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    South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

    Farming

    Grain Diseases

    Information on smut in wheat is in the Observer,
    3 June 1854, page 3b;
    preventive measures for the disease are prescribed in the Advertiser,
    6 June 1864, page 3c.

    A lecture on diseases on wheat is reproduced in the Observer,
    10 December 1864, page 3e,
    "On the Black Rust in Wheat" on
    24 December 1864, page 1b (supp.),
    "The South Australian Corn Disease" on
    4 November 1865, pages 6h-1a (supp.).

    "Prize Essays on the Diseases of Wheat" is in the Observer,
    11 May 1867, page 1c (supp.).

    "Bugs in Our Cornfields" is in the Advertiser,
    25 January 1866, page 2g,
    "Red Rust" on
    28 February 1868, page 2d,
    24 March 1868, page 2g,
    10 April 1868, page 2c,
    13 November 1890, page 5g,
    8 December 1890, page 6f.

    "The Diseases in Wheat Commission" is in the Observer,
    18 January 1868, page 9a,
    20 June 1868, page 9a.

    "Takeall" is discussed in the Advertiser,
    7, 9 and 17 July 1868, pages 2c, 2d and 2b,
    3 November 1870, page 2d; also see
    Register,
    3 August 1868, page 2d,
    Advertiser,
    18 October 1884, page 2a (supp.),
    12 November 1885, page 4c,
    8 December 1885, page 6g,
    4 May 1910, page 7a.

    Diseases in wheat are discussed in the Register,
    9, 16 and 25 May 1867, pages 3e, 3f and 3e,
    4 July 1867, page 2g.

    "On Red Rust" is in the Chronicle,
    28 December 1867, page 3e,
    "Rust in Wheat and Its Remedies" in the Register,
    5 March 1868, page 2f,
    18 and 30 April 1868, pages 2c and 3b,
    16 June 1868, page 2d,
    20 March 1869, page 2d; also see
    Observer,
    9 August 1879, page 9c,
    15 February 1890, page 9a,
    21 February 1891, page 9d,
    1 August 1891, page page 31d,
    19 March 1892, pages 9a-10c.

    A cartoon "Red Rust and Red Tape" is in The Lantern,
    1 March 1879; also see
    7 December 1889, page 21.

    "A Rust Resistant Wheat - Testimonial to Mr James Ward" is in the Register,
    16 February 1891, page 6h.
    "Conquering Red Rust" is in the Observer,
    21 November 1903, page 12e,
    "Red Rust Conqueror" in The News,
    24 July 1923, page 5e.

    "Diseases in Wheat" is in the Register,
    10 and 25 May 1869, pages 3d and 2e; also see
    Observer,
    3 March 1877, page 9a,
    Advertiser,
    13 and 15 November 1877, pages 4g and 6g.

    Information on rust-resisting wheats is in the Advertiser,
    22 November 1893, page 6h,
    "The Wheat Rust Problem" appears on
    29 May 1896, page 4g.

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    Farming

    Mallee and Dry Farming

    Discussion on a proposal to open up the Murray scrub for farming is discussed in the Advertiser,
    14 July 1866, pages 2e-3c,
    29 August 1866, page 2b,
    26 February 1867, page 2c,
    Express,
    28 August 1866, pages 2a-c,
    22 December 1866, page 2c.

    A sketch of a tramway through mallee scrub is in the Illustrated Adelaide Post,
    19 May 1868, page 76.

    "The Murray Scrub and the Farmer" is in the Chronicle,
    14 July 1866, pages 1e (supp.)-2e (supp.),
    1 September 1866, page 4d,
    "The Murray Scrub" on
    3 July 1886, page 12f,
    "Scrub Land Cultivation" in the Observer,
    28 January 1882, page 9c,
    Chronicle,
    25 February 1882, page 8f,
    "Some of Our Scrub Country" on
    25 October 1884, page 4f.

    "Offer of Scrub Land for Sale" is in the Chronicle,
    13 April 1867, page 1e (supp.),
    "The Scrub Lands" in the Express,
    3 May 1872, page 2c.

    "A Farmer's Troubles" is in the Chronicle,
    15 March 1879, page 12f,
    "Scrub Farming" in the Observer,
    10 September 1881, page 9a,
    4 February 1882, page 9a.

