South Australia - Industries - Rural, Primary and Secondary

Farming

Fertilisers

"Burford's Bone Manure" is discussed in the Observer,
17 March 1855, page 4h.

"The Manufacture of Guano" is in the Register,
17 April 1856, pages 2d-3c,
Observer,
19 April 1856, pages 6e-7a.
Guano deposits on islands in the Sir Joseph Banks Group are described in the Register,
21 May 1881, page 5b,
16 July 1909, page 5h [Marum and Bickers],
Advertiser,
21 July 1909, page 5g.

"Fertilization of Soils" is in the Observer,
26 August 1865, page 1a (supp.),
"Analysis of Soils" on
11 November 1865, page 1a (supp.).

"Cheap Manures" is in the Observer,
20 April 1867, page 1a (supp.),
"Wheat and Superphosphate of Lime" on
16 April 1870, page 9b.

"Manures and Rotation of Crops" is in the Observer,
15 February 1873, page 9a-f,
"Farming Jumbles" on
4 April 1874, page 9b.

"Artificial Manures - Early Farming Days" is in The Mail,
16 August 1913, page 19f.

Information on the introduction of fertilisers into South Australia is in the Register on
2, 6 and 13 July 1901, pages 8i, 4e and 10h; also see
20 July 1901, page 6d.

"Who Introduced Fertilizers?" is in the Observer,
20 July 1901, page 9e.
"Fertilizers in SA" is in the Register,
7 June 1902, page 9d.

"Use of Fertilisers in South Australia" is in the Observer,
14 June 1902, page 7e,
"The Use of Commercial Fertilisers" on
9 August 1902, page 11a,
"Farmers and Phosphates" on
17 August 1907, page 13a.

A letter from Thomas Rake of Enfield is in the Advertiser,
26 June 1925, page 15d under the heading "Super in South Australia - Its Use in the Early Days".

"Phosphates and Prosperity" is in the Register,
6 February 1907, page 6f,
"Phosphates - Localities Examined" in the Observer,
28 November 1908, page 14c.

"The Romance of Phosphate"-Yorke Peninsula Six Years Ago and Now" is in the Observer,
14 July 1906, page 48d.
"Wonders of Super" is in The Mail,
22 September 1923, page 5d,
"Super in South Australia" in the Register,
16 and 22 June 1925, pages 15e and 11a,
"Phosphate for Australia" in The Mail,
7 April 1928, page 3b.

The superphosphate industry is discussed in The News,
25 July 1923, page 9a,
Advertiser,
23 April 1929, page 16e; also see
22 and 23 May 1929, pages 16c and 13d.

"Super in South Australia" is in the Observer,
20 and 27 June 1925, pages 5a and 8a,
Register,
22 June 1925, page 11a.

"Subterranean Clover - Revolutionises Farm Practice" is in the Advertiser,
26 May 1924, page 18; also see
Register,
4 and 18 November 1924, pages 13e and 3a-10e,
Observer,
11 April 1925, page 4e,
14 January 1928, page 4e,
Advertiser,
24 May 1928, page 11h,
13 June 1929, page 5a and
The News,
27 September 1927, page 14g,
2 December 1936, page 8e.

"Wonders of Super" is in The Mail,
22 September 1923, page 5d,
"Super in South Australia" in the Register,
16 and 22 June 1925, pages 15e and 11a,
"Phosphate for Australia" in The Mail,
7 April 1928, page 3b.

The superphosphate industry is discussed in The News,
25 July 1923, page 9a,
Advertiser,
23 April 1929, page 16e; also see
22 and 23 May 1929, pages 16c and 13d.

"Super in South Australia" is in the Observer,
20 and 27 June 1925, pages 5a and 8a.

Gypsum is discussed in the Register,
21 September 1892, pages 4g-5b,
Observer,
24 September 1892, page 9d.
"Our Gypsum Deposits" is in the Register,
3 April 1923, page 9d,
Observer,
7 April 1923, page 33a,
26 May 1923, page 14c.
"West Coast Gypsum" is in the Register,
19 May 1923, page 6b (includes a SA history).
"Gypsum in Agriculture" is in The Mail
17 July 1926, page 18f,
The News,
23 July 1926, page 5a.

"Lessons From Experiments" is in The News,
27 September 1927, pages 15c-18e,
Observer,
17 November 1928, page 20d,
12 October 1929, page 7d.

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Grain Growing, Marketing and Bulk Handling

"South Australia's First Wheat Crop" is in The Mail,
24 May 1924, page 2f.
See South Australia - The Colony - Comments on the Colony - Personal Reminiscences where an 1887 letter from Mr McLean and subsequent events are discussed.

"Early Day Wheats" is in the Register,
31 July 1926, page 12e.

"Grain of Ninety Harvests" is in the Advertiser,
1 September 1936 (special edition), page 18.

Information on wheat grown by Charles Sprigg on "The Barren Plains of Adelaide" is in the Register, 22 May 1841, page 3c,
"God Speed the Plough" on
26 April 1843, page 2d.

