South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary
- Alpacas and Llamas
- Beekeeping
- Brewing
- Building Stone
- Cotton
- Dairying
- Farming
- Farming - Boiling-Down
- Farm Implements
- Fertilisers
- Grain Diseases
- Mallee and Dry Farming
- Mills
- Ploughing Matches
- Sheep and Shearing
- Farming - Miscellany
- Fishing
- Miscellany
- Oysters and Crayfish
- Trawling
-
Whaling
- Flax
- Forestry
- Fruit and Vegetables
- Horses
- Irrigation
- Meat
- Miscellany
- Olives
- Ostrich Farming
- Paper Making
- Poultry
- Silk
- Tobacco
- Viticulture
-
Viticulture - Nomenclature of Wine
- Wattle Bark
Farming
For an essay on early wheat growing see essay under South East
Miscellany
"The [First] Farm [on Kangaroo Island]" is in the Register,23 March 1905, page 6e.
"The Progress of Agriculture", the reminiscences of Albert Molineux, is in the Register,
9 August 1905, page 6c; also see
7 June 1909, page 7d.
"A Molineux Memorial" is in the Register,
19 July 1909, page 6f.
"The Man on the Land - What He Has Done" is in the Register,
28 January 1910, page 7f.
An 1850s letter concerning farming in SA by Samuel Springbett is reproduced in the Register,
29 June 1910, page 5d.
A brief history of wheat growing in SA is in the Observer,
9 September 1922, page 5b.
"The Cultivation of the Soil" is in the Register,
21 June 1887, page 5f (supp.),
"A Century With the Primary Producer" is in The Mail,
21 March 1936, page 3a.
"An Old Farmer's Experience [R. Rankin]" is in the Observer,
18 March 1893, page 10d.
The reminiscences of Thomas Thorpe are in the Observer,
15 February 1913, page 49a.
Comments on farming in the early days are in the Observer,
8 December 1883, page 9a.
The reminiscences of John Ford are in the Observer,
21 May 1910, page 41c.
Early farming is described in the Southern Australian,
2 April 1840, page 4b.
An 1840 sketch is reproduced in the Pictorial Australian in
March 1884, page 45; also see
January 1887, pages 5, 8 and 9.
"Agricultural Capabilities of South Australia", including the experiences of several farmers, is in the Adelaide Chronicle,
7 and 14 April 1840, pages 3a and 3a,
7 October 1840, page 3d.
"Progress of Invention in SA" is in the Observer,
2 September 1843, page 4b.
"Agriculture in South Australia" is in the Observer,
2 March 1844, page 4a.
"Farmers and the Farming Interest" is in the Register,
6 April 1844, page 2e; also see
10 April 1844, page 3a,
"Hints on Sheep Washing" on
3 June 1846, page 3d.
Information on silo(e)s is in the Observer,
5 April 1845, page 6a.
"A Pioneer Farmer [Mr Thomas King]" is in the Observer,
11 August 1906, page 39d and
Mr W.W. Kendell on
1 September 1906, page 39.
"Trials of Pioneer Days", the reminiscences of Mr G.A. Payne of farming in the Keyneton district, is in the Advertiser,
27 June 1924, page 14b.
"A Letter to the Farmers of SA" is in the Register,
13 June 1850, page 2d,
"The Farming Interest" on
15 November 1851, page 2d,
"Hints to the Farming Interest" on
20 April 1852, page 3e.
"Prospects for Our Farmers" is in the Register,
23 April 1852, page 2e and
12 May 1852, page 2d,
"How is the Harvest to be Secured" on
18 August 1852, page 2e.
"The Impounding Nuisance" is in the Adelaide Times,
6 December 1851, page 3f and
SA Gazette & Mining Journal on
4 December 1851, page 2d,
"The Impounding Act" in the Observer,
6 December 1851, page 2f,
"The New Impounding Act" on
12 and 19 December 1857, pages 6a and 2a (supp.),
18 September 1858, page 7a,
"The Impounding Act" is in the Observer,
19 December 1857, page 2a (supp.),
Register,
24 December 1866, page 2d.
"The Scotch Thistle" is in the Observer,
12 and 19 November 1853, pages 7a and 3a,
3 December 1853, page 2e (supp.),
3 and 24 June 1854, pages 7d and 9a,
7 October 1854, page 3e,
18 November 1854, page 7e,
9 December 1854, page 6g,
11 August 1855, page 6h,
10 November 1855, page 5f:
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Upon the very acre plot on which stands the Old Council Chamber a few hardy specimens are now luxuriating! Honourable members exact laws to extirpate this noxious weed in all manner of inaccessible places, whilst the foe against which they wage battle springs up under their very feet. Probably the thistles are retained for experiment...
