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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,286 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 65

The Wheat Crop

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

Mr W. H. Hall, the Acing- Government [?] estimates that the wheat crop of New South Wales this season is 20,[?] bushels, from 1,837 [?]50 acres, while the…

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INTERCOLONIAL. The Wheat Crop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 28

Mr. W. H. Hall, the Acting-Government Statistician, estimates that the wheat crop of New South "Wales this season is 20,488,800 bushels, from l,837,550 acres; while the…

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Cruelty to Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 29

At Balmain Police Court, John Murray, a drover, living at Flemington, was summoned for conveying sheep on a vehicle in such a manner as to subject them to…

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Kiewa Valley Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 39

The monthly meeting of the directors of this company was held on the 6th inst. Present-Mr. Crosthwaite (in the chair), and Messrs. Coulston, S[?]uckey, and…

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London Wool Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 13

There is no gainsaying the fact that things in Bradford are quiet or, to be more correct, there is a quietness of a certain order. Machinery is being fully run…

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Wheat and Cereal Market. Melbourne

The Independent · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

Wheat.—The market is unaltered, a fairly large business being done at yesterday's rates. In all 31,000 bags of f.a.q. were purchased at 3s 2½d to 3s 2¾d, chiefly direct…

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The Wool Clip for Wagga District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 29

The official return of the wool clip for Wagga pastures protection district shows that the average yield was 71b. 12oz. per sheep and 31b. per lamb-an increase of…

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Wool and Stock Reports. Grazier Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 1

THE Australian Estates Company opened their January series of Melbourne wool sales on Monday, with a catalogue of 2400 bales. Considerable interest was shown as to how…

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Live Stock. Building a Piggery. Two Plans Which May Be Extended to Meet the Requirements of Any Ordinary Farm Herd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 1

Plan No. 1 provides a central feeding alley 6 feet wide, with pens 8 by 12 feet on either side, and requiring a building 30 feet wide. Beneath the alley is a…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Henty Branch

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 39

The ordinary meeting was held in the School of Arts on Saturday. Owing to the press of gathering in the harvest, there was a small attendance, a bare quorum being present. In…

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Farmer's Daughter Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 34

Miss Alice Hillard, daughter of Mr. W. Hilliard, farmer of Jeungroon East (Vic.), who was thrown out of a gig on Friday afternoon, died on Sunday without…

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Fertility Removed from the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 13

When the products of the farm are sold in the form of hay, potatoes, corn, or barley large amounts of fertilising ingredients are disposed of also, but when the sales…

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Wagga Experimental Farm

The Independent · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 4

Official information from the experimental from shows that from four of the best varieties a yield of eight bags of wheat to the acre is expected. These…

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Jerilderic Farmers Union

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Farmers and settlers Union was held on Saturday last. Present: Messrs Wall (President, in the chair) O'Connell, Noonan, Corbett, A…

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Farm and Field. the Construction of Stables. Selection of the Site

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 7

The selection of the site on which stables are to be built demands some attention. Where possible, they should be built on high ground, thus giving a…

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Morocco Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

The Moors prepare butter in an original way and get a different taste from the usual one. Fresh butter (‘sibid[?] as he calls it), as known to us, he despises, and uses only…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 4

The wool sales were resumed on Monday, when Dalgety and Co. Ltd., offered s representative catalogue of 4,300 b[?]les. The attendance of [?] was very large and competition [?] and…

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Stock Report Stock Movements. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

The following [?] movements:—[?] ewes from [?] to W. H. Trevena, [?] ewes from Moama to J. F…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Good Bred Fowls Are Best

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 1

SOME poultry-keepers have wrong impressions regarding pure bred fowls and their proftableness. Many people may say that although good bred birds are…

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Handling the New Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

An enormous quantity of wheat has been brought to Echuca by river steamers during the last few days, and the inability of the Railway…

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