An article on the ill-effects of drake seeds which "so generally accompanies the wheat grown in this Colony" is in the Observer,
23 March 1844, page 8c.

"Can We Profitably Export Wheat to the English Market?" is in the Observer,
4 January 1845, page 5c.

"Corn Growing in SA", including comment on Ridley's reaping machine, is in the Observer,
18 January 1845, page 4a.

"SA Grain in London" is in the Observer,
2 May 1846, page 5a,
"Exportation of Wheat to England" in the Observer,
24 January 1857, page 5h.

"Our Stock of Wheat and Flour" is in the Observer,
4 October 1856, page 6d.

"Our Wheat and Flour Exports" is in the Observer,
18 October 1856, page 6a,
"The Relative Price of Flour and Bread" on
18 October 1856, page 6e.

"The Flour Trade of 1856" is in the Observer,
10 January 1857, page 6a.

"Our Wheat and Flour Trade" is discussed in the Register,
11 September 1857, page 3c.

"Natural Superiority of SA Flour" is in the Observer,
14 November 1857, page 6g; also see
21 November 1857, page 2e (supp.).

"Our Flour Statistics" is in the Observer,
16, 23 and 30 April 1859, pages, 6h, 6a and 7c,
15 October 1859, page 6f.

"Wheat Averages" is in the Observer,
16 July 1859, page 4h.

"Exportation of Wheat" is in the Observer,
5 and 19 April 1862, pages 6a and 4c.

"Frauds in the Flour Trade" is in the Observer,
31 May 1862, page 1a (supp.).

A discussion on rail charges for the transport of wheat and flour is in the Advertiser,
8, 9, 12, 14 and 18 February 1867, pages 2e-3c, 2e, 2d, 2h and 2e-3f.

"Export of Cereals" is in the Chronicle,
6 April 1867, page 4d.

Barley growing is discussed in the Advertiser on
7, 8 and 22 April 1869, pages 2b-f, 3c and 2g,
Chronicle,
1 May 1869, page 2g.

"Wheat Growing in South Australia" is in the Register,
10 April 1868, page 2f.

"Thick and Thin Seeding" is in the Register,
19 and 29 April 1869, pages 2d and 2f,
"Seed Wheat From Suffolk" on
4 June 1869, page 2e.

"On Wheat Sowing" is in the Observer,
21 January 1871, page 9b,
25 February 1871, page 9c,
"Storing Wheat for Farmers" on
4 March 1871, page 9a.

"Malting Barley" is in the Observer,
25 February 1871, page 9a,
11 and 18 March 1871, pages 9b and 9a,
8 and 22 April 1871, pages 5c and 6c.

Problems associated with the rail transport of wheat to Port Adelaide and allied matters are discussed in the Observer,
25 January 1873, page 2g,
1, 15 and 22 February 1873, pages 2g-9c, 11f and 13c,
1 March 1873, psages 11c-14f (poem).

Sketches of harvest time are in the Pictorial Australian in
December 1875,
September 1890 (supplement),
October 1892, page 165.

An explanation of "Cockatoo Farming" is in the Register on 6 January 1876, page 6a:

A cockatoo farmer is one who scratches over the surface of his land for a few years, cultivates wheat only, ploughing with a double plough about four inches deep for a year or two, scarifying two inches deep the succeeding one, reaping with the stripper, burning his stubbles until the soil is filled with wild oats, then perhaps taking a couple of crops of dirty hay, when he moves on to "fresh fields and pastures new", repeating the operation ad infinitum.

"Farmers and Cockatoo Farmers" is in the Observer, 24 July 1880, page 129a.
"The Harvest of 1878-9" is in the Register,
27 February 1879, page 4d,
27 March 1879, page 2c (supp.).

"Wheat and Wheat Harvesting in SA" is discussed in the Register,
15 November 1879 (supp.), page 1a and hay harvesting on
23 and 24 October 1883, pages 6d and 6c,
"Wheat Production in SA - 1876-1896" on
24 June 1898, page 6c.

"A New Cereal [Sorghum]" is in the Observer,
28 August 1880, page 337b.

"The Wastefulness of Stubble Burning" is in the Observer,
27 October 1883, page 9a,
"The Value of Practical Knowledge" on
8 December 1883, page 9a,
"The Future of Wheat Growing" on
10 May 1884, page 9a.

"The Indian Wheat Trade" is in the Register,
24 and 25 January 1884, pages 2b (supp.) and 6b.

"The Wheat Season - 1884-5" is in the Observer,
30 May 1885, page 9e.

"Through the Wheat Fields" is in the Chronicle,
29 October 1887, page 13e.

"The Seed Wheat Question" is in the Chronicle,
25 May 1889, page 9c,
"The Seed Wheat Fund" is in the Observer,
7 February 1903, page 27d.

Information on ther first silo in South Australia is in the Observer,
21 September 1889, page 12b.

"Ward's Prolific Wheat" is in the Chronicle,
30 November 1889, page 13e.

