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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Long Cattle Horns

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

The headquarters of the National Live Stock Association in the Quinsy building will soon have hung up an adornment that will be the admiration of every…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, September 12, 1902

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

RAIN has threatened on several occasions during the week, but only five points have been registered. On Wednesday it was very close, dusty and disagreeable, and the dull sty seemed to indicate that a…

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The Shearing Question. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

SIR,—A curious phase of the present shearing posi[?] is that because the M.SU., an industrial labour [?] formed as a consequence of the arbitrary and [?] action of the A.W.U. and supported in…

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Heavy Loss of Sheep. 1500 Die in a Night

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

The “Age” publishes the following. The name of the owner of the sheep referred to is given as Mr “Norton,” but is, we are informed, Mr F. Naughton, who formerly resided in Deniliquin :—A terrible…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles When and How to Graft

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2

THE ordinary method of grafting as universally practised is cleft grafting. Any intelligent person with a fairly good eye can graft…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles When and How to Graft

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 2

THE ordinary method of grafting as universally practised is cleft grafting. Any intelligent person with a fairly good eye can graft…

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Sheep Traffic From Lockhart

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

In consequence of the gloomy outlook and the scarcity of grass, local landholders are placing upon the market all sheep with any flesh on them at all (reports the…

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Mr Crick on the Farmers and and Settlers' Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

That the Minister for Lands has not the most friendly feeling towards the Farmers and Settlers' Association is evidenced by the following excerpts from his speech, on the…

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Ovens and Murray Dairy Company

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the directors of the Ovens and Murray Dairy Co., Springhurst, was held on Wednesday. Mr. T. G. Clarke,…

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How far should Sheep be Iland-fed in times of Drought before their value is exceaded?

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 1

In the June number of the "Agricultural Gazette " I wrote an article. "Artificial Feeding of Sheep in Times of…

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Sheep Sale

The Independent · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 2

To-morrow, at the Corporation Yards, at 12 o'clock sharp, W. J. Davies and Co. will sell 800 merino owes, 4, 6, and 8-tooth, principally…

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A Prolific Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 29

Mr H. Dyball, of Montreal, near Cooma, reports a circumstance which will be interesting to sheep breeders. Twin lambs are not of too frequent occurrence, but one…

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The Stray Cattle Nuisance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 28

At the meeting of the Lane Cove Council, the much-debated question of cattle straying again came in for a deal of discussion, and many suggestions were given as a…

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The Uses of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 13

The following reasons are given by an American journal why every farmer should have a flock of sheep:-They will destroy more weeds than one man with a four-horse…

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Some Wheat Yields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 13

The official report of Manitoba tolls that "the prospects for an abundant crop are exceptionally good," and that "there is every prospect this season's harvest will eclipse…

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The Quality of Australian Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 12

The best friends of the Australian dairy produce trade cannot but regret that the steady improvement in the quality of butter which Australia exhibited regularly until last…

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Shelter for Cattle and Implements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 13

Mr. H. B. Moody read a paper to the following effect on the important subject of providing proper shelter for cattle and implements at a meeting of the Mallala…

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Appraising the Value of Pastoral Land. Surveyor Somerville's Basis

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 12

The following statement of the method by which Surveyor Richard N. Somerville arrives at his estimate of the value of grazing; land, was given at the Hay Land Board…

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Latest by Telegraph Wheat Market. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 2

Wheat, nominally 411 chickwheat 410½ to 5-…

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The London Wool Sales. Opening of the Fifth Series. London, September 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 4

The fifth series of London wool Bales this year was opened this afternoon, when Messrs. Charles Balme and Co, Buxton, Ronald, and Co., and Ducroz, Doxat, and Co. offered 11,552 bales…

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