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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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High Price for Riverina Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 3

The new wheat arriving in Sydney from the Riverina is vastly superior this season to the bulk of the gram from the north and the west, though…

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Wheat Samples

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. Henry Chas. Mitchell, secretory of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, has written to Mr. Holloway, of Mulwala, asking the F. and S. to secure…

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Subsidy on Wheat Donations

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

At the last meeting of the committee of the Corowa Hospital a communication was received from the Government intimating that subsidy was not…

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Quality of New Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 3

The N.S.W. new wheat is more freely offering on the basis of 32½ per bushel (Sydney) for prime milling. Inferior is a penny or twopence cheaper…

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Original Correspondence. The Proposed Butter Factory. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

SIR,—I would respectfully draw the attention of the residents to the meeting convened for to-night to finally consider what steps should be taken towards establishing…

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Dry Farming Soil Culture in Semi-arid Districts

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

A few weeks ago (the Melbourne Age says) Mr J. H. M'Coll, M.P., supplied the Minister of Agriculture with a resort on dry farming in America,…

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Victorian Wheat Traffic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

An official memorandum states that 82,55S bags, or over 350,000 bushels, of wheat were loaded at Victorian railway stations on Saturday last…

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The Manuring of Wheat Superphosphate V . Bonedust

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

Messrs. G. Shirley and Co., Sydney, —Now that harvesting in many districts is fairly on the way and the enormously Increased results due to…

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Apprentices at Farming

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 3

The N.S.W. Intelligence Department authorities state that they are desirous of inducing farmers to take young lands of apprentices, and also families…

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Australian Sheep in South Africa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 2

Mr C. E. Walider, Albert-park (Vic.) who recently returned from Natal and the Transvaal, where he took a shipment of live stock, has something to…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Remain Unchanged, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 2

We have received the following telegram from Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartrze and Co:— The sales opened with a large…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. a Wool Packer's Suicide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 3

A young man named Richard Campbell, a wool packer, committee suicide to-day by taking a dose of poison. No motive can be assigned for his…

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Wheat and Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

Into the pen-duel between Messrs. A. G. Hu[?] and W. E. Abbott, others have precipitated themselves, and the matter bids fair to result in a melee…

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Wheat Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 38

An exhibition in illustration of the wheat harvest of the State was opened at the Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Monday. It is not on so ambitious a scale as some…

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Commercial. WHEAT

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:— With larger arrivals the market shows signs of weakness, and although a fairly large quantity is changing hands, buyers…

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The Proposed Butter Factory. Another Public Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

A meeting of those interested in the butter factory project was held on Tuesday night in the Council Chambers. There were present:—Mesdames Patterson, Headon, and…

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Effects of Bad Cultivation on Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 13

A perplexing variation in samples of wheat has been much discussed in several districts during the past three seasons. Contrasts between sample and sample are…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Wednesday, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

The wool sales were continued to-day by Messrs. Younghusband, Row, and Co. Proprietary Ltd. when they put forward a catalogue of 3227 bales, of which they…

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London Wool Sales. January Series. London, January 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

There was a large attendance of buyers at the first series of London wool salts which opened to-day. The selling brokers were Messrs. Buxton, Ronald and Co.,…

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London Wool Sales. Some Prices Barely Maintained. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

The January series of the Wool Sales was continued to-day. Bidding was brisk and competition good…

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