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Farming & the land, 1912

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The Farm Labor Conference

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 1

Nothing will be gained by the proposed conference between the farmers and the members of farm labor organisations, because the claims of the…

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Poultry on the Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

Keep the hens laying, and let the incubator do the hatching. The incubator is always broody, and never deserts its nest. It takes a little…

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The Dairy Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

Victorian dairymen this year received over £600,000 more for their exported produce in the previous year…

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Department of Information and Help Legal, Medical, veterinary, and other professional advice, Expert Help in agricultural matters, purchasing Quotations, and any other information required, Is gives to "Farmer and settler" subscribers. As it is impossible to guaranties publication in our columns, it is necessary that stamps or postal note to the value of [?] be enclosed with each enquiry for a reply by post. Address Uncle Wiseman, 435 kest Street, [?] the Mounted Police

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

Berridale asks for particulars about admission to the mounted police. Answer.—Applicants must be over twenty and under thirty years of age;…

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Green Share Farming a Eulogy of the Man and the System

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 7

Mr. J. K. Tindale, of "Fordwych," Broke, one of the properties of the late G. H. Greene, M.L.C., writes to Undo Wiseman in warm appreciation of…

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The Father of Share Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 7

Mr, John Halsted writes to correct the statement recently made that the late Mr. G. H. Greene, of Iandra, Young, was the father of the share…

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West Maitland Fruit Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 7

Orchardists in the West Maitland district state that the yield of stone fruits this season is smaller than usual. There was a fair crop of…

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Victoria's Fruit Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 7

Further reports respecting the prospects of the Victorian fruit crop have led the departmental experts to increase their estimate of the quantity…

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This Year's Cat Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 7

The N.S.W. Government Statistician, Mr. J. B. Trivett, has issued his estimate of this season's cats crop, indicating a considerable falling off in…

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Queensland's Crops. Rain Badly Needed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 7

In consequence of the continued dry weather, the prospects of the maize crop in Queensland for the present season are anything but bright. A…

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Charcoal on the Farm. How It May Be Made

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

Charcoal is wanted on the farm for a number of purposes. It is useful in making a refrigerator, is an essential to the farm smithy, and is fed to…

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Bush and Farm craft

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

Wrap the meat which is to be preserved in, a thin linen cloth dipped in a mixture of equal quantities of sterilised (i.e., previously boiled) water…

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Farm Labor Missed in the R.W.U, LOG. Entertaining Rural Workers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

"Rural Worker," Parkes, writes:—As a tural worker. I wish, through the medium of your valuable paper, to draw the mention of my…

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Farmers' Meeting and Movements

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

Mr. C. B. Egan has resigned the secretaryship of warren P. and A. association and applications are to be called to fill the vacancy by January…

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Demonstration Farms. The N.S.W. Minister's Intentions

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Trefle, has decided to go straight ahead with the establishment of demonstration farms before the…

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A Farmer's Death. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 9

On inquest was held to-day at Forcett on the body of a farmer named Federick Price, aged 45, who was found dead on Friday night, in a room at his home. He had several…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Raising of Stock Standards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

It is generally admitted that the lifting of the stock standards is a pressing reform. With the exception of dairy stock little progress in this direction has been made during…

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Oat Crops of the World

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 11

From statistics which have been prepared by "Beerbohm" it is possible to give a view of the crops of oats in the principal countries for the year just closed, and the actual…

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Farm Products. Sydney Auction Sales. Chaff Firmer. High Price for Potatoes

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

There was a heavy, yarding of mixed produce at the auction Bales held in the Sydney goods station yards this morning. Buyers, were present in large numbers, and competed keenly for prime and choice chaff, but medium…

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The World's Crops. Agricultural Institute's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 10

The British Board of Agriculture and Fish cries recently received the following telegram from the International Agricultural Institute:-- The estimated production of maize in…

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