"Wheat Merchants and Farmers" is in the Advertiser,
27 and 31 January 1890, pages 7c and 7f.

The cultivation of rape is discussed in ther Observer,
8 November 1890, page 9c.

A "rust-proof" wheat bred by Mr Richard Marshall of Wasleys is discussed in the Chronicle, 20 December 1890, page 7b.
"Improvement of Wheats - Mr Marshall's Work" is in the Advertiser,
19 May 1906, page 7c,
"The Wheat Market and Low Prices" is in the Observer,
26 January 1895, page 2b.

"Experiments With Cereals" is in the Observer,
15 February 1896, page 4e.

"Goyder's Rainfall Line - Fine Crops Outside It" is in the Advertiser,
5 January 1906, page 5i.

"Exporting Wheat - A Busy Coastal Fleet" is in the Advertiser,
13 February 1906, page 5g.

A poem, "Growin' Wheat", by C.J. D[ennis]" is in the Register,
1 June 1907, page 11g.
The poem is reproduced in full in Geoffrey H. Manning, A Colonial Experience, pp. 805-806.

"Wheat Variety Tests" is in the Advertiser,
29 February 1908, page 7a,
"Cross Breeding of Wheats" on
6 March 1909, page 11f.

"The Wheat Trade - A Table of Exports" is in the Advertiser,
25 April 1900, page 9f,
"Scientific Wheat Growing" on
25 February 1901, page 6a.

"New Wheat for the Dry Country" is in the Observer,
29 April 1905, page 12c,
"Advance of the Hard Wheat" on
13 January 1906, page 12.

"Grain Elevators" is in the Observer,
20 July 1907, page 41a.

"Wheat Growing in the Mallee" is in the Advertiser,
27 August 1912, page 13a.

"Bulk Handling of Wheat" is discussed in the Register,
5 August 1911, page 15g,
27 July 1914, page 8d,
Advertiser,
17 July 1913, page 8c,
12 August 1913, page 8d,
Observer,
28 March 1914, page 13a,
Register,
23 and 27 July 1914, pages 5g and 8d,
3 September 1914, page 6g,
Advertiser,
18 December 1915, page 17a,
3 and 9 March 1916, pages 4e and 4g,
21 April 1916, page 6f,
Observer,
29 April 1916, page 27c,
Register,
26 April 1916, page 4b,
14, 20 and 27 July 1916, pages 4g, 7c and 9g,
8 and 24 August 1916, pages 7c and 9c.

Also see Register,
12 September 1916, page 4b,
Advertiser,
27 June 1917, page 4e,
Register,
11 and 20 September 1920, pages 9c and 3g,
4 March 1921, page 5c,
8 September 1922, page 11f,
22, 28 and 30 November 1922, pages 7a, 5f and 10e,
7 December 1922, page 4f.

Also see Advertiser,
8 December 1922, page 11a,
18 January 1932, page 8h,
3 May 1932, page 8h,
The News,
27 July 1932, page 4e,
Advertiser,
14 October 1932, page 16f,
18 August 1933, page 20e,
29 March 1934, page 18f,
The News,
25 October 1935, page 5e,
The Mail,
30 November 1935, page 8e,
The News,
5 March 1936, page 9c,
The Mail,
20 June 1936, page 8a,
Advertiser,
5, 8 and 11 November 1937, pages 30a, 18d and 21d.

"Crippling the Wheat Trade" is in the Observer,
19 September 1914, page 34b.

"Garnering the Harvest - The Labour Problem" is in the Register,
21 and 27 July 1915, pages 9b and 6c,
"Old Time Memories - Wheat Growing and Old-Time Ploughing Matches" on
9 May 1916, page 6d,
Observer,
13 May 1916, page 33a.

"Farmers and Their Wheat"is in the Observer,
4 March 1916, page 27d.

"Northern Wheat Areas" is in the Register,
9 May 1916, page 6d.

"Marketing the Crop" is in the Register,
25 July 1916, page 5a.

"Wheat Scandals" is in the Register,
24 July 1920, page 6e.

The handling and selling of wheat is discussed in the Advertiser,
27 April 1921, page 9a.

Photographs of shipping wheat by "Old and New Methods" are in the Chronicle,
21 February 1925, page 35.

"Wheat Crop Competition Mid-Northern District" is in the Register,
31 December 1926, page 4e.

Mallee wheat farming on Eyre Peninsula is described in the Register,
5 July 1927, page 6g,
"Wheat in SA - Varieties Described" on
5 October 1927, page 14a.

"Improved Wheat Varieties" is in The News,
11 September 1928, page 15.

"Farmers and the Price of Wheat" is in the Advertiser,
31 May 1929, page 17f,
8 and 21 June 1929, pages 14a and 16f.
"Sacks and Silos" is in the Advertiser,
11 January 1932, page 6e.

"William Farrer - Pioneer of Wheat Breeding" is in the Chronicle,
16 December 1937, page 42b.

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