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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,643 words
  3. ON THE LAND.

    Although it may be some time before the farmer recognises the value of the work undertaken by a society devoted to inquiring into the nature and habits of our birds, he is ...

    Article : 1,559 words
  4. PURE MILK SUPPLY.

    Mr. H. J. Bate, Tilba Tilba, writes:—As the purity of milk question is receiving such widespread attention, the following letter I recently received from Mr. George H. Hope, ...

    Article : 420 words
  5. CANE AFFECTED BY FROSTS.

    CHATSWORTH ISLAND.—During the week the temperature receded to 26 degrees in parts of the district. It is feared that some of the sugar plantations have been injured by the ...

    Article : 62 words
  6. WOOD-CHOPPING CONTEST.

    CASINO.—There was a chopping match on the showground on Wednesday afternoon between Peter King, of Byron Bay. and John Bennett, of Woorowoolgen, for £25 a side. ...

    Article : 55 words
  7. ENGLISH WOOL TRADE.

    Wool matters are receiving considerable attention, notwithstanding European markets being quiet, and there is nothing more than a marking-time movement. This week ...

    Article : 1,903 words
  8. SECOND-HAND POTATO BAGS.

    Messrs. Nielsen, M'Court, James, Thomas, Lonsdale, Trefle, and Jones, Ms.L.A., accompanied a deputation to the Minister for Agriculture, which asked that some action should ...

    Article : 620 words
  9. AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 638 words
  10. CONVERSION OF HOMESTEAD SELECTIONS.

    In the Legislative Assembly last evening the Minister for Lands, in reply to Mr. Briner, said that ten applications for conversion of homestead selections had been received to ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS.

    Replying to a series of questions relating to Government Savings Bank loans to settlers, asked by Mr. Dacey in the Legislative Assembly last evening, the Treasurer said ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. NARRANDERA.

    NARRANDERA—The 27th annual show of the Narrandera Pastoral and Agricultural Association was commenced on Wednesday, Fi[?] but cold weather favoured the opening, and ...

    Article : 945 words
  13. BORING BEETLES.

    The Department of Agriculture is in receipt of copies of proclamations from Melbourne, declaring all beetles belonging to the families Bostrychidae, Scolytidao, and Cioidac ...

    Article : 110 words
  14. POTATO SCAB.

    Potato scab is a fungus disease, which may be prevented in the crop by simple treatment of the seed potato, if the crop is planted in soil that is free from scab. The horticultural ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. STRANGE DISEASE AMONG LAMBS.

    FORBES.—Sheepowners in this district have suffered considerable losses among lambs after marking this season. The lambs become paralysed in the hind-quarters, the flesh down the ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. GYPSUM.

    Mrs. Mary A. Kennedy writes:—Referring to "J. F. M.'s" letter advocating the use of gypsum, in the north-west of New South Wales, 130 miles from Broken Hill, gypsum is ...

    Article : 180 words
  17. SCHOOL AGRICULTURE.

    WELLINGTON.—The pupils at the Bodangora Public school carry on a vegetable garden at the school, under the supervision of the teacher (Mr. A. J. Murray), and this season ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    Mr. Fred. D. Badgery, writes:—While the Government is being worried to resume at great cost more land from the "demon monopolist" it is natural that taxpayers should ...

    Article : 569 words
  19. DAIRYING.

    DUNGOG.—At the second half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Williams River Co-operative Manufacturing and Butter Company (the chairman, Mr. F. A. Hooke, presiding), the ...

    Article : 244 words
  20. ITEMS.

    The well-known breeder ot Shropshire rams, Mr. A. E. Mansell, of Mount Vernon, Tasmania, is sending 60 of his rams per the Westralia, due to arrive on Wednesday, to Messrs. ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. DISTRICT ITEMS.

    CASINO.—Mr. Marks, an inspector of the Agricultural Department, visited Casino on Friday, with the object of establishing an experimental plot farm near Casino, for the ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. THE PRICKLY PEAR.

    At the invitation of Messrs. J. H. Grant and W. D. Bruce, patentees of a process for the extermination of the prickly pear, a number of interested gentlemen attended a ...

    Article : 352 words
  23. VICTORIAN WHEAT AND FLOUR.

    MELBOURNE.—The Government Statist estimates on figures supplied by farmers that the area under wheat for the season 1909-10 will be 2,102,300 acres. The stocks of wheat and ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. MELBOURNE SHEEP SALES.

    The annual sheep sales were begun to-day. Herbert Power and Son, in conjunction with Goldebrough, Mort, and Co., offered a good catalogue of pure merino rams and ewes and ...

    Article : 147 words
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