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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Wool and Stock Reports. Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 2

No stock movements have come to hand since our last issue…

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Original Correspondence. Wheat Values in Melbourne and Sydney. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 2

SIR,--I see in a recent issue you point out the difference in the price of wheat in Sydney and Melbourne. The Sydney Daily Telegraph early last week, under…

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Kaffir Sheep

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 4

The Kaffir sheep, little flocks of which are distributed all over South Africa among the natives, are very hardy, and…

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Horses Getting at Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 12

The serious accidents that yearly occur amongst farm animals, especially working horses, as the wheat harvest comes round, through their obtaining access to wheat…

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A Valuable Discovery for Sheep Owners

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 3

One of the worst scourges with which sheep owners have had to contend since the first settlement of the country, has been that insidious…

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Painting Farm Implements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 12

There are few things which cost so little, yet save so much, as paint when applied to farm implements, including waggons and carts. A few pounds of paint properly put…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 12

ORCHARD.—This is a favorable time at which to irrigate apples, pears, and plums, especially where the crops are heavy and soil is close and dry. Trees which have heavy…

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Concerning Dairy Cows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 13

Some interesting particulars of dairy experiments are given in a recent report of the Ontario Agricultural College, the following notice of which appeared in the Dairy:…

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Practical Dairying Questions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 12

A journal in one of the dairying States of America formulates three enquiries, and asks its practical readers to answer them. The first question asked is—Is dairying profitable…

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The Minimum Wage Rate. (To [?] Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 2

SIR.— [?]atter of fixing the w[?] South Wale[?] I think Mr. [?] Sullivan is [?] opportunity, and doing our working [?] serious injury. Admi[?]ing that it is with[?] th[?]…

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Story Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening January 4.1901

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 2

During the post work the weather has been of a most changeable changer. On Sunday last the glass r[?]chal 1 [?]s deg Monday 8s, Tuesday 86, Wednesday 76, and Thursday 7s. From Conergo…

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1800 & 1900 Is Passing. Comparison and Retrospect. (Writer Specially for the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 4

The year 1000 has [?]assed away, and with it the 19th century. So also is disappearing the [?]gim[?] of isolation and cross preposes. It is fervently hoped that a period of broader…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Farm Separators

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 1

There are many indications that the farm separator is becoming more and more a factor in the creamery industry. Manufacturers and dealers report a large…

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Wool and Stock Reports

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 7 January 1901 · page 2

Deniliquin, Thursday—No rain has fallen in the immediate vicinity of the town, but several heavy thunderstorms have occurred in the district, an inch of rain being…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 4

At the continuance of sales on Tuesday there was again a full attendance of buyers, and good general competition marked the course of the sales, the bidding, as usual, being most keen for…

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Pastures and Stock Protection and Sheep Boards

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3

A meeting of the P. & S. P. Board was held at the Royal mail Hotel, Jerilderie, on the 29th ult., Messrs. Jas. Fulton (in the chair), M'Grougan, Brownless and M'Larty being…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Wednesday, January 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 4

YOUNGHUSBAND AND CO. PROPRIETARY LTD. opened the sales for the New Year to-day, when they submitted a catalogue of about 1700 bales. The attendance of buyers was fully as large as…

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Commercial. Melbourne Wool Market. Melbourne, January 10

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. LTD. held their first sale of the new year this afternoon, when they submitted a catalogue of over 4,—- bales…

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Farmers and Setters' Association. the State Elections

The Independent · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 4

The executive council of the above Association met in the Queen Victoria Market, Sydney, last week for the purpose of framing the farmers' fighting platform for…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 12

ORCHARD.—The advantages of mulching fruit trees which are placed in hot and shallow soils cannot be over-estimated, and it seems extraordinary that so many growers…

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