"The Scotch Thistle in the Ascendant" is in the Observer,
1 April 1871, page 9a; also see
7 and 21 March 1874, pages 9b and 7d,
"Squatters, Farmers nad Thistles" in the Express,
22 May 1921, page 2c.
"Wire Fencing" is discussed in the Register,
23 February 1854, page 3d and
the Onkaparinga Thrashing Roller on
28 February 1854, page 2g.
The cultivation of saffron is discussed in the Observer,
25 February 1854, page 1f.
"The Right of Watercourses" is in the Observer,
23 June 1855, page 5d,
7 July 1855, page 5g.
"Mutual Insurance of Crops" is in the Observer,
17 November 1855, page 6h.
"The Prospects of Agriculturists" is in the Observer,
22 March 1856, page 1d (supp.),
19 April 1856, page 5d.
"The Bathurst Burr in SA" is in the Register,
15 May 1856, page 2d,
Observer,
17 May 1856, page 6h.
"Imported Bulls" is in the Register,
20 May 1856, page 4c.
"Our Staple Exports" is in the Observer,
29 March 1856, page 5c,
14 August 1858, page 7c,
"Our Staple Products" on
20 September 1856, page 5g.
"Our Wheat and Flour Exports" is in the Register,
13 October 1856, page 2g.
"Preservation of the Soil" is in the Observer,
14 February 1857, page 2h (supp.).
"Harness Bullocks for Ploughing" is in the Observer,
10 October 1857, page 1e (supp.).
"Practical Agriculture", is in the Observer,
20 February 1858, page 7a;
a debate between "Dr Hawker of Clare" and Mr Abraham Shannon of Moculta on "Practical Farming", is in the Register,
5, 16 and 22 March 1858, pages 2f-3c, 3a and 3d,
1 and 2 April 1858, pages 3a and 3h.
Information on prairie grass is in the Observer,
3 April 1858, page 5g.
"Practical Agriculture" is in the Register,
22 May 1858, page 2e,
"The Land and Its Produce" on
16 March 1859, page 2e.
A proposed farmers' club is discussed in the Register,
30 October 1858, page 3g; also see
11 December 1858, page 3d.
"The Colonial Farmer, His Past Experience, Present Position and Hopes for the Future" is in the Observer,
11 December 1858, page 4d.
"The Colonial Farmer - His Past Experience, Present Position and Hope for the Future" is in the Farm & Garden,
13 January 1859, page 115.
"Agricultural Statistics" from 1839 is in the Observer,
26 February 1859, page 5f-h,
23 April 1859, page 7g,
11 June 1859, page 6e,
12 July 1862, page 1a (supp.).
"The Land and Its Produce" is in the Observer,
19 March 1859, page 7a.
Information on a locally manufactured tree grubber is in the Observer,
2, 23 and 30 July 1859, pages 8c, 8d and 5g.
"The Experiences of a Plain Farmer" is in the Register,
7 January 1860, page 3c; also see
14 January 1860, page 3c,
Observer,
28 January 1860, page 5f.
Raising water by "the application of wind-power" is in the Observer,
13 October 1860, page 5a.
"Agriculture - Bremer and Angas Plains" is in the Observer,
15 March 1862, page 4h - this is one of a series of articles on farming.
"Live Fences" is in the Register,
9 August 1862, page 2e,
8 September 1862, page 3a,
Observer,
16 August 1862, page 6a.
"Flower-Farming" is in the Observer,
16 January 1864, page 6a.
"The Landowners' and Farmers' Difficulties" is in the Register,
11 April 1863, page 3f,
"Profitable Farming" on
10 May 1864, page 3c.
An editorial on "exhausted" agricultural lands is in the Advertiser,
28 April 1864, page 2c.
A report on the formation of a Farmers' Club is in the Farm & Garden,
11 November 1858, page84; also see
13 March 1862, page 136.
An editorial on "Farmers' Clubs", together with appended correspondence, are in the Observer,
