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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 2

Younghusband, Row and Co. Propri[?]tary Ltd., were the wool selling brokers to-day, when they offered a catalogue of 1744 bales. There was…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Handling Young Chicks

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 1

COCKERELS and pullets should be separated the latter part of the summer. When they are about three months old, the cockerels should be…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. the Wheat Harvest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 October 1904 · page 3

The Dircetor of Agriculture considers, from information received when interviewing the many practical interviewing the many practical agriculturists who call upon him on various…

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Wool Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 2

The wool consigned from the Wahgunyah railway station is already greatly in excess of that trucked last season. The stationmaster, Mr…

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District Wheat Cultivation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 2

It will be learned from the figures bel[?]w, based on official returns, that there is an increase to the enormous extent of 10,000 acres of land under wheat in the…

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Farmers' Trif to Wagga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 3

To-day (Tuesday) a number of district agriculturists will leave Corowa on a visit of inspection to the Experimental Farm at Wagga, which…

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Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday greasy merino reached 15d. Scoured was poorly represented, and sales were unimportant…

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The Butter Commission's Report. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 November 1904 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Butter Industry presented its report to-day and it contained come very important…

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The Butter Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 3

Mr. Murray, the Minister of Agriculture, had something to say to-day with regarded to the progress report presented by the Butter Commission…

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Wool Market

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., report:—For our fifth sale of the season we brought forward on Thursday a catalogue of 2,650 bales, representative of most of the earlier shearing…

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Kiewa Valley Butter Factory

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

The backward Spring is baring an unfavourable effect on the supplies of milk and cream delivered at this factory. All the creameries are working, but the cows are not giving nearly…

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Judging Sheep for Breeding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 12

In judging purebred sheep in the breeding classes, the subject of breed types should receive careful consideration. While it has a bearing on the judging of…

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Alleged Wool-stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 28

An Inverell telegram says:—A case of alleged woolstealing occupied the police court. Patrick and Charles Phillips were charged with stealing 83 fleeces of wool, the property of Campbell…

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Markets. Sydney Wool Sales

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Limited, report:— For our fifth sale of the season we brought forward a catalogue of 2650 bales, representative of most of the earlier shearing…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 12

Thinning and Stopping Growth.—All young trees will be greatly benefited by having surplus shoots on their trunks and inside positions swept off or pinched back…

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The Queensland Dairy Bill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 13

Clause 19 of the Dairy Produce Bill, introduced in the Queensland Parliament, goes straight to the root of the most thoroughly accredited means of improving and…

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Regulating the Moisture Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 1

The moisture in butter in many cases, especially in that not washed, holds within it a certain proportion of the case in or curd from the buttermilk. It follows, Therefore…

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Commercial Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

The weather in the early part of the week was [?] warm, but a choose occurred early on Wednesday morning and by 9 o’clock half an inch of rain had fallen. The rain was accompanied by…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Guineas on the Farm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 1

GUINEA FOWLS, both as useful and ornamental birds, should have a place on every farm. The only objection usually made against them in on account of…

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Farmers' Visit to Wagga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday last a party of farmers, representative of the Corowa district, paid a visit of inspection to the Wagga Experimental Farm. The day was…

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