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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Wheat Afloat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 3

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 8,140,000 quarters, as against 3,275,000 quarters a week ago…

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Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

The show of cattle was well up to previous, years. Mr. R. Edols, of Burryda, showed some splendid specimens of the shorthorn, taking first…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 17

A meeting of committee was held yesterday. Dr. Andrews occupied the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Davies-Griffith, C. J. Morton, W. Turner,…

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Seed Wheat

The Independent · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

To-morrow, at his auction rooms in End-Street, at 12 o'clock noon, Mr John Kelly will sell without reserve, 56 bags of seed wheat on…

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The Grading of Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 13

Mr. Crowe, the Victorian Government dairy expert who visited New Zealand recently for the purpose of enquiring into the system of dairying practised in the…

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Water Supply of the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 12

The following remarks by Professor Weems, of Iowa, on the above subject, deserve consideration, because his statement has equal force in Australia, where, on a…

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Grain and Farm Produce

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

For a large wheat producing district such as Corowa the display in this class was disappointing not that there was a lack of quality in…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society’s Prizes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

Owing to the absence of the Treasurer (Mr Burchfield) the prizes won at the last show will not be payable until Tuesday next, when Mr Harrison, the secretary, will be pleased to hand over the various…

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Commercial Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office. Fridat

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 3

Mild weather has been experienced lately, withhold nights and an occasional frost. There have been indications of rain for three days past, but only a sprinkling shower fell on Wednesday afternoon…

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The Riverina Elections. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

SIR,—There appears in the Deniliquin Chronicle of the 17th inst., under the heading of “The Commonwealth Electoral Inquiry Commission,” a conglomeration of quotations from Mr, Lewis’s…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pruning Trees

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

IN pruning orchards of apples and pears that have been neglected for some years it is better to take two or three years. In heavy pruning of the apple, after years of…

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American Wheat Harvest. Good Crops in Canada. Great Excitement and Speculation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 August 1904 · page 2

The Canadian Minister of Agriculture (Hon. Sydney Fisher), states that the reported damage by rust to the wheat crops in the north-western areas is…

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Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

Owing to pessimistic reports in Chicago of the American crops there is great excitement in the wheat market, but the London market is firm at 33s…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 2

At the Henty police court, on Friday last, James Williams and Richard MacNaughton were committed for trial at the Wagga Circuit Court on a charge of…

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Price of Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 August 1904 · page 3

Several offers of 3/6, and even of 3/7 per bushel, have been refused for wheat. Holders are firm, and are holding back for a further rise…

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The Sheep Market

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

At the Sydney fat stock sales last week sheep brought a good price. The quotations were:—Prime me[?] wethers, 19s to 20s, extra prime, 21s to 22s, odd pens to 23s 5d…

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Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 3

A ray of hope is dawning upon out wheat growers, who have been groaning under the low price of their staple for a long time past. There will…

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Sheep for Small Holdings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 12

While, settlement is but slowly increasing throughout New South Wales and other states of the Commonwealth, it is interesting to notice the direction in which primary…

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The Butter Trade. London, August 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 39

Messrs. W. Weddel and Co., in their annual review of the butter trade, just published, state that serious deterioration has taken place in the quality of Australian…

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The Dairying Outlook in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 13

In dairying circles the outlook has not been so good for years, and a large increase in the quantity of butter available for export may be confidently anticipated. Last…

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