10 December 1864, page 1a (supp.).
Also see Farmers Weekly Messenger,
13 November 1874, page 8d.
"On an Improved System of Farming" is in the Chronicle,
10 and 24 December 1864, pages 3c and 4f,
"The Advertiser and the Farmers" in the Observer,
24 December 1864, page 5f.
"Farmers and the Elections" is in the Observer,
4 February 1865, page 1e (supp.).
"Improved Farming" is discussed in the Register,
17 July 1865, pages 2d-3f.
"Farmers and the Land Sales" is in the Observer,
23 December 1865, page 1a (supp.).
"Scientific Farming Not Practicable in SA at Present" is in the Chronicle,
16 September 1865, page 3c.
Information on "Hallett's Pedigree Wheat" is in the Register,
16 January 1866, page 2h.
"Farm Laborers in England and in Australia" is in the Express,
20 April 1866, page 2b,
"Agricultural Labor" in the Chronicle,
8 December 1866, page 1d (supp.).
"Colonial Produce in London" is in the Register,
17 December 1866, page 2b.
"Old Time Remedies - Livestock Treatment" is in the Advertiser,
12 November 1925, page 21c.
A deputation of northern farmers to the government is reported in the Register,
7 March 1867, page 2f.
"Farming, British and Colonial" is in the Chronicle,
6 April 1867, page 4e,
"The Farm Holdings of SA" on
6 July 1867, page 3c.
"The Exodus of Farmers" from the Colony is discussed at length in the Register,
7 and 12 September 1867, pages 2f and 2d,
14, 21, 23, 26 February 1870, pages 6b, 6, 5f and 6d and
9 March 1870, page 5a,
Chronicle,
5 March 1870, page 5b; also see
Register,
5 and 29 April 1870, pages 4f and 5c,
22 March 1895, page 4e and
"Our German Farmers - The Reported Exodus" is in the Express,
17 October 1901, page 2e,
Advertiser,
12, 14 and 20 February 1902, pages 6f, 4c-5i and 6a.
"The Government and the Farmers" is in the Register,
27 December 1867, page 2d,
2 January 1868, page 2f,
15 February 1868, page 2d.
"Railway Charges on Cereals" is in the Register,
29 and 30 March 1867, pages 2f and 3g,
Observer,
9 February 1867, page 4e.
"Farmers and the Protectionists" is in the Register,
9 April 1867, page 2d,
Observer,
13, 20 and 27 April 1867, pages 6a, 2f and 6f-4a (supp.).
"The Agricultural Loan Scheme" is in the Observer,
11 January 1868, page 9a.
"Preferable Liens on Crops" is in the Register,
19 February 1868, page 2d,
"Exhaustion of Soils" on
27 February 1868, page 2d.
"The Paris Prize Medal for SA Wheat" is in the Observer,
15 February 1868, pages 3g-12g.
"Compressed Forage" is in the Register,
11 March 1868, page 2e,
"Agricultural Education" on
11 April 1868, page 2d.
"New Opening for Farming Enterprise" is in the Observer,
16 May 1868, page 9b.
The cultivation of China grass-cloth is discussed in the Observer,
12 September 1868, page 9a.
"Model Farms" is in the Observer,
14 November 1868, page 9b,
Register,
4 January 1869, page 2f,
"How to Treat Stubble" on
15 February 1869, page 2h.
"Slovenly Agriculture" is in the Observer,
19 June 1869, page 12a,
"Experimental Farms" on
18 December 1869, page 9a,
"Cultivation by Steam" on
30 April 1870, page 9a,
"Rational Cultivation" on
21 May 1870, page 9a.
"New Systems of Horseshoeing" is in the Register,
7 and 28 April 1869, pages 2e and 2d.
"Horse Shoeing" is in the Express,
26 July 1869, page 2b,
5 August 1869, page 3c,
"The Goodenough Horseshoe" in the Observer,
2 April 1870, page 8c,
"The Art of Horse-Shoeing" in the Observer,
25 August 1888, page 10e.
"Experimental Farms" is in the Register,
17 January 1870, page 3b,
7 February 1877, page 4d.
Commercial growing of canary seed is discussed in the Observer,
19 November 1870, page 8a,
3 and 24 December 1870, pages 7g and 6b.
"Smuggling Flour" is in the Register,
1 June 1871, page 5c.
A comparison between English and SA farmers is made in an editorial in the Observer,
24 June 1871, page 10f.
"Exhaustion of Soils" is in the Advertiser,
20 October 1871, page 2e,
"Stubble Burning" on
14 March 1874, page 2e.
"The Northern Agricultural Areas" is in the Express,
16 November 1871, page 3a.
"Farming in South Australia" is in the Register,
28 December 1875, page 5g,
19, 30 and 31 January 1877, pages 7e, 7b and 7f;
1, 10, 17, 21 and 31 March 1877, pages 2a, 2a (supp.), 3a (supp.), 6d and 4a (supp.),
2 and 3 April 1877, pages 7b and 6g.
