South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

Farming

Farm Implements

"The Pioneer Plough" is in the Observer,
7 and 14 January 1888, pages 11c and 12a,
"When Farmers Used a Wooden Plough" is in The Mail,
10 September 1932, page 18.

"Progress of Invention in SA" is in the Observer,
2 and 9 September 1843, pages 4b-7a and 2a.

"Harvesting by Sickle [in the 1840s]" is in the Register,
12 September 1912, page 7b.

"Mr Pettit's Plough" is discussed in the Observer,
2 March 1844, page 8a-b,
7 September 1844, page 5a.

"Reaping Machines and Labour" is in the Observer,
16 and 23 September 1843, pages 4a-5a-7a and 6,
Register,
9 and 23 September 1843, pages 2c-d and 3b,
4 October 1843, page 2b,
1 and 15 November 1843, pages 2e and 2c; also see
7 January 1853, page 3b,
2 February 1856, page 3a,
17 January 1860, page 3e and
Observer,
2 February 1856, page 6f,
South Australian,
29 November 1844, page 3e,
27 December 1844, page 2e,
10 January 1845, page 3b,
21 March 1845, page 2e,
Farm & Garden,
12 January 1860, page 1 and Place Names - Ridleyton.

Information on James Wilson and his "important invention" - "one hundred narrow spades [operating] upon a space of nearly four feet wide" is in the Observer, 27 May 1848, page 2c.

Information on the Onkaparinga Thrashing Roller is in the Observer,
4 March 1854, page 2e (supp.).

A quadruple plough trial at the Reedbeds is reported in the Register,
19 May 1857, page 2f; also see
21 and 22 May 1857, pages 3f and 3g,
4 July 1857, page 2e,
Observer,
3 July 1869, page 5f.

"Craig's Reaping Machine" is in the Observer,
20 February 1858, page 7b; also see
Farm & Garden,
9 September 1858, page 41.

"Steam Agriculture" is in the Observer,
3 April 1858, page 6f,
"Steam Applied to Agriculture" in the Advertiser,
2 and 3 October 1905, pages 6c and 4e.

"Agricultural Machinery" is in the Farm & Garden,
13 January 1859, page 1.

A "gigantic French plough" is discussed in the Observer,
25 June 1859, page 4d.

Information on Robinson's reaping and mowing machine is in the Observer,
29 December 1860, page 3e; also see
Farm & Garden,
13 December 1860, page 110,
14 February 1861, page 127.

The trial of a steam thrashing machine is reported in the Observer,
27 December 1862, page 7g and
of Mr Baker's steam plough in the Register,
2 March 1863, page 2h; also see
17 March 1863, page 2f.

"Improvements in Harvesting Machinery" is in the Register,
1 August 1863, page 2f.

The introduction of the steam engine into agriculture is discussed in the Advertiser,
10 February 1864, page 2d.

Adamson's Broadcast Sowing Machine is discussed in the Register,
13 June 1864, page 2h,
Observer,
18 June 1864, page 1f (supp.).

Trials of Adamson's patent reaping and winnowing machine are reported in the Register,
11 and 26 January 1865, pages 2g and 2e and
mowing machines on
12 October 1865, page 3f.
Adamson Brothers' wool-washing machine is described on
1 July 1868, page 2e; also see
14 and 16 July 1868, pages 2e and 2d,
27 October 1868, page 3d,
Express,
16 July 1870, page 2f,
An obituary of D.E. Adamson is in the Register,
24 June 1891, page 5b,
Observer,
27 June 1891, page 31a,
of Adam Adamson on
22 January 1898, page 31d; also see
12 February 1898, page 25b.

A colonial made chaffcutter is described in the Register,
9 September 1868, page 2h.

"The Quadruple Plough" is in the Observer,
3 July 1869, page 5f,
trials of double-furrow ploughs are reported on
16 October 1869, page 7e,
15 and 22 January 1870, pages 3c and 7g.

"Improvements in Ploughs" is commented on in the Observer,
1 July 1871, page 9a; also see
Register,
14 July 1875, page 5a.

"Improved Mowing Machines" is in the Observer,
7 October 1871, page 9b,
"Trial of Improved Ploughs" on
8 February 1873, page 7c,
"The Improved Winnower" on
13 September 1873, page 4g.

Information on a wheat cleaning machine is in the Chronicle,
30 August 1873, page 4c.

"The South Australian Reaper in California" is in the Observer,
1 November 1873, page 9a.

Information on Marshall's new stripping and thrashing machine is in the Observer,
27 December 1873, page 7g and
Shapland's wheat cleaner on
19 December 1874, page 5f.

"Bowman's Improved Reaper" is described and an account of a trial reported in the Register,
12 February 1875, page 6g; also see
20 and 28 January 1876, page 5e and 5b.

"Trial of Reaping Machines" is in the Observer,
18 December 1875, page 6b,
"Trial of the American Gang Plough" on
27 January 1877, page 6g,
"Trial of an American Grubbing Machine" in the Chronicle,
1 September 1877, page 14f.

A trial of an Osborne combined mower, reaper and self-binding harvester is reported in the Advertiser,
6 April 1878, page 5d.

A trial of grubbing machines is reported in the Observer,
7 September 1878, page 9e.

A trial of Wood's reaper and binder is reported in the Observer,
19 October 1878, page 7c.

Reminiscences of the first harvester trial in 1878 near Gawler are in the Advertiser,
22 November 1929, page 21e.

"Sir Thomas Elder's Steam Scoop" is in the Chronicle,
28 December 1878, page 17b.

