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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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The Pig on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 13

Mr. W. G. Mills contributed a paper on " pigs" &t a recent meeting of the Kanman. too Agricultural Burenu (S.A.). The pig, he says, is aptly described by the Irishman as…

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Farmers and Settlers' Associations

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 3

A meeting of the members of the above was held on Saturday, 20th September. Present.—Messrs M'Arthur, (chair) O'Connor, Davey, Laity, Corbett, Davis, Elliot…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, September 26, 1902

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 2

[?] numbers of sheep are daily being removed from stations in the district, some being drafts which have been sold to Victorian speculators who have grass country and others have been sent to…

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Farm and Garden Original Ar[?] Raising Young Turkeys

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 1

YOUNG turkeys are very tender and need to be carefully and intelligently treated, otherwise the mortality among them will be…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 4

At the Wagga Circuit Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. Henry Walker Mitchell and Geo. Robert Gibbs pleaded…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 1

MESSRS WINCHCOMBE, CARSON AND CO., Sydney, report under date 24th September : —The first of the new clip will be offered in Adelaide on Thursday, the 25th inst. These…

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Wool and Stock Reports Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 2

Messrs Wilkinson and Lavender, Hay, report having consigned this day, on account of Messrs A. and W. Austin, Canoon, 3200 ewes, going to rented country, near Tumut…

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Dehorning Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 13

The milk suppliers of Rata, New Zealand, have been experimenting with the dehorning of cattle, and have come to a decided opinion in favour of taking the horns off. They…

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Comparing Breeds of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 13

This is necessarily a question which cannot receive a definite answer, or, rather, an answer which can be applied to a whole country. That one breed is better than…

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Albury Wool, Hide, Skin, and Tallow Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 4

YOUNGHUSBAND AND CO. PROPRIETARY Ltd. report their usual monthly sale of above station produce on Friday, September 26, when the offerings proved to be the largest catalogued for…

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American Crops. Gigantic Yields. New York. August 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 37

We are very fortunate in our crops. Last year's record-breaking yield of wheat (748,000,000 bushels) in not equalled this year, it is true, bus we shall have about…

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Farm and Garden Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 12

ORCHARD.-If suckers appear, out them clean off from the roots or base of the stem whence they spring. Rub off all buds as they appear on the trunks below where it is…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Raising Young Turkeys

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

YOUNG turkeys are very tender and need to be carefully and intelligently gently [?] otherwise the mortality among them will be…

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the Fodder duties. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I have pleasure in forwarding herewith a copy of a letter I have received from the Secretary to the Acting Prime Minister with regard to the resolutions passed at a meeting in the…

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Farm and Garden Original L Abticles Planting a 'Id Carting Fob Peacit Trees

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

THE peach tree requires high, well drained, [?] fertile soil, sandy loam is preferable, and of that kind which contains…

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The Riverina Wool Season

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2

An Albury correspondent writes:-- "Good progress is being made with shearing. Doodle Cooms, where a start was made three weeks,earlier than usual, is…

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The One-sheep Shed

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 9 October 1902 · page 4

Now this is a tale I heard last week In a pub where beer flowed fast, From shearer Brown, who arrived in town From a run called Dyingfast…

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Vermont Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 28

The following letter appeared in the last American Sheepbreeder:-"I have recently so[?] to E. Webb and Co., of Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia, on order, two…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 19

A meeting of the committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Friday. Mr. G. A. Thompson, occupied the chair. The other members present were Messrs…

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High Prices for Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 2

Fifty [?] head of Quat Quatta cattle were sent to Sydney and Melbourne markets last week and averaged £18 per head,…

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