"Improved Methods of Cultivation" is in the Observer,
3 February 1872, page 9a.
"Good and Bad Husbandry" is in the Observer,
31 August 1872, page 9a.
"Tapping the Northern Areas" is in the Observer,
17 February 1872, page 2f.
"The Agricultural Areas", in the Mid-North, is the subject of a series of comprehesive weekly articles which commence in the Observer
on 14 September 1872, page 10e.
"Rural Industries and Forest Culture" is in the Observer,
8 February 1873, page 10a.
"Artificial Grasses" is in the Observer,
27 September 1873, page 9b.
"Among Northern Farms" is in the Observer,
10 January 1874, page 4f,
"A Trip Through Northern Areas" on
5, 12 and 19 September 1874, pages 4f, 9d-e and 9c,
10 October 1874, page 9e.
Mr Sudholz's hay farm at Gilles Plains is described in the Observer,
21 November 1874, page 9d.
"Our Exhausting System of Wheat Growing" is in the Register,
2 July 1875, page 7c,
"The Cost of Wheat Growing in SA" on
21 October 1875, page 4g.
"The Brands Bill" is in the Express,
27 July 1875, page 3b.
"Farm Fences" is in the Observer,
3 July 1875, page 9d,
"Tillage" on
25 March 1876, page 9a.
"Native Grasses" is in the Chronicle,
13 May 1876, page 12c.
A series of comprehensive articles on farming in South Australia commences in the Observer,
6 January 1877, page 9b.
"Experimental Farms" is in the Observer,
3 February 1877, page 9a,
28 April 1877, page 9b.
"Northern South Australia" is in the Observer,
2 March 1878, page 22a,
"A Flying Trip North" on
15 February 1879, page 20f.
"Wapstraw's Woes" is in the Express,
3 August 1878, page 3d.
Information on a Farmers' Mutual Association is in the Register,
24 and 25 February 1881, pages 4d and 6b,
16 March 1881, page 7b,
13 and 16 August 1881, pages 4f and 4e,
1, 2, 3 and 8 March 1882, pages 4d-1a(supp.), 6b-1g (supp.), 5g and 7b,
7 and 9 March 1883, pages 4e-6c and 7b,
5 March 1884, pages 4e-1c (supp.),
10, 11 and 12 March 1886, pages 4f-7a, 5c and 5a.
"Animal Labour on Farms" is in the Observer,
24 August 1878, page 9a.
A proposed Farmers' Association is reported in the Observer,
11 January 1879, page 9c; also see
26 February 1881, page 360e,
3 December 1881, page 24c,
7 January 1882, page 9c,
7 July 1883, page 9a,
8 March 1884, page 24c.
Information on a farmers' association is in the Observer,
25 September 1880, page 536d.
Information on a Farmers' Mutual Association is in the Register,
24 and 25 February 1881, pages 4d and 6b,
16 March 1881, page 7b,
13 and 16 August 1881, pages 4f and 4e,
1, 2, 3 and 8 March 1882, pages 4d-1a(supp.), 6b-1g (supp.), 5g and 7b,
7 and 9 March 1883, pages 4e-6c and 7b,
4 and 5 March 1885, pages 4f-5b-h and 4f,
2 March 1888, page 4f,
6 March 1889, page 4e,
18 and 20 March 1891, pages 4g-7f and 4h,
17 September 1891, page 4f,
4 February 1892, pages 4f-6c,
10 March 1892, pages 4e-5a.
"Concessions to Farmers" is in the Observer,
8 February 1879, page 9a.
"Exhaustion of Soils" is in the Register,
26 February 1879, page 1e (supp.),
Observer,
15 February 1879, page 9c,
1 March 1879, page 9d,
"Fallowing Land" on
22 November 1879, page 9c.
Information on dam-scooping is in the Observer,
15 February 1879, page 6d.
"The Agricultural Interests of the Colony" is in the Register,
24 May 1879 (supp.), page 1a.
"Agriculture as a Profession" is in the Observer,
14 June 1879, page 9b,
The Farming of the Future" on
5 July 1879, page 9b,
"Farming in the Future" on
31 July 1880, page 169a.
"Subduing the Land" is in the Observer,
13 September 1879, page 9a,
"Planting Trees on Farms" on
14 February 1880, page 257a.
"Wheat and Wheat Harvesting" is in the Observer,
15 November 1879, page 9d.
"Agricultural Labour in the North" is in the Observer,
6 December 1879, page 6f,
"Country Fire Brigades" on
24 January 1880, page 140d.
An outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia is reported in the Advertiser,
18 and 19 March 1880, pages 4e and 4f.
