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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

916 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 46

Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 28

At the Dandenong Police Court, a middle-aged man named Peter Stewart, of Kyab-ram, was charged with on or about May 2nd, 1903, stealing one rod and white heifer…

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The Wheat Season

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 2

The bustle incidental to the approach of the wheat season is in evidence at the Wahgunyah railway station. Messrs. A. A. Piggle and Co.'s shed is being…

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Cattle for the Transvaal London, November 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 27

The Transvaal Government has purchased 10,000 Texan cattle, because they are immune to "redwater," whereas Canadian cattle are not…

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The London Wool Sales Greasy Merinos Unchanged. Coarse, 10 Per Cent, Lower

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 2

Compared with September sales, the closing price for greasy merinos was unchanged Course merinos were 10 per cent. lower…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 12

ORCHARD.—So fat this have been so frequent and copious as to prevent any resort to watering by artificial means. The soil is now drying and taking…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Independent · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 2

At a meeting of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held yesterday it was decided to petition the Government to extend the…

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Bread and Butter Pudding

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 1

Cut a penny roll into thin slices and nicely butter each one butter the dish and lay is slicks, then sparkle some washed and dried currants and minced candied…

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Melbourne Wool Markets

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. submitted [?] catalogue of 4,965 [?] The selection wais a most attractive one, including several high-class Western District clips, as well as [?]ome well-known [?]…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

At to-day's sale Younghusband, Row and Co. brought forward an attractive catalogue of 2096 bales, comprising several well-bred Western district…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing at [?] Accused Committed for [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

At the [?] Police Court on [?] Mr F. W. [?] P.M., [?] senior, a farmer and grazier residing [?] was charged with stealing 39 [?]…

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Conargo Sports Meeting. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

SIR,—In the last issue of your paper a letter appears signed by Mr R. T. [?] regarding his appointment as secretary to the above sports to be held on Boxing Day. In explanation, I wish to…

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Open Colum. Mr Chanter's “Indictment.” (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

SIR,—In the [?] of indictments Mr Chanter is singularly [?] not only in his choice of language, but in his mod[?] of expression; nor does he improve with practice. His epistle, of date 1[?]th,…

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Farm and Garden, Original Articles. the Merits of Different Breeds of Poultry

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 1

AN interesting record was recently made known concerning the Partridge Cochin breed of fowls A careful record as kept of nine…

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Electric Farms

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 7 December 1903 · page 1

In the application of electricity to everyday work, Germany has, perhaps, gone further than any other nation. Electrically heated and operated cooking and laundry…

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Australian Butter in England

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 2

The New South Wales Minister for Agriculture has received, through the Acting-Agent-General, a circular latter from Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, a…

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Conference of Cattle Breeders

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 4

As it result of meeting held at Kiama Lismore, and Grafton on October and November, for the purpose of discussing the desirability of instituting…

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Some Local Wheat Yields

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Chicken reports a yield of 8 bags to the acres from 31 acres. drilled and [?]ired with Shirley's Superphosphates…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 2

At the sales this afternoon the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd submitted a fairly representative catalogue of about 5400 bales…

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Bags of Wheat to the Ton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners have decided to carry for the present so bags of wheat as the ton, the terms of the intimation being as…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. the Fiscal Campaign. Lord Masham on the Yorkshire Wool Trade. Impending Ruin Predicted. Unless England Secures the Colonial Trade

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 3

Lord Masham, one of the largest landowners in Yorks, in a letter to the London "Times," states that the Yorkshire wool trade has suffered more…

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