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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

1,072 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 54

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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Tobacco as a Farmer's Crop for New South Wales. (Continued.) Flue Curing-house

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 12

Annexed to the shed just described, and opening from it, erect another building of one-third the capacity of the former, i.e., of similar width, height, and fittings,…

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To Improve Dairy Herds

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

Three ways there are of improving the dairy herd (says the "Farmer's Review"), by either one of which it may be brought to a paying basis. Of the three ways two…

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Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 12

Orchard.—Some species of fruit trees respond so quickly to watering in summer as to make such vigorous growth as will prevent their yielding fruit the following…

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COOLER. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

SIR,— Most people know that the surrounding atmosphere becomes cooler when water is exposed to evaporation. They may not have tested it for themselves and therefore may not knew how cheaply…

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Irrigation in Riverina. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

SIR.— Now that the Irrigation Conference in Sydney has closed its meeting it may be worth while to say a few words as to the work done and the objects arrived at by the gentleman who were…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Pumpkins As a Dairy Feed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 1

MANY farmers frequently feed pumpkins to dairy cattle with satisfactory results, while others feed them with comparatively little benefit. It has…

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Ovens and Murray Dairy Co

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 3

At the twenty-third half-yearly general meeting of shareholders in the above, Mr. T. G. Clarke occupied the chair, and about fifty shareholders…

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A Wrinkle for Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

An interesting experiment, having for its object the restoration of tracts of wind-swept clay soil to grass-producing land, is being tried by Mr. G…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

At the wool sales 5312 bales were catalogued and 1858 sold. Under strong and general competition a very firm market was again available, and…

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South Australian Wheat Cro[?] Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 3

The Adelaide "Register" estimates the wheat erop at 13,717,500 tons, an average of [?] per nere, the exportable surplus being 27[?],200 tons…

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Wheat and Wool Traffic. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

Over one million bags of wheat have arrived at Darling Harbour during the current season. The total receipts of wool for the season Just…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Independent · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

After a recess extending over three months, the Council of the shore Society met at the Royal Hotel yesterday afternoon Mr W. Kilpatrick (President) occupied the…

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Wheat-growing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 39

At the adjourned meeting at 8 o'clock Mr. M'Keown lectured on wheat-growing. Owing to other attractions the attendance was much smaller than it otherwise would…

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Wool Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 25

The cabled advices of an all-round decline in values at the London wool sales, while coming somewhat in the light of a surprise after the firmness lately reported,…

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Markets. Wool

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

The Sydney wool-selling brokers report:— Owing to Monday being observed as a public holiday auctions during the pact week were compressed into three days and…

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District Wheat Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

A comparison of this season's local yield of wheat can Searcely be made with that of last year on account of the recent bush fires which were…

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Wool for Japan

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received a letter from Mr. J. B. Sutter, Commercial Agent for New South Wales in the East,…

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Canadian Wheat. Use by United States Millers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 27

Great satisfaction has been expressed by the farmers of Canada at an announcement by Mr. Leslie M. Shaw, the Secretary of the Treasury in the United States, that a 99 per…

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Original Correspondence. Wheat-growing Experiments. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 3

Sir,--In view of the interest, in the farming community, attaching to the use of fertllisers and the persistent [?]dvocacy of their use in all soils by…

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