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944 stories in Murray's papers · page 36 of 48
SIR,—I wrote to an Upper Murray contemporary last week asking which were the east, west, and north boundaries of the Riverina district. The editor of that newspaper stated that “the term…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL.—The London sales are being carried on with vigour, and with increased competition prices hare a hardening tendency. According to cables from our Head Office the demand is running principally on medium combing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy cows, when deprived of all other nourishment than potatoes (which should be given raw and cut) will consume per day an average of 7 per cent of their live weight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On most farms there is not enough work during the winter season to keep constantly employed half the number of teams kept busy during seed time and harvest. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The long, dry summers demand that some substitute for fresh green grass be used if possible. Many farmers and in fact those having one or two cows if they have a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As I have already said cows should be well and liberally fed: but what to feed for most profit is the question. Whatever is produced by an animal comes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It has been for some time a source of surprise to us (says the Lismore Star) that under the circumstances of drought and scarcity of feed, the price of butter has not…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The last annual report of the Railway Commissioners shows that Narrabri with 565,449 heads the list of sheep truckings for the year; Bourke, which one time…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The demand for Australian wool in the London market is still increasing, and competition among home buyers is said to be keen. French and German buyers are…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →UNQUESTIONABLY the existing conditions and prospects of the wool market are the most favourable that have prevailed since 1889. It will be remembered that during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is an old Spanish proverb to the effect that the foot of the Merino is shod with gold. We presume that the shoeing here referred to is supplied by the buyers of its wool, and, if so,…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Broad beano will now need the ends of the shoots pl[?]ched off to induce them to set their pods well. There are many failures from the neglect of this, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →At a well-attended meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association a resolution, moved by Mr. P. B. H[?]ffernan, and supported by…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →As I have already said, cows should be well and liberally fed; but what to feed for most profit is the question. Whatever is produced by an animal comes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The long, - dry summers demand -that some substitute for fresh green grass be used if possible. Many farmers, and in fact those having one or.two [?] if they have a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Only within the last 15 years have dairymen learned how to make good butter in winter. There are two things especially lacking in old fashioned winter butter—color…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr E M. Young who has just returned from London and who is an export, gives the following opinion on our wool trade: Mr. Young said:—Before leaving England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FINE weather has ruled all the week, and there are no prospects of a change. To-day and yesterday the temperature was warm, and although the rain of last week moistened the ground a little, not much permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL.—Our London cables report the continuance of a very firm tone at the sales, now in progress there, and prices remain firm at last quotations. Already 180,000 bales out of an available total of 225,000 bales have passed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL.—The market is very firm. For clean scoured merino there is a keen demand on Japanese account at extreme rates. Our latest London advices indicate that the Wool market has still further advanced from 15 to 20 per cent…
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