An editorial on extending credit to farmers is in the Advertiser,
17 April 1880, page 4d.
"The Unemployed and the Farmers" is in the Observer,
22 May 1880, page 835a.
"How To Make a Small Farm Pay" is in the Observer,
10 July 1880, page 50a.
"Farming in the Future" is in the Observer,
31 July 1880, page 169a.
"Colonial Homestead Accommodation" is in the Observer,
8 January 1881, page 57a,
12 March 1881, page 441a.
"Defiance and Champlain Wheat" is in the Register,
11 and 13 January 1881, pages 7a and 4g,
11 April 1881, page 1a (supp.),
"Tabor and Defiance Wheat" on
7 February 1884, page 5b.
"Need Our Wheat Farmers Despair?" is in the Observer,
7 and 14 May 1881, pages 801d and 841c.
"Educating Farmers' Daughters" is in the Observer,
17 September 1881, page 9a.
"Farming Here and at Home" is in the Advertiser,
20 June 1881, page 1g (supp.) - this is one of a series of articles appearing at regular intervals.
A proposed experimental farm and agricultural college is discussed in the Observer,
3 and 10 September 1881, pages 9b and 10a.
Also see Place Names - Roseworthy.
"Mining, Subterranean Water Supply and Agriculture in SA" is in the Register,
2 November 1881, page 2g (supp.).
"New Method of Phosphorising Wheat" is in the Register,
8 December 1881, page 5c.
The distress among northern farmers is reported upon in a series of articles, editorials, etc, commencing in the Observer,
24 December 1881, pages 9d-20e and concluding in March 1882.
An editorial on land clearance is in the Advertiser,
26 January 1882, page 4d; also see
28 January 1882, page 1c (supp.),
13 February 1882, page 4d.
"Agriculture in the North" is in the Chronicle,
11 February 1882, page 21f,
"Agriculture in the North" on
18 February 1882, page 13d.
"Farming in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
13, 15, 20 and 22 April 1882, pages 6f, 6b, 6e and 1a (supp.),
1, 6, 20 and 23 May 1882, pages 2b (supp.), 1a (supp.), 1a (supp.) and 1a (supp.),
Register,
17 January 1896, page 4g.
"How Can Large Farms be Made to Pay?" is in the Observer,
3 June 1882, page 9b,
"Farmers' Profits" is in the Register,
11 July 1882, page 4f.
"The Farmers and the Land Laws" is in the Register,
15 July 1882, page 4f.
"The Agricultural Situation" is in the Observer,
27 January 1883, page 11c,
"A Refuge for Distressed Farmers" on
27 January 1883, page 31a,
"Slovenly Farming and Soil Robbery" is in the Observer,
10 and 17 February 1883, pages 11b and 24d.
"Agricultural Experiments" is in the Observer,
24 March 1883, page 24e.
"Progress of Agriculture in the North" is in the Register,
19 May 1883, page 5b.
"Clydesdale's for Adelaide" is in the Register,
21 August 1883, page 6e,
"The Clydesdale Horse " in the Observer,
9 August 1924, page 7a,
5 September 1925, page 8a,
7 August 1926, page 6c;
"Passing of the Horse" is in The Mail,
28 June 1924, page 1c,
"Fate of Aged Horses" in the Observer,
28 June 1924, page 39d.
"The Clydesdale Horse" in the Observer,
5 September 1925, page 8a;
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Horses, Donkeys and Mules.
"What Farming Has Done for the Country" is in the Register,
3 November 1883, page 2e (supp.),
Observer,
29 September 1883, page 10b.
"The Farmers and the Land Tax" is in the Register,
22 October 1883, page 4d.
"Farmers and Labourers" is in the Observer,
2 February 1884, page 9a,
"Farmers and Their Crops" on
2 February 1884, page 24e.
"Men About Town - The Countryman" is in the Register,
5 April 1884, page 5d.
"Colonial Agriculture" is in the Advertiser,
3 and 31 May 1884, pages 2b (supp.) and 2f (supp.)
Sketches of life on the farm are in the Pictorial Australian in
May 1884, page 76.
"The Medicine Chest for the Farm" is in the Observer,
23 August 1884, page 11c.
"Indian Seeds for South Australia" is in the Observer,
11 October 1884, page 10b.
"A Farmer Looks Back", the reminiscences of Mr A. Fuller, is in The Mail,
5 September 1936, page 2.
"Plants Recommended to Farmers" is in the Observer,
9 May 1885, page 9d.
"Why Farm Laborers are Scarce" is in the Advertiser,
17 August 1885, page 7b; also see
2 September 1885, page 5g,
"Farming and Farmers in the North" on
29 January 1886, page 5f.
A new windmill patented by Messrs Crooks and Brooker of Port Adelaide is discussed in the Register,
