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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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Wool and Stock Reports Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 2

There are no stock movements to report since our last issue. THE AUSTRALIAN MORTGAGE LAND AND FINANCE Co., LTD. report:—We have…

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London Wool Sales. Greasy Merinoes Advance Five Per Cent. an Active Market. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 2

The first series of wool sales for the present year was continued at the wool Exchange to-day. The attendance was again good, and…

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Edi Tobacco Farm in Victoria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 3

The Director of Agriculture states that over a year ago the experinmental work carried out at the Edi Tobacco Farm was placed under the control of…

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Caustic Soda on Bread and Butter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

A most painful accident occurred at Black Range on Saturday. A lady had purchased a tin of caustie soda, a deadly poison, for the purpose of…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. London Wool Sales. Merinoes Harden ; Cross-breds Firm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

The wool sales were continued to-day. The market was active. Merinoes showed a hardening…

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German South-West Africa. the Hottentot Rising. Many Germans Killed. Cause of the Trouble. Hottentots Object to Their Cattle Being Seized for Debt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

An official despatch concerning the Hottentet rising in German South West Africa, dated Windhook, January 17, states that the garrison in the…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day 4,863 bales were cataloged, and 4,735 sold. As compared with last week, the market was practically unchanged…

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Found in a Tank. Suicide of a Well-known Farmer's Wife

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 2

Widespread regard was felt throughout Huon, Jindera, and surrounding districts yesterday, when it became known that Mrs. Karoline Ann Schulz…

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Practical Butter Making

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 12

Fundamentally, the art of buttermaking involves at least four operations or stages of work :—1, creaming of milk ; 2, ripening the cream; 3, churning; 4, working the butter…

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The Wool Market. Sydney Wool Sales

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

The Sydney Selling Broken report:— Sales have progressed very [?] the past week and an active demand has been met with at firm [?] for all good…

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Rust Resistant Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

In its efforts to obtain a good wheat with rust resisting qualities the Agricultural [?] last year distributed samples [?] wheat to a large number of farmers,…

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Three Wheat Stacks Burnt

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday last at South Corowa Mr. J. Hartlett last by fire (supposed to be of spontuneous origin) three stacks containing about 40 tens of bay. They…

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The Murrulebale Wheat Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 34

Before Mr. Wilkinson, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court on Monday, Harry Grady, David Grady, and John Grady were charged with stealing 115 bags of…

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The Merulebale Wheat Stealing Cases

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

At the Wagga police court on Monday, Henry Grady, sear., David Grady, and John Grady were charged with stealing 115 bags of wheat, the…

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London Wool Sales. Values Very Firm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

At the continuation of the January Wool Sales to-day, merinces were exceedingly firm. All crossbreds were most keenly…

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London Wool Sales. London, December 4, 1903

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 12

The sixth and final aeries of colonial auctions has come to a finish for the current year, and buyers have dispersed to "face the music" of other centres to, perhaps, a more…

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Rust Resistant Wheat. Experiments by the Agricultural Department

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 13

In its efforts to obtain a good wheat with rust resisting qualities the Agricultural department last year distributed samples of Rerraf wheat to a large number of farmers…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 12

KITCHEN GARDEN.—No vegetable crop requires more moisture than celery, and now that it is coming on the late rains should be of considerable advantage. Liquid manure…

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Some Good Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 28

A Boomanoomana correspondent of the Mercury says:—Some settlors had very even crops, such as Mr Scott-Curtis, Mr Toohey, and Mr Crammond, who averaged…

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A Farmers' Union

The Independent · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

IN New Zealand the Farmers' Union, a body of some 20,000 strong, has done much to bring the importance of the landed industries under the notice…

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