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Farming & the land, 1905

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The London Wool Sales London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

The wool sales were continued to-day, when there was an exceedingly brisk sale with a strong American demand for c[?] and best morin[?]…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Uncertainty in Buying Cows

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

CAN the dairy farmer afford to pay the higher prices for the best cows ? is a question that sometimes arises. Apparently he will be just as well off to pay a…

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Surrender of Port Arthur. Startling Revelations. General Turns Dairyman. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

The Commission which is investigating the circumstances connected with the surrender of Port Arthur in January last, has elicited some starting…

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The Dairy Cow

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 2

Autumn is a more critical period for a cow fresh in milk than winter. Cold rains and raw winds are fruitful causes of decreasing milk. The first makes inactive…

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The London Wool Sales Merinoes Hardening London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 2

The third series of wool sales for the present year was continued at the Wool Exchange on Friday. There was a large attendance of…

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The Second Crop (Copyright.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

" If a man wasn't a widower it my day, why, no girl wanted him," said Sarah Anna Spriggs, advising her daughter, Sally, as to the choice…

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Celery Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

The Dutch have always been famous gardeners, and it is a matter of common knowledge how they can turn the most unpromising and swampy land…

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Farmers and Settlers Association of New South Wales. Annual Report of the Executive Council, 1905

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 3

In submitting their annual report the Executive Council have to bring under the attention of branches the many important matters that have…

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The London Wool Sales, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

The May wool sales were resumed yesterday. There was keen competition for general sorts, the price for crossbreds was…

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The Butter Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

The Royal Commission to inquire into abun[?] in the butter trade sat in Sydney to-day. Mr. O'Callaghan, dairy expert, was examined. He said…

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Markets. Wool

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 3

The Sydney wool-selling brokers report:— Another very quiet week has been experienced the dearth of supplies necessarily restricting operations. Such lines, however as have…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 37

Dalgety and Co. Limited have received the following cable from their London office under date 8th inst. :—" Third series London wool sales.—The market continues very firm and…

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The Butter Commission. Sydney ,Thursday

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 24

The Butter Commission commenced its sittings in Sydney this morning. A little boy aged 2½ years, a son of Mr. J. Kennedy, of Moglonemby (Vic.) was badly…

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The Hawkesview Sheep-Stealing Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 38

In connection with the charge of sheep stealing heard before the P.M. at the Albury Police Court on April 18, when Alex. M'Leod, Walter Hutchinson, Albert…

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COMMERCIAL. Albury Wool, Hide, Skin, and Tallow Market Friday, May 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 37

Younghusband, Row, and Co. Proprietary Ltd. report a good catalogue of sheepskins and hides to a full attendance of buyers from Melbourne and Sydney. Sales…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. the Annual Conference

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 24

We have received from the secretary (Mr T. I. Campbell) a copy of the annual report of the Executive Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New…

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Ideal Farming. How to Secure a Happy and Prosperous Farm Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 12

"Why is it that in some districts everybody is comfortably off, and in ether equally productive districts the farmers are a struggling lot, carrying an overdaft to the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the local branch of the above was called for Saturday afternoon last at Mr. J. F. Hill's Burrylas Hotel, Lowesdale, but was adjourned…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Thursday afternoon at Tattersall’s hotel. Messrs P. Landale (president), J. V. Ingram, H. Lloyd, S…

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The Butter Commission

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

At the sitting of the Butter commission to-day further evidence was taken C.E.D. Meares, manager of the Coastal Farmers Society gave…

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