23 April 1884, page 5c.
"A Gigantic Windmill" is in the Express,
23 June 1886, page 5e.
"Encouragement for Farmers" is in the Register,
20 February 1886, page 4g.
"Buick's Selected Barley" is in the Register,
1 April 1886, page 5c.
"Agriculture in South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
14 July 1886, page 7f,
"Farming in the Northern Areas" on
27 July 1886, page 7e,
"The Importance of Swine to Farmers" on
28 June 1887, page 7b.
"Farmers and the Labour Difficulty" is in the Observer,
14 August 1886, page 9a.
"Farmers and Taxation" is in the Register,
4 March 1887, page 4e.
A poem titled "The Farmers" is in The Lantern,
9 April 1887, page 19.
"Progress of Agriculture in South Australia" is in the Observer,
23 April 1887, page 9a.
Awards for the best kept farms are discussed in the Observer,
29 October 1887, page 31d.
Instructions for the construction of haystacks are in the Observer,
10 December 1887, page 10b.
"Sunflower and Oil Productions" is in the Observer,
17 December 1887, page 9b.
"Farming in the Hundreds of Arkaba and Wonoka" is in the Chronicle,
14 April 1888, page 21e,
5 May 1888, page 10b,
"The Exodus of Farmers" on
21 April 1888, page 5a.
An exodus of farmers "from Light" is discussed in the Observer,
2 April 1892, page 11d.
"Letter from an Old SA Farmer" is in the Observer,
15 September 1888, page 9d and
biographical details of Mt T.N. Grierson on
15 June 1889, page 33b;
his obituary is in the Chronicle,
9 February 1895, page 8f.
"South Australian Legislators and Victorian Farming" is in the Observer,
14 September 1889, pages 9-10; also see
21 September 1889, page 11e.
A mouse plague is reported in the Observer,
14 June 1890, page 32c;
sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
June 1890, page 73.
Also see South Australia - Natural Disasters - Miscellany.
"Education for Our Rural Population" is in the Register,
25 September 1891, page 4g.
Information on Burkitt's Patent Water-Lifter is in the Observer,
19 March 1892, page 12c.
"Farming and Mining in the North-East" is in the Observer,
5 December 1891, page 36b.
An exodus of farmers "from Light" is discussed in the Observer,
2 April 1892, page 11d.
An editorial on farming is in the Advertiser,
18 May 1892, page 4c.
"The Lands of South Australia - New Country Open for Settlement" is traversed on
24 May 1893, page 7a,
25 May 1893, page 4c.
The reminiscences of Mr A.B. Gursansky of Rosedale are in The News,
16 September 1930, page 8e.
"Exporting Hay" is in the Observer,
1 July 1893, pages 6d-7b,
2 September 1893, page 5b,
"Hay for the London Market" is in the Advertiser,
8 July 1893, page 6d,
"Cheaper Money for Farmers" on
12 April 1894, page 4e,
"The Farmers and the Government" on
22 and 26 November 1894, pages 6g and 7e.
"Rural Industries and the Government" is in the Register,
26 May 1894, page 4g.
"A Drought-Resisting Grass [Chewing's fescue]" is in the Register,
21 June 1895, page 5b.
A lecture by Mr A. Molineux entitled "Minor Industries on the Farm" is reproduced in the Advertiser,
16 August 1895, page 6c.
Biographical details are in the Register,
17 June 1902 and an obituary is in the Observer,
12 June 1909, pages 40a-50c.
"Farming in SA" is in the Register,
17 January 1896, page 4g.
"Farming in the North" is in the Chronicle,
29 August 1896, page 15d,
5 September 1896, page 15a.
"Help for Distressed Farmers" is in the Observer,
24 October 1896, page 2b- 13a-28b,
14 November 1896, page 24c.
"Relief of Distress" is in the Advertiser,
21 and 29 October 1896, pages 4f and 4e,
"Drought Stricken Farmers - Appeals for Leniency" in respect of the Taxation Act on
