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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Market Reports. Wheat and Other Produce. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 May 1904 · page 2

Wheat is dull at 2/11½ to 3/[?]; flour £7/5 to £7/15, Cornsacks met with a keen demand, 200 bales being taken up, and there was speculation…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Much Cry, But No Wool. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 May 1904 · page 2

The Deakin-Reid Coalition mountain after much labour has produced a very "ridiculous mouse." After all, the mystery and all the "conversations…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting of the Hay Branch

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 May 1904 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Hay branch of the above association was held at Mr. C. Hidgecock's office on Friday night. There were present:—Messrs. J. W. Lugsdin…

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Munyabla. the Farmer and His Son

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 2

Come with me, dear reader, and take a glance into a farmer's house which will be typical of most of them in this district to-night. See that…

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A £200 Sheep Prize

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 May 1904 · page 3

The splendid prize of 200 gulneas which has attingly been styled the "Wagga Wagga Grand Sheep Prize," for rams, in connection with the…

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Strange Disease in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 28

The Director of Agriculture (Mr Wallace) has been furnished by Mr. Brown, M. B., of the Agricultural department, with a report on a disease that is at present…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Third Series. London, May 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 4

The third series of London wool sales closed yesterday, The market was firm, and prices were the highest of the series. Altogether 175,643 bales were catalogued, in addition to…

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Srichter Prospects for Australian Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 13

The seventieth animal general meeting of tho Bank of Australasia took place in London on 24th March, under the presidency of Mr C. G. Hamilton. The chairman, in…

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An Age Line for Dairy Cows

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 13

Some time ago we noticed in one of the experiment station bulletins the conclusion that after a cow has reached the age of eight years the time has come to terminate her…

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The New Land Act. a Cowra Farmer Affected

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

Some sensation was caused in Cowra during the week by a well-known farmer walking through the principal street arrayed in a ragged…

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Farm, Garden and Orchard. Original Articles. Temperature and Milk Preservation

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 1

IT is now claimed that the keeping quality of milk is more a matter of temperature than anything else. This conclusion has been arrived at as the result of experiments…

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New Zealand Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 29

A New Zealand paper says:—It is stated that a Wellington firm has completed a contract to supply a home buyer with large lines of butter packed in casks. This is…

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Food That Is Fatal to Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 13

Dr. Bernard Dyor has just reported to the Leichestershire Agricultural Society, of which he is the consulting chemist, a remarkable case which has come under his…

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Farmers & Settlers Union

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

A meeting of the Farmer and Settlers Union was held on Saturday last. Present—Messrs G. White (chair), A. M'Arthur, Theakstone, Elliott, Corbett Hosic, Noonan…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

The following are the stock movements:—31 rains and 17 ewes from Muudiwa to Shackell, White and Co, Echuca; 207 sheep from Mundiwa to Melbourne; 3,500 sheep from Tuppal to Moira ; 323 merino rams…

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Sheep Disease. [?]Ad Over the Common Wealth

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 3

[?]ak of a serious sheep disease in a [?]he best districts in Victoria has [?]eperted officially by Dr A. A [?]iologist Connected with the…

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The Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Harassing the Farmer. the Arbitration Bill. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 3

The, House went into committee on the Arhitration Bill. Consideration of Clause J—Interpretation resumed. Mr Rold[?]…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Preparing Preparing Poultry for Market

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 1

AT the present time there is a considerable quantity of dressed poultry consigned to commission merchants, bringing to the producers a much smaller…

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Mitta Cattle Stealing Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 2

The charge of cattle stealing against Peter Howman, his sons, Peter and Henry Howman, and Thomas Garvvey at Mitta Mitta, which had been…

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Australian Butter in London. Badly Flavoured by Apples

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 2

It is reported in London that the last large shipment of butter from the Australian Commonwealth is considerably deteriorated by a bad flavour of…

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