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Farming & the land, 1900

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Corowa Branch

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 3

A MEETING of the local branch of the above was held at Rankin's Royal Hotel on Friday last. There was a fair attendance of former, and Mr. T. J. Gorman…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 1

No. 129. Salt as a Fertiliser—Cheap and Valuable—Quantity—Time to apply—General Benefits of salt—Different kinds of soil—Salt Dressing—Rya—Potatoes—…

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Kiewa Valley Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 17

The directors of this factory have made up their minds to prepare for a steady increase in their business, which will probably become much larger in the course of a very few years…

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The Victorian Butter Trade

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 13

The export trade in butter for the season just closing has been a record one. The quantity of butter exported from Victoria from 1st May, 1899, to the 17th inst. was no…

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The Wheat Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

Mr. H. R. Carter, wheat broker, Sydney and Melbourne, reports as follows under date March 27:--Wheat is if anything weaker in tone owing to the extreme…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd.; Hill, Clark and Co.; Pastoral Finance…

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Farmers’ and Settlers Association

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 3

Probably owing to the very short notice given of the visit of Mr T. I. Campbell, General Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers Association of…

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Dairy Methods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 29

A correspondent writes to a Melbourne newspaper:—" Greater interest is being taken in the North-Eastern district on the question of more careful treatment of…

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Bare Fallows V. Green Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 13

A journey through the wheat-growing districts reveals the fact that the system of bare-fallowing the land in raising our staple cereal is very widely practised in New South Wales…

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The Most Costly Farms in the World. Barns That Are Worth a Fortune

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 13

Some of the finest farms in the world are those worked by a number of New York millionaires. It has been calculated that the produce obtained from seventeen of these…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 12

VINEYARD.—Pick off leaves and masses of second growth, which are keeping back the ripening of the first crop. Keep the soil firm and clean on the surface and admit as much…

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Wool for Winter Wear

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 1

Woollen underwear is, of course, the nicest and most comfortable to wear in winter time, but the initial expense is rather more than we can cheerfully afford…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Officer. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, March. 30.1909

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

ON Saturday last the previous weeks rainfall was followed up by another 18 points. The grass is now growing rapidly and with another fall there should be plenty of winter feed round this district…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

No. 131. Weeds on Lawn—Sand—Garden Flowers—Plants in Pots—Plants is Gardens—Vegetables—Chickens—How to House—Perches—Faulty Chickens—…

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Balranald Sheep Board

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

A meeting of the above board was held at the Stock Office on Friday last. Present—S Lindsay (in the chair), F. E. Vandeleur, and W. A. Waugh…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

No.130. Australian Buttier in .the English market—Depreciation in quality and price—An intersting letter Comparisons of Danish and Victorian Butter…

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Sheep Statistics

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 13

According to the latest official returns there are now in the chief countries of the world 460,000,000 sheep. Some years ago there were 505,000,000. In Europe there are now…

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Preservatives in Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 12

At the beginning of this year a now act came into operation in England, which is likely to exercise a very important influence on the butter trade of this country, particularly…

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Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 33

A general committee meeting of the Agricultural Society was held in the Council-chambers on Friday afternoon. Present— Messrs. G. A. Thompson (president)…

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Cultivation of Potato Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 13

"A stitch in time saves nine" is as true in the potato field as anywhere else. The easiest time to kill weeds is before there are any to kill. Consequently, when the potatoes have…

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