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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,286 stories in Murray's papers · page 63 of 65

Special Sale of Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Chas. L. Griffith and Co. report holding a special sale of store cattle at Wodonga on Friday, 30th November, yarding between 2000 and…

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The First Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

Yesterday the first load of wheat brought into Corowa this season was delivered at the Corowa Grain Store. It consisted of 139 bags and was…

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Corowa and Wahgunyah Butter Factory

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the directors of the Corowa and Wahgunyah Butter Factory was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday, 12th inst., when there…

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A Study in Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

In the window of the "Rutherglen Sun" office there are two samples of wheat grown this season by Mr. Wm. Chambers, and they are an…

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Large Shipment of Wool

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 3

The Pera which sails for London next week will take 17,000 bales of wool…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne. December 11

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held their usual weekly sale this afternoon, when they submitted another thoroughly…

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Wool Sales. Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Co. Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report—We offered to-day 2740 vales of wool to a full attendance of buyers and had excellent…

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Ovens and Murray Dairy Company, Ltd

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 3

The directors of the above company held their ordinary their meeting at Springhurst on the 11th inst. The returns showed again a…

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Breeding Dairy Cattle

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 7

Dairy breeders must never lost sight of the great principle that all future development lies in the direction of holding steadfastly to two principles:…

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Butter Factory Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

In November the Tamworth Dairy Company manufactured 51,831 lb of butter from 118,781 lb of cream, realising £2202…

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The Sheep Dog

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

The sheep dog is peculiar to no particular country. On the continent of Europe, shepherds have their trained dogs even as they have in Australia. They embrace many…

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Markets. Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 2

Marison, Jones, and Davies, Ltd., report the following ruling wholesale rates for the various descriptions of [?]…

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Second Hand Wheat Bags

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

It has been decided by the Flour Millers' Association in Sydney that during the incoming grain season, a reduction of 23, will be made on wheat…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 6

Dalgety and Coy., (Sydney), report:—There has been an excellent selection of wool on offer during the past week, many of the crack clips of New South Wales…

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To Test Cloth. How to Distinguish Between Wool and Cotton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 14

Shopping is a trial to many women because they do not know how to test wool, and are obliged to take the salesman's word that there is no cotton in the cloth…

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Dry Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 45

"We had a demonstration of steamploughing last week," writes Dr. V. T. Cooks, director of dry farming at Cheyenne, "Wyo, under date November 10, to…

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Dairying on the North Coast

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 33

Lismore district is experiencing a sample of tho heat wave which is at present visiting most of the inland towns (writes a correspondent). Scarcely any…

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Cultivation of New Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 16

The cultivation of new crops is a hobby winch docs not appeal strongly to the farmer. He has been "had" too often to be caught by new varieties widely boomed…

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Ostrich Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 17

Ostrich farming is now one of the established industries of California and Arizona. Indeed, it may be correctly stated that the "ostrich has come to stay." As…

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Improving the Dairy Herd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 16

Enough has been written on the subject of how to build up a dairy herd to fill dozens of books. And it is a subject the average dairyman, often knows more…

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