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Farming & the land, 1905

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Crossbred Wool Values

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 37

To the Beaker for information as to why the late big rise in values of crossbred wool haB taken place, some extracts culled from the "Annual Wool Review" of 1904,…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

The wool sales were continued to-day and there was a brisk demand. Morine wools were especially firm…

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Tobacco as a Farmer's Crop for New South Wales. (Continued.) Priming and Topping

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 13

The object of both the above operations is to retain only such number of perfect leaves on each plant, as it can thoroughly develop and mature. The sap that would…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 12

Orchard.—No class of fruit calls for more, labor than the peach, since it produces shoots greatly in excess of requirements, and also uses its light wood but once,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

Dalgety and Co., Ltd. resumed their wool sales on Monday last, 23rd January, and report:— After an interval of nine days the wool sales were resumed to-day, when 2,857 bales were offered and…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

At the wool sales 6609 bales were catalogued, and 5198 sold. The market for the week closed firm for good greasy and scoured merinoes, recent…

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Cablegrams. London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

At the Wool Sales yesterday there was a good demand, but prices were not maintained. Morinoes, the crossbreds, and coarse…

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Farm and Garden, Original Articles. Brahmas

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 1

THE Brahmas have an especial attraction for fanciers who wish to keep small flocks, They stand confinement tho best of all breeds, and do about as well in…

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Cablegrams. London Wool Sales. London, Sunday. I

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 3

The wool sales were continued yesterday. Merinoes were irregular, while faulty sorts were in buyers' favour…

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The Wool Deadlock

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

The deadlock in the wool trade was not regarded by all concerned as the unmixed calamity which the papers represented it, In the first place, not…

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Sheep Reared by a Slut

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

The death of a pet wether sheep belonging to Messrs. Toms Bros., of South Yarrawonga. on Tuesday last, opens up some curious up culations in…

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Back to the Country. The Rural Movement in America. What Science is Doing for the Farmer

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

An American writer, Mr Richard Lloyd Jones, contributes a very suggestive article to a recent number of COLLIER's on "The Farm Worker—…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 2

The Wool Sales were continued yesterday. There was keen competition for m[?]noes, and prices were very firm…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 3

There was more competition at the wool sales to-day, and prices were somewhat harder…

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Sheep Sale

The Independent · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

A Finley to-morrow, at 12 o'clock Sharp, Mackeuzie Brothers will submit the auction, 2,500 high-class [?] awes and 37 Lincoln rams…

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Markets. Wool

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report under date January 28th:—We submitted for our 14th sale of the present season, on Tuesday last. 24th instant, a catalogue of 2229 bales, which…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 13

In the issue ("Australasian") of October 22 last, I ventured to predict that the Victorian wheat yield would average about 7½ bushels per acre for the 2,240,000 acres…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

At the wool sales 8220 hales were catalogued and 5732 sold. There was again good market, and strong competition for better calss of greasy…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

The first series of the wool sales closed to-day with a firm market…

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Albury and Border Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society. Committee Meeting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 25

A meeting of committee was hold on Monday morning. Mr. C. L. Griffith, president of the society, occupied the chair. The other members present were Messrs. Davies-Griffith,…

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