    "Mallee Farming" is in the Advertiser,
    8 November 1906, page 6i,
    "How to Work a Mallee Farm" on
    7 December 1921, page 7f.
    Housing in mallee farming country is described in the Observer,
    1 August 1914, page 47a.

    "Dry Farming" is discussed in the Register on
    12 February 1907, page 8a,
    7 August 1907, page 8h,
    Advertiser,
    25 March 1908, page 6d,
    22 June 1909, pages 6d-10a,
    13 and 14 September 1909, pages 6i and 6c,
    Register,
    31 January 1908, page 4d,
    11 and 19 February 1908, pages 7g and 9g,
    14 March 1908, page 11c,
    2 April 1909, page 7e,
    20 November 1909, page 11f,
    Advertiser,
    7 and 8 March 1911, pages 8c and 11d.

    "The Scrub Farmer" is in the Register,
    20 July 1907, page 4f.

    "Logging the Scrub [on Eyre Peninsula]" is in the Register,
    24 and 30 October 1911, pages 8e and 10c.

    "In the Mallee Country" is in the Register,
    22 November 1911, page 8c.

    "Among the Mallee - Life on a Scrub Farm" is in the Register,
    5, 6 and 12 April 1912, pages 7a, 15a and 9a.

    "Among the Eastern Mallee" is in the Observer,
    19 June 1915, page 11a,
    "Hats Off to the Mallee Cocky" on,
    19 April 1924, page 2e.

    "Farming in the Scrub" is in the Chronicle,
    27 May 1911, page 43a,
    3 June 1911, page 8a,
    22 July 1911, page 42d.

    "Our Mallee Lands - Method of Settling Them" is in the Register,
    6 August 1917, page 5g.

    "Mystery of the Mallee - Stones That Fell From Nowhere", the reminiscences of Henry Hayward, is in the Register,
    27 March 1918, page 9b.

    "Helping Mallee Pioneers" is in the Register,
    14 February 1918, page 4e.

    "A Serious Danger - Mallee Denuded of Trees" is in the Observer,
    2 September 1922, page 5a.
    "Mallee Pioneering [on Yorke Peninsula]", the reminiscences of William Hall, are in the Observer,
    19 July 1924, page 19c.

    "Hats Off to the Mallee Cocky" is in the Observer,
    19 April 1924, page 2e.

    "Mallee Lands - Factors in Increased Settlement" is in the Register,
    2 February 1926, page 2f.

    "Mallee Farmers' Worries" is in the Register,
    15 June 1927, page 13f.

    "Mallee Farmers Troubled" is in The News,
    17 September 1929, page 13a.

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    Farming

    Mills

    Also see Adelaide - Factories and Mills. "Adelaide's First Mills" is in the Register,
    9 April 1923, page 8f,
    "Our First Mill" is in the Observer,
    31 July 1926, page 63c,
    "Early Water Mills" on
    28 April 1928, page 50d.
    A photograph is in the Chronicle,
    16 February 1929, page 18.

    "The Mill of Our Forefathers [S & R Mills of Goodwood]" is in the Register,
    2 April 1900, page 4h.

    Steam flour mills are discussed in the Register,
    7 and 14 March 1840, pages 4d and 3d;
    a list of mills and their proprietors appears on
    28 April 1854, page 2e.
    They are described in the Southern Australian,
    7, 21 and 28 March 1843, pages 2d, 2d and 2c,
    4 and 14 April 1843, pages 2d and 2c.

    Information on flour mills is in the Southern Australian,
    14 and 25 August 1840, pages 3d and 3b.

    Information on the first "water flour mill" in SA is in the Register,
    2 March 1896, page 4h.

    "Town and Country Mills" is in the Register,
    1 April 1858, page 3a.

    The flour mills of South Australia are discussed in the Observer,
    7 January 1860, page 5f,
    4 February 1860, page 7a,
    Register,
    18 January 1860.
    A history and photographs of John Dunn's mills are in The Critic,
    11 June 1898, page 25.

    "Our Mill Power" is in the Register,
    4 December 1860, page 2h.

    "Flour Windmills of the Early Forties" is in the Advertiser,
    22 March 1928, page 11b,
    2 April 1928, page 16b,
    9 August 1928, page 7a,
    13 September 1928, page 18c,
    11 October 1928, page 18c,
    11 January 1929, page 22a,
    11 February 1929, page 16c.

