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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,286 stories in Murray's papers · page 60 of 65

Wool Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 45

America still dominates the position and her operators buy anything they fix their affections on. Last week saw them hustling at the Geelong sales, with the results…

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Heavy Fall in Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 4

From recent advices we learn that the London market has fallen from 118/ a few weeks ago to 104/ and 106/, and that some Melbourne folks are offering for…

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Butter Factory. a Successful Meeting

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

A[?] and representative gathering [?] in the School of A[?] on Saturday afternoon, last for the purpose of discussing the advisability…

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Preparing Wool for Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 16

At the international conference of sheep-breeders, held in England recently, the chief event of the conference was the reading of a paper by Mr. S. B. Hollings, on…

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Wet Wool in Ships

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

The finding of the Royal Commission in New Zealand appointed to inquire into the causes and make recommendations for the prevention of fire on wool ships…

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Sydney Wool Sale. Tuesday, December 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 28

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Ltd. report :—Market excited for all the better class of wools. Other descriptions selling in owners' favor. There is a strong,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Monday, December 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 28

Brokers' report:—Second top price in merinos, viz., 14¼d was secured by H & CD/Walla Walla, from Culcairn. The Walla Walla is very soft, longer in staple and…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Well Maintaned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

The London wool sales were continued to-day. There was good competition and the prices were generally well maintained…

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Farmers' Politics. Expounded by Mr. Gibb, M.H.R.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 43

The only way in which Parliament can help the farmers is by enabling them to raise and transport their produce as cheaply as possible to the Home markets. To…

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Lime Water in the Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 16

There is no one subject in which dairymen should be more interested than that of determining the productive capacity of the individual cow, said Herbert A…

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The Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 17

A man who will not try to keep his dairy and his cows clean, and will sell his fifthy produce to other people, ought to be punished in a filthy place, with only such…

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A Farmers' Magazine

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 4

At the present day, in every progressive country in the world, the tastes and needs of the agricultural community are catered for by special…

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Jerilderie Farmers & Settlers' Association

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the members of the Farmers and Settlers Union was held in the Mechanies' Institute on Saturday afternoon last. Present:…

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Mystery of the Moors Farmer's Disappearance. Six-days' Search

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

For six days dozens of farmers and farm, laborers, huntsmen and beaters, shepherds and their dogs, reports the "Express," have been scouring the wild…

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Farm and Field. Breed Good Farm Horses

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

In improving the class of farm horses meaning, of course, those that are bred on the farm, the principle which governs breeding in other lines should apply…

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The Dairy. Cows Holding Back Milk

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5

According to Professor Stewart, of Canada, the following is the explanation of cows sometimes holding up or keeping back their milk. The production of milk…

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The Dairy. Bacon Production in Denmark

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

"During the past summer it was my privilege to visit the little country of Denmark," writes Professor G. E. Day, Ontario Agricultural College, in "Farm,…

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Farm and Field. Nitrogen Fixing Plants

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

In the Botany section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which recently met at York, England. Mr T. Jamieson, Director of…

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Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd, at their weekly sale on Tuesday submitted a very representative Catalogue comprising some 6,250 bales…

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Diseased Cattle. a Big Fine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 4

Last Tuesday, at the Singleton Police Court, G.R. Freeman, District, stock Inspector, charged J. T. M, Hooke, of Cobark Station, near Gloucester, with…

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