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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,286 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 65

Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 5

John Bridge and Co, Ltd report:—For our 19th sale we brought forward on Tuesday (27th ult.) a catalogue of 759 bales, consisting in the main oddments and…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Independent · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

The Council of the above Society met at the Royal Hotel yesterday. Mr A. J. M'Laurin (vice-president) occupied the chair, and Messrs J. B. Hamilton, S. E…

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Wool Reports

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Lt report:—After an interval of a fortnight auction sales were resumed in Sydney this week. Although the…

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Kiewa Valley Butter Factory Co

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 38

The report of the directors of this company at the recent half-yearly shareholders' meeting shows a very satisfactory advance in the business of the company during the six months…

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Wheat and Cereal Market. Melbourne

The Independent · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

Locally the market is steady at late rates. [?] of much was offered at auction, and shipping grades brought up to 3s 2d. Off [?] realised 3s 1d and inferior down to…

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The English Wool Market. Bradford, January 13. 1906

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 13

We have turned the year in a way that will have been satisfactory to all concerned in the raw material. Each, market in January, except the first…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Henty and District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 39

The ordinary meeting of the above branch was held in the School of Arts on Saturday, 3rd inst. There was only a moderate attendance of members. The President (Dr Cameron…

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Dry District Rotation Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 13

The most economic system of farming, writes Mr. R. W. Peacock, principal of the Bathurst experimental farm, is one based upon a system of rotation of those…

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Dairying

The Independent · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

For some time past a few energetic citizens have been endeavouring to establish a local butter factory. However, their efforts do not seem to have…

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Farm and Field. Fertilisers for Flax

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

The flax produced in Belgium is of a quality to superior to that grown elsewhere that its average price, according to an article in the "Journal" of the…

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Farmers and Settlors' Union

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

A special meeting of the Farmers and Settlors' Union was held on Saturday afternoon last. Present: Messrs J. T. White (president),…

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Influx of Victorian Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

During the week several waggons of household properly, besides considerable quantities of harvesting machinery, the property of farmers from the…

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Pastoral and Auricular Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

The Council of the above Society met on Thursday at the Royal Hotel. There were present Messer A. J. McLaurin (chairman), J. B. Hamilton S. R. Donelan, M. J. Carew, R. W. Maurine. R…

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Local Wheat Market

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 3

The price of wheat locally has advanced slightly on last week's quotation, and is now 2s 9d, and is still freely coming in…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Planting and Cultivating Gooseberries

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 1

For cultivating gooseberries the ground is usually prepared during the autumn by heavily manuring it with barnyard manure and then ploughing it from…

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A Salt Farm

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

One of the strangest of farms in America, if not in the whole world, is situated in Southern California, 266 fret below the level of the sea. The…

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Dairying. Old Country Dairying. a Visitor's Impressions

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 7

A recent trip to England (writes a progressive dairyman) gave me an opportunity of studying some of the old country methods of dairying…

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Sale of Myall Point Farm and Land at Daysdale

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

MESSRS A. A. PIGGIN & Co., report offering the above property in the estate of the late Thomas Price, at Daysdale, on Friday last. The Myall Point farm,…

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Germanton. Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held at the School, of Arts on the 6th inst Mr J. Ross, President, was chairman. Mr Boas was chosen to represent the…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

The returns of wool handled by the N.S.W. railways show that for the past week 13,016 bales came in, which is an increase of 320 over the figures…

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