    "Farming and Milling" is in the Observer,
    18 February 1871, page 9a.

    An obituary of John Stevens, miller, is in the Register,
    10 May 1871, page 5e.

    Sketches of John Dunn's mills in South Australia are in Frearson's Weekly,
    13 November 1880, page 563.

    "The Milling Trade" is in the Register,
    15 January 1881, page 5b,
    "The Milling Exhibition" on
    17 September 1881, page 1f (supp.).

    "The Flour Milling Trade" is in the Chronicle,
    7 February 1891, page 9b.

    Biographical details of K.L. Gellert, miller, are in the Register,
    5 August 1892, page 5a.

    "Penalizing the Country Miller" is in the Register,
    15 February 1895, pages 4g-7e.

    An obituary of William Allen, miller, "who had the distinction of making the firat bags of flour in Adelaide for the late Mr Ridley...", is in the Register,
    7 November 1903, page 7b.

    An obituary of W.J. Rayner, mill builder, is in the Register,
    20 July 1905, page 4h,
    of William Norman, miller, in the
    Observer,
    21 September 1907, page 42d,
    of John Butterworth, miller, on
    6 June 1908, page 40a,
    of F.P. Knight, miller, on
    1 October 1927, page 30e,
    of Henry Thomas, miller, on
    13 October 1928, page 43e.

    An obituary of W. Dube, "a pioneer miller", is in the Register,
    10 August 1907, page 5b,
    of F.P. Knight, miller on
    28 September 1927, page 17c.

    Biographical details of J.H. Both, miller, are in the Register,
    27 October 1915, page 6h.

    "The Milling Industry" is in the Advertiser,
    6 and 7 January 1921, pages 6e and 7b,
    "Stone Milling" on
    20 September 1927, page 17d.

    "Flour-Making Machines" is in The News,
    10 May 1924, page 4g.

    "Flourmilling Industry" is in the Register,
    26 June 1926, page 8g.

    "The Milling Industry" is in the Register,
    17 August 1927, page 10g.

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    Farming

    Ploughing Matches

    A meeting of the South Australian Ploughing Match Society is reported in the Register,
    16 August 1843, pages 1b-2e; also see
    26 August 1843, page 1b,
    2 and 6 September 1843, pages 2d and 2c-3a.

    An editorial on ploughing matches is in the Southern Australian,
    2 August 1844, page 2b,
    Register,
    8 May 1858, page 2d,
    17 August 1860, pages 2e-3b,
    15 August 1865, page 2c,
    23 August 1867, pages 2c-3f,
    13 August 1870, page 5a.

    An abstract of ploughing matches "of the last year" is in the Observer,
    9 August 1856, page 5a.

    "The Adelaide Grand Ploughing Match" is in the Register,
    8 July 1857, page 3g. Also see
    Register,
    8 May 1858, page 2d,
    Observer,
    8 May 1858, page 6f,
    Chronicle,
    24 August 1867, page 2c.

    "Death of Foreman, the Champion Ploughman" is in the Observer,
    19 December 1857, page 6f.

    Information on judging methods, etc, are discussed in the Farm & Garden,
    12 August 1858, page 32,
    9 September 1858, page 49,
    13 September 1860, page 37.

    "The Ploughing Match" is in the Register,
    17 August 1860, pages 2e-3b.

    "Novel Ploughing Match" is in the Farm & Garden,
    13 September 1860, page 44,
    8 November 1860, page 76,
    "Ploughs, Ploughing, etc" on
    13 September 1860, page 49.

    "Ploughing Matches" is in the Observer,
    12 August 1865, page 1a (supp.),
    "Ploughing and Ploughing Matches" on
    17 July 1875, page 9e.

    "The Adelaide Grand Ploughing Match" is in the Chronicle,
    24 August 1867, page 2c.

    An inter-colonial ploughing match is reported in the Observer,
    22 July 1882, page 31e.

    "Champion Ploughman - Reminiscences of George Burton" is in The Mail,
    18 July 1914, page 8e.

    "Old-Time Memories - Wheat Growing and Old-Time Ploughing Matches" is in the Register,
    9 May 1916, page 6d.

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