27 November 1901, page 7e.
"A Law Which Works Unjustly [Seed Wheat Act]" is in the Observer,
25 March 1899, page 24d.
Instructions on how to make a barn out of baled straw are in the Observer,
28 November 1896, page 6a.
"Agricultural Education in SA" is in the Register,
14 December 1897, page 4f.
"Poor Farmers' Great Boon Bill" is in the Observer,
9 September 1899, page 25a.
A poem by C.J.D[ennis], "On the Farm at Brady's Gap", is in the Observer,
18 November 1899, page 25d.
"Experimental Wheat Growing" is in the Observer,
6 January 1900, page 30d.
"The Northern Farmer" is in the Advertiser,
4, 8 and 14 November 1901, pages 6e, 6g and 8e
"Drought Stricken Farmers - Appeals for Leniency" in the Chronicle,
30 November 1901, page 33a.
"Helping the Farmers" is in the Advertiser on
28 January 1902, page 4b,
"Crown Land Rents - Reductions Asked For" on
12 September 1902, page 3i,
"Distressed Farmers - What Must be Done" on
22 November 1902, page 8b,
4 December 1902, pages 4c-6a; also see
Express,
6 December 1902, page 2c.
"Distressed Farmers" is in the Chronicle,
29 November 1902, page 33d,
6 December 1902, pages 25d-30c.
"Farmers and the SA Company" is in the Advertiser,
2 February 1897, page 6c.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany - The South Australian Company and Allied Matters.
"Why Are Our Farmers Poor?" is in the Chronicle,
2 October 1897, page 14a.
"Dull Country Life" is in the Observer,
20 April 1901, page 24e.
"Our German Farmers - The Reported Exodus" is in the Advertiser,
12, 14 and 20 February 1902, pages 6f, 4c-5i and 6a.
"Are Farmers Going to the Dogs?" is in the Observer,
9 August 1902, page 12a,
"Where Farmers Can Go" on
19 March 1904, page 12d.
"A Valuable Industry - Compression of Fodder" is in the Register,
27 August 1902, page 6f.
A cartoon titled "The Produce of the Commonwealth" is in the Chronicle,
29 November 1902, page 34 and
a photograph of "getting in the hay" on
17 December 1904, apge 5 (supp.).
"Living on the Roads - Far Northern Farmers on Trek" is in the Observer,
29 November 1902, page 41b.
"Brain and Brawn - Farmers in Conference" is in the Register,
10 September 1903, page 7c.
"Plagues of Farmers" is in the Chronicle,
19 March 1904, page 12a,
"Inoculating the Ground" in the Observer,
19 November 1904, page 12d.
"The Largest Farmers in the State [S.F. Claridge & Sons]" is in the Register,
14 July 1904, page 7d,
4, 14 and 15 April 1905, pages 3h, 3a and 7i.
Biographical details of P.H. Claridge are in the Register,
13 April 1906, page 4h.
A cartoon titled "A Man of Wheat - A Man of Weight" is in The Critic,
7 December 1904, page 15.
"The Progress of Agriculture - Looking Backward", the reminiscences of Albert Molineux, is in the Observer,
12 August 1905, page 44a,
2 September 1905, page 40a.
The reminiscences of Thomas King, "a pioneer farmer", are in the Observer,
11 August 1906, page 39d and
of W.W. Kendell on
1 September 1906, page 39; also see
Register,
6 August 1906, page 5a,
27 August 1906, page 6e.
"An Agricultural Awakening" is in the Observer,
1 September 1906, page 11b,
"Dry Farming" on
1 September 1906, page 13a,
16 February 1907, page 14b,
8 February 1908, page 14e,
21 March 1908, page 14b,
10 April 1909, page 12e.
Register,
7 August 1907, page 8h,
20 November 1909, page 11f,
2 December 1910, page 5f,
7 and 8 March 1911, pages 10b and 9c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