An editorial on a competition for the best combined winnower and stripper is in the Advertiser,
24 November 1879, page 4d; also see
24 and 25 December 1879, pages 4d and 6e,
3 January 1880, pages 4e-5g.

Trials of machinery are reported in the Express,
18 and 24 December 1879, pages 3a and 3d.

"The Complete Harvester" is in the Observer,
7 August 1880, page 209a,
"Annual Trial of Reapers" on
25 December 1880, page 1057d.
A trial of a rotary wheat-sower is reported in the Express,
4 December 1880, page 2d.

An article and a sketch of Osborne's Self-Binding Harvester are in the Observer,
17 September 1881, page 9b.

A trial of a six-furrow plough at Palmer is reported in the Advertiser,
28 March 1882, page 6e and
of a string-binding harvester in the Observer,
21 October 1882, page 9e.

"Newly Invented Ploughs" is in the Chronicle,
1 April 1882, page 13d.

"Recent Improvements in Farm Machinery" is in the Observer,
5 May 1883, page 9a,
"Extraordinary Improvements in Farm Machinery" in the Register,
15 September 1909, page 4d.

"The McCormick Twin Reaper" is in the Chronicle,
20 October 1883, page 14b.

"Hay-Harvesting Contest" is in the Register,
23 and 29 October 1883, pages 6d and 3c-d (supp.).

The trial of a Mallee Bush Cutter is discussed in the Register,
11 December 1883, page 7a,
Chronicle,
15 December 1883, page 23c.

"A Wonderful Harvesting Machine" is in the Observer,
27 October 1883, pages 9e-10-32b,
3 November 1883, page 9a,
"The Houser Combined Harvester" on
26 January 1884, page 9e,
"The Hornsby String-Binding Harvester" on
2 August 1884, page 9b.

"A New Stump Extractor" is in the Observer,
12 July 1884, page 10a.

"The Harvest Machinery Trials" is in the Observer,
25 October 1884, page 10c,
1 November 1884, page 10d,
10 and 24 January 1885, pages 10e and 10c.

A trial of twine binders is reported in the Observer,
3 and 17 October 1885, pages 11a and 10b.

"New Harvesting Machinery" is in the Observer,
16 October 1886, page 26c.

A stump-jumping plough match is reported in the Observer,
6 November 1886, page 12e,
photographs of Shearer's patent stump jump plough are in The Critic,
12 September 1917, page 26.
"Birth of the Stump-Jump Plough" is in the Register,
19 and 23 April 1906, pages 6b and 8i.
An obituary of James W. Stott, "who claimed to be the inventor of the first successfully tried stump-jump plough in SA", is in the Observer,
30 March 1907, page 37b.
Also see Place Names - Ardrossan.

A trial of harvesting machinery is reported in the Observer,
9 November 1889, page 31a.

"A Patent Case - Reversible Ploughshares" is in the Express,
30 January 1890, page 3f.

Lawson and Webster's "Patent Skimmer" is discussed in the Register,
26 September 1890, page 5b.

"Our Agricultural Machinery - A Remarkable Evolution" is in the Observer,
10 June 1899, page 3a.

"The Farmer and Machinery" is in the Register,
18 September 1899, page 4d.

"Farmers' Machinery" is in the Register,
14 September 1901, page 6d.

"Harvesting Machinery - Important Field Trial" is in the Advertiser,
6 December 1901, page 6g,
"The Boom in Chaff" on
2 July 1902, page 5g.

"Machinery on the Farm - An Interesting Evolution" is in the Register,
20 and 21 November 1902, pages 6c and 3d.

A trial of new ploughs is reported in the Express,
20 February 1903, page 4e.

A sketch of the Massey-Harris stripper-harvester is in the Chronicle,
22 March 1902, page 19.

Information on and a sketch of Mellor's Patent Bike Stripper are in the Observer,
17 September 1904, page 30,
10 March 1906, page 30.

"Traction Engines Clearing Land" is in the Advertiser,
16 May 1908, page 10g.

"The Motor in Agriculture" is in the Advertiser,
27 January 1908, page 4d,
"The Advance of Agricultural Machinery" on
12 September 1908, page 12g,
"Tractor versus Horse" on
13 March 1923, page 13c,
11 September 1924, page 22f.

A motor plough trial is reported in the Observer,
13 March 1909, page 13e.

Stone gathering machines are described in the Observer,
11 September 1909, page 50d,
Register,
18 March 1910, page 10e.

"SA Harvester to the Fore" is in the Register,
20 December 1910, page 5f.

Information on Mellor Brothers range of machinery is in the Register,
6 March 1913, page 7c.

"A Boon to Scrub Farmers [an implement to remove mallee shoots and stinkwort]" is in the Register,
13 February 1914, page 9c.

"Motor Tractors on the Farm" is in the Register,
24 August 1920, page 7a,
"The Growth of Farm Tractors" on
25 April 1923, page 12f.

"The Caterpillar Tractor" is in the Observer,
2 October 1920, page 4e.

"Tractor Farming" is in the Observer,
7 October 1922, page 6a.

"The Growth of Farm Tractors" is in the Register,
25 April 1923, page 12f,
Observer,
28 April 1923, page 33d.

"The Tractor on the Farm" is in the Register,
22 August 1923, page 8d,
"Horses versus Tractors" is in the Register,
13 July 1925, page 13c,
Observer,
18 July 1925, page 8a,
"Will Farmers Abandon Horses for Tractors" on
6 April 1929, page 4d.

"Cost of Farm Machinery" is in the Advertiser,
13 June 1929, page 13f.

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