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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

916 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 46

Packing Fruit in Wood Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 2

A communication has been received by the State Premier from Mr. C. C. Lance. Commercial Agent. London, wherein he refers to the product…

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Sheep for Hilly Sections

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 1

A large section of hilly and mountainous country embracing several counties of Southeastern New York and Northeastern Pennyslvania, is devoted almost exclusively…

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The Farm. Wood Ashes on Vegetables

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 1

The ashes from timber burned in clearing up a wood lot, and now stored under a shed, are in the best possible condition for applying to the vegetable garden. It will not do…

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The Australian Farmer

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 5

The steady migration of small capital from Austral in to South Africa points to the circumstance that matters in those States have…

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Seed Wheat Experiments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 12

Dr. Cobb, the well-known wheat expert of the Department of Agriculture, has for years been engaged upon experiments in regard to seed wheat, and contributions from,…

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Sydney Wool Sale

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:—Very little new wool is reaching the market now, the season being practically over. There still remains, however, a certain…

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Debts of the Sheep Boards

The Independent · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 2

The Directers of the Corowa Rabbit Board at a meeting expressed some concern anent clause 25 of the Pastures Protection Act of 1902…

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Commercial. Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 3

The Australasian Mortgage find Agency Co. report as follows:—No change has taken place in the local market during the past week. A fair amount of enquiry is still in…

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Hand-feeding of Sheep. the Jemalong Experiment

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 2

A practical demonstration of exceptional value to pastoralists and others, tending lo solve the problem of stock feeding under adverse conditions, and to minimise the…

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A Royal Dairyman

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 13

King Edward has entered into competition with his nobles in the business of sailing dairy and farm produce. Indeed, the aptitude which he has displayed for business…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 12

Orchard.—The nature, age and condition of the orchard trees, and the quality of the land will determine whether early autumn cultivation will prove helpful or otherwise…

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Shocking Tragedy. the Act of a Mad Farmer. London, March 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 27

A shocking tragedy has been enacted at Bellefontaine, in the state of Missouri. A demented farmer named Krauss murdered his wife and six children with a…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the local Farmers' Union was held on Saturday last. Present:—McArthur (Chairman), Theakstone, O'Connor, Jones, Elliott, Carroll,…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday, March 20

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

This week the weather has been mild and pleasant. There appeared to ha every prospect of further rain showers on Tuesday night, but the clouds have again cleared away. There is an excellent spring of…

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Farm and Garden, Original Articles. Sorghum Cane

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 1

ALTHOUGH sorghum has been grown extensively for many years, there has been very little selection of varieties; Early…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Notes

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 2

Sheep in the Brewarrina district are being moved freely to grass paddocks, principally near the Queensland border, where grass is reported to be…

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Clear Hills Sheep Case

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

At the Wagga Quarter Sessions on the 10th ult., James Jackson was arraigned upon a charge, of having on 11th November, at Clear Hills…

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The Arltunga Gold Field. Its Pastoral Possibilities

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

The people accustomed to road of Central Australia as a sand desert, the extent to which the pastoral industry has been developed during…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:—The sales were continued on Friday last, when catalogues aggregating about 2530 bales were submitted…

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Insulated Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 13

Slag wool is a mineral article manufactured from slag, and resembles kapok or cotton wool. It is used largely as an insulator in connection with freezing chambers, and…

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