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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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How to Wash Wool and Flannel Garments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 14

Perhaps no garments suffer so much tit the bunds of the ordinary laundress as those made of wool or flannel, says a writer in a home journal, and then proceeds as…

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Relief to Farms: a Berrigan Proposal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 4

A large and enthusiastic public meeting was held at Berrigan on Saturday for the purpose of considering means whereby practical relief and assistance may berendered to the…

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The Australian Farmer. a Critical Russian Visitor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 24

M. Nicholas Krukoff, who has been deputed by the Russian Minister of Agriculture to visit Australia and inquire into the methods adopted* in agriculture and…

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Parrt-colored Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 1

In the Camaroon districts of Africa are thousands of remarkable sheep, and the Germans who have settled there say that they are useful domestic animals…

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Wool and Stock Reports. Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

No stock movements' have been reported since out lust issue…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Willows As Retainers of the Banks of Rivers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

ONE of the problems that confronts the farmers is the use of proper plants under the varied conditions of soil and climate. Usually the…

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Poultry Farming

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

Yards for fowls are seldom too large. They Should be big enough so that the grass will grow and keep growing. A Plymouth Bock specialist keeps ten to…

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Kiewa Valley Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 24

The monthly meeting of directors was held at the office of this company at Kiewa on the 2nd inst. Present —Messrs. Macdonald (in the chair), Coulston, Grosthwaite, Street…

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Wheat and Cereal Market

The Independent · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 3

A strong inquiry for wheat for early delivery has set in, millers evidently being short of stocks of both wheat and flour. Whatever new wheat offers is…

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Maize Crops at Maitland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 29

The maize crops in the Maitland district are expected to exceed in acreage and yield those of past years. In the Wollombi division of the district 4310 acres are under…

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A Pirate Potentate. From a Secluded Welsh Farm to the Command of a Buccaneer Fleet of Twelve Ships

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 14

Mr. Frank E. Stockton, in his "Buccaneers of Our Coast," in St. Nicholas, says: Sometime in the first half of the…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 12

ORCHARD.—The chief work of assistance to trees of all kinds must at this season be in connection with the soil. Do not allow stray prees to make rank growth, or they will be…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 2

Tuesday last was one of the most disagreeable days experienced this summer. From early in the morning the wind blew strongly from the west bringing with it dense clouds of duet which seemed…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles Irrigation

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 2

OF late years the growing of strawberries in these. colonies is rapidly developing, demanding special care in aiming to produce…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Savernake Branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, held on Saturday last, 10th inst., the…

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The Wagga Wool Clip

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

The returns of the wool clip for the Wagga Sheep District are to hand and show a very considerable falling off on the previous year (says the…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

The Independent · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

The following letter, which has been received of the Secretary of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, will be of interest to a number…

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Seed Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

Many of those who lost their crops this last season, are anxious as to what steps the Government propose to take in regard to the promised…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

The Australian Estates & Mortgage Co. Ltd., report under 13th January:—We held our first sale of the New Year today. A Catalogue of 1,476 Balesincluded some Super…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 3

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report under date January 8:—With the opening of the present week a very decident improvement in the demand for all lines of feed grain and…

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