Great…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Messrs. Schute, Roll, and Co., Ltd report:— Judging by the active competition current in Brisbane this week there is…

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Wheat in Demand

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Owing to unfavorable crop reports from India, great activity was displayed on the overseas market for Australian heat cargoes towards the close of last…

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The Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report :— No auctions have been held in the Sydney market during the past week, but…

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Points for Wheat-growers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

The following are some pointers which the manager of Bathurst experiment farm pul together recently, and which state the case for best methods so…

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Marrar Sensation. Agent Charged With Theft of Wheat. JUNEE

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

AT the Junee Police court yesterday Percy White was committed for trial on a charge of stealing 185 bags of wheat, of the value of £107…

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Truckless Produce Held Up at Wagga Railway Station. No Trucks for Wheat. Sixteen Trucks Chaff Arrive Per Day. Only Eight Despatched

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

The inability of the railway authorities to provide sufficient rolling stock to deal with the primary products at country stations is being very keenly…

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Dairyman Fined. Ants Found in the Cream

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Francis Joseph Loughnan, dairy man, was charged with keeping cream on 15th January not adequately protected from insects…

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