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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Steeplechaser Killed. at Warwick Farm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 June 1904 · page 3

At the Warwick Farm races held yesterday, Galtee Boy fell in the Hurdle Race, 2 miles, and was killed. Caltee Boy is owned by Mr. W. G. Cowdroy…

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Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 2

The committee of the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association met on Friday. There were present—Mr. A. C. Ronald (president), and Messrs. G. Melrose, H. P…

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High Court Appeal. Important Sheep Droving Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 3

Before the High Court to-day an appeal came on for hearing, the result of which should be important to the station holders and landholders of this…

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Farmers and the Rain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 2

At the Albury stock market yesterday, farmers were quiet jubilant over the heavy downpour of rain, and many of them intend to plough a much…

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Travelling Sheep Case

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 3

The High Court arrived at a decision to-day in the appeal in the sheep droving case in which a drover at Gunnedah was proceeded against…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2

The sales were resumed to-day, after an interval of a month, when 872 bales were catalogued and 931 sold at auction and privately during the four…

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Japanese Generals Junction. Russians Driven Like Sheep. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2

The two Japanese generals, Kuroki and Oku, effected a junction of their armies, and thus presented a solid front to the Russian column between…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

The Independent · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

THAT the British Royal Commission, which a fortnight ago furnished its report, should have pronounced itself as opposed to the theories lately held to…

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Sydney Sheep Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

The tenth annual show of the New South Wales Sheep Breeders' Association will be opened next week. The entry is a record one, the total being 500, as…

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The Sheep Droving Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 37

The appeal in the case of Borthistle versus Saunders from the decision by Mr Justice Pring concluded in the High Court on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Justice Pring…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 4

The local sales were resumed on Tuesday, after an interval of a month, when 872 bales were catalogued, and 931 were sold at auction and privately during the punt four weeks. There…

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Judging Butter for Country Shows

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

It is not generally knows that the Victorian Department of Agriculture undertakes to score butter for Agricultural Societies, and return it with a full…

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The World's Wool Supply

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 13

The quantity of raw wool available for consumption in 1903 was 2,195,000,000lb., against 2,240,000,000lb. in the preceding year. The receipts from the colonies and the…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day [?] bales were catalogued, and 2906 sold. The market is uncharged, Any new clip wools experienced a very good…

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Irrigation for Pastoral Purposes. What is being done on Gogeldrie

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

No developments which have taken place during recent years in the management of pastoral properties have been more marked, than the utilisation of the river waters for…

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London Wool Sales. First-class Opening. London, May 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 12

It is always pleasant to attend the wool sales in May, for spring is here in England, and with it there comes the sweet refreshing feeling that the long, dark, dreary days of…

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FARM & Garden. the Ox Warble Fly. Best and Most Efficient Way to Get Rid of the Pest Is to Destroy the Maggot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 1

The warble or swelling on the back of cattle is caused by the larva of a fly which attaches its eggs to the hair on the legs, flanks and neck of the animal…

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The Murrumbidgee Electorate. Wagga Farmers and Settlers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 37

A meeting of the Wagga Branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Murrurmbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association's rooms on Saturday…

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Dairy Temples of the Todas

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 32

The people called tho Todas, living in the Niligri Hills, India, have a curious religions ritual evolved out of the ordinary operations of the dairy. The priest, says…

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Working Horses on a Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 12

The main principles in working horses on the farm may be pub in a single sentence. Select animals equal to the work, feed well with wholesome food, drive intelligently…

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