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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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Railway Concessions to Burnt-out Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 24

Appended is a copy of a circular issued by the Railway Department to stationmasters:— "Material for re-building houses and re-erecting fences destroyed by the recent bush…

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Farm Bone Crushing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 13

Referring to the rapid extension of the combined seed and manure drilling system going on throughout Riverina, a Corowa correspondent says:—With regard to…

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Sheep Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

Messrs. Mackenzie Brothers report having sold on Thursday 390 2 tooth crossbred and Shropshire ewes, in. lamb to Shropshire-rams, at 13s 5d: and 400 2-tooth wethers at 11s…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

At the wool sales goal hales were catalogued and 8214 sold. There was again a very strong market, and values for the week closed at chair beat…

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Stock Report. Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

The following are the stock movements:—2,976 ewes and 50 rams from Forbes district to W. Naughton, Cabool Island; 500 ewea Mackenzie Bros., from Gulpa to Hartwood; 1,800 sheep from…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

The Wool Sales to-day were postponed on account of the dense for prevailing…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Average Weight of Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 3

Both New South Wales and South Australia have fixed the number of pounds to go to a bushel of wheat. In the Mother State the weight has…

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Farm and Garden, Original Articles. Raising Turkeys

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

DAMP or low swampy land is not a good location for raising turkeys, the ideal being gravelly, light soil through which flows a small stream. For the very…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 3

The wool sales were continued yesterday. There was a brisk sale, and prices were fully maintained…

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The Wheat Standard

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

The grain trade committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce decided last week that the f.a.q. standard of wheat in Now. South Wales should…

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Wool Reports. Riverine Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 3

MESSRS. WINCHCOMBE CARSON AND Co., Lted., report under date 18th January:—The report between the buyers and shipping companies has been settled, and business is…

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Sensational Experience. Farmer made a Prisoner in a Tree. While his Home and Belongings Burn

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 1

ALBURY, Tuesday.—In and around Mangoplah, Pullitop, and Cookardinia will be found perhaps one of the most effected parts of the south eastern…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 5

At the Melbourne wool sales this afternoon the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., held their 11th and last regular sale for the present season, when they offered,…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

At the wool sales 7,561 bales were catalogued, and 8,205 were sold. The market for the week opened with great strength, the best features of last week…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

At the Wool Sales to-day there was a spirted demand at highest rates for all good wools, but with occasional irregularity in faulty sorts…

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The Butter Commission Summary of the Findings. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

The summary of the [?]adings of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the corruption in the butter [?]port trade has just been made…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 3

The wool sales were continued to-day and there was a brisk demand, prices being well maintained…

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Markets. Wool

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

John Bridge and Co. Limited report:—On Wednesday of last week we brought forward our first catalogue for 1905, consisting of 5,103 bales. We found the market very…

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Klewa Valley Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 24

On Wednesday, the 18th inst., some of the directors, the manager, and the secretary, of this factory attended a meeting of the landholders of Bethanga and Bonegilla at the…

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The Wheat Country

The Independent · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 4

Mr Ashton, Minister for Lands, had an interesting map prepared some weeks ago, showing from actual experience the area within which wheat could be…

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