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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Increasing the Wheat Yield. Important Scientific Discovery Dr. Cherry's Opinion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

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London Wool Sales. Agricultural Discovery. Inferior Crossbreds Lower, Thursday. the Nitric and Problem. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

The wool sales were continued yesterday. Prices for mesrinoes and fine crossbreds Were firmly maintained but low The discovery of a method of abstracting nitric acid from the atmosphere reported yesterday has exerted keen interest in scientific circles…

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Consideration of Farm Yard Manure

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

Experiments made by the late Dr Vocleker showed that five tons of fresh farm yard manure are reduced to four tons if allowed to lie until the straw is…

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Farm and Field. Quality and Vitality of Farm Seeds

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

Recent advances in seed-testing have caused a good deal of attention to be paid to purity and germinating power, which are rightly appreciated. It may…

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The Dairy. Stripping Cows

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 6

It is an article of faith among good dairy farmers that cows must at each milking be milked thoroughly clean—that is, until not another drop of milk…

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Farmers' Favorite Grain and Fertilizer Drill

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 18

In these days of advanced scientific methods of farming, when brains and intelligence are being applied to the tilling of the soil equally with every other…

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Dry Farming. the Campbell System

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 17

The publication some months ago of the report of Mr. M'Coll, M.H.R., to the Victorian Minister for Agriculture on what is known as the Campbell system of "dry"…

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Why the French Farmer Prospers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 38

The secret of the strength and stability of France, no doubt, lies in its peasantry. It is a nation of small landholders. The Republic is rooted in the…

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A Farmer's Lost Cheque

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 33

Having made a satisfactory sale of cattle in Melbourne a Myrniong farmer named Denis Ryan left by train for Bacchus Marsh on 10th November with the…

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A Dairyman's Dilemma

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 46

At a recent meeting of the Council, Mr. Thos. Prior applied for registration of his dairy premises in David-street. The granting of these applications usually…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 16

By milking the cow dry not only is the whole of the available milk obtained, but the richest part of it—the strippings—is secured…

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Bluestoneing Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

It is a well-known fact that seed what required treatment at least every second season before it is sown to prevent the germs of smut from spreading…

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Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Coy. Ltd. held their usual sales this week, when they disposed of 2579 bales. Competition was brisk and prices unchanged as compared…

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Butter Factory Company. First Half-yearly Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

The first half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Deniliquin Butter Factory and Farm Produce Co. was held on Saturday afternoon at the factory…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 5

Sales were bosk yesterday. Prices remained unchanged. although the competition for the finest qualities of [?] was very keen…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Improving Potatoes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 1

VERY much can be accomplished toward improving potatoes by carefully selecting the seed. Of course a great deal depends on the condition and circumstances…

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Ovens and Murray Dairy Company, Ltd. Springhurst

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

In connection with the publication in a recent issue of the "Chronicle" of the directors report etc of the above company we are informed that…

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Dairying. Investigations of Methods of Milking

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

Professor F. W. Well, of the University of Winstonsin reports to in Bulletin No. 96 the results of a through investigation of [?] of milking. The following is a…

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Dairy Notes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 1

During the busy harvest time it often happens that milking is driven off until dark, or at least close upon it. Then the udders are apt not to be properly cleaned…

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Corowa Wheat Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

About 15,000 bags new wheat has been delivered in Corowa up-to-date. Most of it has cone into store, there being very little sold, and practically…

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