8 May 1909, page 30.
"Helping the Farmer - What the Department is Doing" is in the Advertiser,
8 March 1907, page 7d,
"Best Grasses to Plant" on
1 May 1907, page 6i.
"Agricultural Afflictions" is in the Register,
13 February 1907, page 4c,
"Secrets of the Soil" on
10, 16, 20 and 29 July 1907, pages 8g, 6a, 11c and 6d,
"Tree Planting - A Debt to Posterity" on
28 February 1910, page 10e.
"Federated Farmers" is in the Observer,
25 January 1908, page 33c.
"The Value of Lucern [sic]" is in the Advertiser,
22 February 1908, page 18d,
"Lucern Production - Can it be Grown Without Irrigation?" on
1 August 1910, page 12c.
"History of a Famous Wheat [Dart's Improved]" is in the Register,
24 March 1909, page 7f.
"The Agricultural Advance" is in the Observer,
1 May 1909, page 31d.
"Shortage of Farm Hands" is in the Register,
2 and 6 November 1909, pages 6c and 11d,
Observer,
13 November 1910, page 45a.
A photograph of "The Perfection" petrol engine is in the Chronicle,
4 December 1909, page 32,
of chaff cutting in the Observer,
16 December 1911, page 5 (supp.),
of feeding fowls on
16 December 1911, page 10 (supp.),
of harvest scenes on
2 March 1912, page 29,
9 January 1915, page 28.
"Concrete on the Farm" is in the Observer,
6 August 1910, page 12b.
"Work and Wages - Boy Farmers" is in the Observer,
13 August 1910, page 42a.
"The Northern Farms - Today and Thirty Years Ago" is in the Advertiser,
13 October 1910, page 10b.
"The Horse Mono-Railway" is in the Observer,
20 May 1911, page 13b.
"The Retired Farmer" is in the Register,
17 May 1911, page 8g.
"Wheat Culture - J.L. Frame's Success" is in the Observer,
2 September 1911, page 12b.
"Training Farm for Boys" at Booborowie is in the Advertiser,
12 March 1912, page 14b.
"Social Life on a Farm" is in the Chronicle,
28 December 1912, page 46b.
"Share Farming" is in the Observer,
4 January 1913, page 13a.
"The Agricultural Bureau - Its Establishment and History" is in the Advertiser,
6 September 1913, page 7d.
"The Farmers' Union - Its Silver Jubilee" is in the Advertiser,
28 June 1913, page 21g,
An obituary of William Miller is in the Observer,
24 June 1922, page 20a.
"South Australian Flour" is in the Chronicle,
11 April 1914, page 15c.
Information on Carmichael's "Eclipse Wheat" is in the Register ,
1 October 1914, page 5d.
"The Government and Distressed Farmers" is in the Register on
12, 13 and 20 October 1914, pages 4b, 8e and 4c,
"Assistance to Farmers" is in the Observer,
7 November 1914, page 23a.
"Women on the Land" is in the Observer,
17 March 1917, page 32a.
"Problem of the Paddy Melon" is in the Register,
26 June 1917, page 3a.
"A Living Wage for Farmers" is in the Advertiser,
11 and 12 September 1918, pages 9a and 8d.
The lot of "A Farmer's Wife" is discussed in the Register,
15 October 1919, page 9f.
"Boy Farm Apprentices" is in the Express,
21 July 1922, page 3d.
"Boy Farm Apprentices" is in the Observer,
28 June 1924, pages 46c-50c.
The reminiscences of William Copley are in the Observer,
10 December 1921, page 37c.
"Poems of Farm and Mallee - The Art of Charles Henry Souter" is in the Register,
24 March 1923, page 4g.
"Agricultural Progress in SA - Past, Present and Future" is in the Register,
26 May 1923, page 5f,
"Lure of the West" on
12 January 1924, page 8a,
18 July 1925, page 12d.
"Value of Birds in Relation to Agriculture" is in the Register,
24 and 28 January 1924, pages 3a and 3f,
"Women and Agriculture" on
10 September 1924, page 12e.
"Hats Off to the Mallee Cocky" is in the Observer,
19 April 1924, page 2e.
"Farm Forestry - Providing Timber and Shelter" is in the Advertiser,
12 September 1924, page 22.
"Stubble - Why It Should Not be Burnt" is in the Observer,
28 February 1925, page 8a.
"Diary of Four Tramps - A Tour of Farming Areas" is in the Register,
11 July 1925, page 11g.
"Modern Methods on the Farm" is in The News,
8 September 1925, page 13a,
"Experimental Farms - What South Australia is Doing" on
27 September 1927, page 20d.
"Pastures and Pasture Improvements" is in the Observer,
2 April 1927, page 6.
"An Agricultural Pioneer - Mr Robert Perkins" is in the Observer,
25 June 1927, page 5b.
"The Farmers Working Day" is in the Register,
1 August 1927, page 13a.
"Loans for Fencing" is in the Chronicle,
8 October 1927, page 50d.
An "early" history of the Agricultural Bureau is in the Observer,
11 February 1928, page 7d.
"Mixed Farming" is in The News,
11 September 1928, page 6d.
"Drift to the Cities" is in the Observer,
7 July 1928, page 4e.
Historical information on "Mullenising" is in the Observer,
9 October 1880, page 611d,
Advertiser,
21 June 1929, page 19e.
"A Useful Fodder Plant - The Valuable Blue Lupin" is in the Advertiser,
1 July 1929, page 7e.
"Women on the Farm" is in The News,
15 September 1931, page 12d.
"How Wheatgrowers Have Been Helped to Stay on the Farm" is in The Mail,
14 May 1932, page 6d.
"Science to the Aid of the Farmer" is in The Mail,
9 September 1933, page 22.
"Memories of Hugh McCallum" is in the Chronicle,
17 and 24 October 1935, pages 48 and 48.
"How Soil Erosion Menaces Our Land" is in The News,
23 March 1936, page 6f,
"Soil Erosion" in the Advertiser,
15 December 1936, page 18d.
