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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Riverina Wheat

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 3

Advices are to hand (says the "Albury Mail") by way of Melbourne from an extensive wheat buyer who has returned from an extended travel…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

Keen competition continues to prevail at the Colonial Wool Saks, and prices for all descriptions remain very firm…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy. Ltd., held a clearing sale this afternoon. There was a good attendance of buyers…

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The Wool Sales. N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., in conjunction with the other Melbourne brokers. held a clearing sale of wool this…

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Share Farming in the Corowa District

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

A correspondent writes:-It has been argued from time to time that the system of share farming is one that has but a tendency to enrich the landowner at the…

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London Wool Sales. Highest Prices Realised. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 3

The wool sales were continued yesterday. Business was very animated, the highest prices of the present series…

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Sheep versus Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 13

"Yes," said a farmer in one of the Lower Northern districts recently to a representative of the Kapunda paper, "we have had an exceptionally heavy wheat yield…

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Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

John Bridge and Co, Ltd report:—No auction sales have been held during the past week, but a very strong inquiry has been in evidence privately from the…

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Wangaratta Sheep Sales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

A special sheep sale of 12,000 sheep will be held at the Wangaratta yards. on Friday March 30, by Messrs. J. T. Brown and Co., auctioneers. The…

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Commercial. WHEAT

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

The price of wheat locally is from 2s 8d to 2s 9d…

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Markets. Wool

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

Dalgety and Company, Ltd, report:—The Melbourne wool brokers held a sale to-day when catalogues aggregating 1100 bales, composed principally of greasy and scoured…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

Excited competition prevailed at yesterday's wool sales for all crossbred Jots, American buyers in particular operating heavily. The prices realised…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Tuesday, March 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd., with the other Melbourne brokers, held a clearing sale this afternoon. There was a good attendance of…

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Wool and Stock Reports. Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 1

MELBOURNE WOOL SALES.—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy, with the other Melbourne brokers hula a clearing sale this (Tuesday) afternoon, when…

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Town Expansion. Tenantless Farms in America

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 38

In consequence of the expansion of the business in the towns of the United States, the rural districts are being denuded of their population This feature is specially noticeable in…

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Farm and Field. What Chemical Manures are Doing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

An interesting paper on "The Value bf Artificial Manures" was rend by Mr Hall at a recent meeting of the Farmers' Association at Yallunda, South Australia…

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Ovens and Murray Dairy Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 5

The ordinary monthly meeting of directors was held on 14th inst., Mr. J. R. Whitehead being in the chair. The quantity of milk treated in…

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Butter Boxes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 1

When sending butter to market the manner in which it is packed will have a considerable effect on the returns. Butter that is packed carelessly, or in bad or…

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Wheat Transport

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

The question of the transport of wheat is not a new one. It has long been recognised that the present method of handling the grain should…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 3

The Melbourne Wool Brokers held a sale this [?] when catalogues aggregating 1,100 bales, [?]posed principally of greasy and s[?]eared odd[?] were submitted. The attendance of buyers…

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