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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Wheat Traffic

The Independent · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners are already getting a taste of what is going to happen soon, when the wheat harvest is reaped. There are…

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The Wheat Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 2

Locally the wheat buyers report the market to be in an unsettled state caused by a difference of opinion as to values between buyers and sellers…

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The Standing of Share Farmers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 2

According to advice from the Crown Solicitor to the Pastures Protection Board, a farmer working on shares is not a tenant within the meaning of…

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Open Column. a Lesson for Electors. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 3

[?]R,—The disgraceful manner in which [?]ands of electors of both sexes have been [?]chised during the recent federal elec[?] in this State should not be lost upon the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Feed for the Dry Season

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

THE hot weather and dry period which usually prevails during midsummer and early autumn is usually very trying and critical…

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The Rumoured Wheat Ring

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

The ruthour of a projected "wheat ring" in Sydney to open the market for new wheat at 2/4 bushel delivered at country railway station is…

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The Weather. Considerable Damage to the Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

Heavy rain fell throughout Friday night and Saturday, and continued almost right throught yesterday, showers at th[?] being exceptionally sharp…

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Experiments in Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

For six or seven years Hawkesbury Agricultural College has been experimenting for the purpose of producing the most suitable seed wheat for the…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

The wool sales were resumed to-day. There was a good strong market, and most descriptions of the staple were in excellent request, the closing rates…

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Chamberlain Advocates Preference. on Corn, Meat and Dairy Produce. Thereby Assisting Farmers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, writing to General Richard Harrison, the Unionist candidate for Mid Lothian, said…

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An Auction Sale of Sheep. a Record Attendance. And Satisfactory Prices

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

The announcement that the stock from Mossgiel station, comprising 11,000 sheep, aud cattle and horses, were to be sold by public auction by…

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The Bountiful Wheat Yield. Destruction of the Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 3

A report from Wellington states that though the wheat harvest is a record one enormous loss has been occasioned by the recent storms…

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A Sale of Sheep

The Independent · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday last Messrs Wilkinson and Lavender, Ltd., sold at Hay 11000 sheep by public auction. The Hay "Grassier" reports that there was a…

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The Wool Clip

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 29

The wool from various portions of the still continues to be consigned to the Railway Commissioners in large quantities. Too clip is an extremely heavy one, a fact…

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Wagga District Wool Cup

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

The following figures, supplied by Mr. C. Lyne, district inspector of stock, regarding the average weight of the wool clip for the Wagga district…

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Lecture on Dairying

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 13

Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, lecturer in connection with the Government Agricultural Department, arrived in Tumut to attend to some matters on dairying which had been…

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Women As Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 11

Farming, in Pennsylvania seems to be in the way to drift largely into the hands of women. There are a great many German farmers in the eastern section, and for the…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 12

VINEYARD.—Vines have made very heavy growth this season, and they call for frequent thinning, stopping and tying. The fierce heat has in some quarters burnt the second…

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Wind Damage To-crops

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2

During the wintry spell after New Year's Day high winds from west to south west did a good deal of damage to standing crops. In the neighbourhood…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

The following stock movements are reported for the week:— 8,596 sheep from Leethams paddock to C. C. McCulloch, Towadule, Victoria 4000 sheep from Victoria to Learmonth Bros., Groongal, Hay;…

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