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Farming & the land, 1908

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Prizes for Crops Under Irrigation

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

IN view of the great interest which is now being taken in this State in the question of irrigation, the Minister of Agricultural requested the Royal…

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Silos for Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 8

“Ixe” writes to the Brisbane Courier:—Re silos, why worry the Government for help to build silos when any ordinary man with every day tools…

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John Vane Bushranger, Being a true narrative of his career— illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago—in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer, and a member of the notorious gang of bushrangers led by Ben Hall, which terrorised the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Iv. an Exciting Adventure

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 2

The knowledge that a warrant was out for our arrest tended to keep us very quiet for some time, and for the next couple of months…

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Co-operative Farm Machinery

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

At the Berry Stud Farm there exists in a small way all the necessary machinery for silage making, the cost of which, at a low estimate, may be put down at £200,…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 1

When fallowed land has been well worked, a reserve of moisture is conserved in the soil, and the seed can be put in with a…

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John Vane Bushranger, Being a [?] narrative of his career—illustrative of [?] phases of country life fifty years ago, in which his experiences as bush boy, gold socker cattle stealer, and a member of the Notorious gang of bushrangers led by [?] Hall, which [?] be [?] in the early si[?]es are faithfully depicted [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Vi. the Cave Party and the Police

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 4

About a week after the cattle bunt a party of six (pairs) arranged for a trip to the Abererumlic caves, Grove Creek, which were…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 1

It a good lucerne pasture is available it is safe to wean pigs when they are eight weeks old. When breeding with a view of…

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Choice Farms

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 2

A firm in the New England district spells prosperity ? This district is famous for its fertility and productiveness, and one can always…

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Selling Australian Butter. Necessity for a London Representative

The Bega Budget · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 5

London, October 9.—Picture a glorified Sussex-street, and you have Tooley-street before you. It is much the same in appearance…

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Choice Farms

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

A farm in the New England district spells prosperity. This district is famous for its fertility and productiveness and one can always be sure of…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 1

One source of impurity of milk and cream is damp, poorly ventilated cellars and milk rooms…

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John Vane Bushranger, Being a [?] native of his career — illustrative of [?] phase of country life fifty years ago in which his experiences bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer, and a member of the notorious gang of bushrangers led by Ben Hall, which terrorised the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter X. Captured and Released

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 4

My next adventure furnished a spled[?]t inston[?] of police obta[?]ness and gullibility. My girl friend and I had gone for a ride to a place…

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A Dyspeptic Farmer. His Daily Diet

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 10

M. Clemenceau, the French Premier, who is suffering from bronchitis, contracted at the end of his annual "cure" at Carlsbad, has been…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 1

The quantity of hay cut in Victoria this year will be greater than for many years past. Steps are being taken in some…

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Three Farm Lads Who Made £100,000,000?

The Bega Budget · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 6

The romantic wedding of Mrs. Marshall Field, a millionaire widow, to Mr. Maldwin Drummond, recalls what is perhaps the…

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Farm and Dairy

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 1

Good back, good loin, and rump built upon the square are points that do credit to a cow or bull of any breed…

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John Vane Bushranger. Being [?] of his carrier [?] of varied phases of country life fifty years ago, in which his experiences as [?] boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer, and a [?] of the [?] bushrangers led by Bon Hall, which [?] the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. [All Rights Reserved.] (Chapter Xii.— Continued.) Attack Upon the Carcoar Bank

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

“By this time the whole town was ask, and while the majority pressed [?] the bank to congratulate Mr. Barker on his escape, and the bank…

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Unique Ear of Wheat

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 5

This double ear of wheat (writes the "Mark Lane Express" of September 9), was found growing at Broadway Farm, Berkhampsted, Herts…

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Remarkable Wheat. an American Variety

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 8

Five years ago Abraham Adams, an Idaho ranchman, while prospecting in Alaska, ran across a small patch of wheat. There was no way of telling…

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The Child and the Cow. in Defence of Dairy Farmers

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Perry, speaking at the Berry show last week took up the cudgels on behalf of those who utilise their…

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