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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,293 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 115

A Farmer Drowned Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 2

A young man no[?]ed Fitzsimmons, a share farmer on Wollongough Station, Ungarie, was accidentally drowned in a tank there through the…

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Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

Private cables state that the London and Liverpool wheat markets are quiet, with less inquiry for australian cargoes. The Sydney market was…

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Rations for Dairy Cattle. Balanced v, Unbalanced Ones

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

With a view to demonstrating, the loss which dairymen may sustain if they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration which contains…

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Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

A.H.L. and [?] Co Ltd Report:— We have received the following cablegram from our London office:—The list of arrivals for the sales to open…

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Wool Reports

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

Biddings from the Yorkshire division were the keenest experienced from this quarter this season at the Sydney wool auctions last…

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Nest on a Sheep's Back

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

During sheep shearing operation on Gournwood Farm (near Bideford), which is occupied by Mr. Cox, one of the shearers cut into a fleshy substance,…

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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 9 January 1914 · page 6

Those Notes are issued every Week, under the personal expervi[?]ton of the Hen. J. L. [?], Minister of Agriculture, and are based [?]ly on the experience is of the Department. No. 140. AGRICULTURAL…

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Dry Farming Fourteen-bushel Crop. on 2¾ Inches Rain

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

One of the observers for the Commonwealth Meteorological Service, who is farming on a large scale at Tralee, near Parkes, New South…

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Handling Wheat. Effective System to be Established. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture says no time is to be lost in establishing an effective and comprehensive system for handling wheat in bulk…

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Dairying. Danish Tuberculin Unions. The Cause of Clean Herds

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

Denmark provides on excellent example of what can be done by dairymen themselves towards the advancement of their industry—an example, that can be…

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Australian Dairying

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

Within the last 10 years the dairy cows of Australia have increased from one million to above two millions. The butter produced in a single year…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Specially written for this column. Farm Experiments

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

To be successful the farmer, to a very great extent, must be his own experimentalist. Take manuring of the various crops, for instance. The farmer…

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Damaged Wheat Berrigan

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Jas. Brown has been committed for trial by magistrates at Tocuwal on a charge of maliciously damaging 600 bags of wheat, the property of William…

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Black Wheat at Geelong Geelong

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

Fourteen farmers have had their wheat and chaff "blacked" by the R.W.U. at Geelong (Vic.) It appears there was a strike on at the Sewerage works and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 7

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based on the…

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Poultry. Starting a Poultry Farm. Questions of Interest

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 7

A correspondent who intends to start poultry-farming, and who wishes to avoid making any initial blunders, has submitted a number of questions…

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Bush Fires in the Country Farmers Lose Heavily Sydney, Friday night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

To-day's particulars of the big bush fire at Dora Dora in the Albury district on the Upper Murray show that the outbreak is the most serious ever…

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Angry Basutos. Farmers Assist Townsmen. Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 2

The native trouble at the Jagers fontein mine compound is not denied but the police declare that it is not serious…

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Bush Fire Crops in Danger. Germanton

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4

Another outbreak of bush firs occurred here yesterday, this time on Yarra. It started from a rabbiter's camp, through a whirlwind blowing…

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The R.W.U and the Farmer (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4

Sir,—I see Mr. Conway has another letter in the paper bearing on the above subject and other things. I would like to draw his attention to…

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