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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

1,508 stories in Murray's papers · page 71 of 76

A Wool Washers' Injury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 3

An action, in which an employe named Robert Watson claimed the sum of £2000 as damages from Charles Andrason and Co., nat manufacturers,…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales prices were practically unchanged, but are still very irregular for all sorts. The Australian Mortgage, Land, and…

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Cablegrams. the State of Ireland. Cattle-driving Advocated. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

Mr. Laurence Ginnell, M.P., for Westmeath North, the leader of the Anti-Grazing Agitation, has delivered another incendiary speech at…

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Wheat Market

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 5

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd report; The market for this grain has assumed a very quiet tone, and buyers prefer, to wait developments before operating. New…

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Wheat Manuring

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 18

In order to ascertain the actual value of manuring in wheat-growing, the Government statist has collected, at some considerable trouble, comprehensive information…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 45

Young husband, Row, and Co. Proprietary Ltd. held their eighth sale of the season on Monday, when they put forward a catalogue of 3471 bales to a very numerous, attendance…

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A Sheep. Tootool, November 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—As I saw in the "Banner" that you had opened another competition, I thought I would have a try in it. I love nearly all animals and birds, but I think I…

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Special Wheat Prize Hitch

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

At the last Albury Show some trouble arose over the special wheat prize, and a special sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. G. A. Thompson (chairman). Dr…

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Capacity of Wheat Bags

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 17

The question of the weight of wheat to be carried in a cornsack is not one to be settled offhand, either as regards the actual sack to be adopted or the procedure to…

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The Sheep. Rosewood, 20/11/07

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—Since I wrote to you last I saw that you have started our third competition. I am to try for it. My favourite animal is a sheep, which I think is a very…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day the bidding was animated. Although crossbreds sold well, the prices for merinoes were rather irregular…

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The Sheep. Tumut Plains. Tumut, Nov. 25, 1907

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—I was afraid that leather medal, of which you spoke, would be coming my way so I resolved to take part in our third competition, in hopes of bringing the…

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English Wool Market. Bradford, October 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 17

Wool matters during, the past week have been decidedly slow, hardly anything has been done by way of new business, and all along the line decided quietness is…

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A Sheep. Hawthorne, Collengullie, Via The Rock, November 1907

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—Although I do not write to you very often, I take a great interest in reading the Children's Page, How interesting the letters are?—especially Mabel Boxsell's…

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Albury Wool Sales. Youghusband, Row & Co. Ppy. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

Younghusband, Row, and Co. Ppy. Ltd. report having held their second wool sale of the season at Albury on last Saturday morning, when the local brokers oered catalogues,…

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Fodder Crops for Dairy Hords

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 32

It comes as a surprise to learn that, statistics collected by the dairy supervision brunch of the Agricultural department show that of the 8000 dairy farms working…

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Unrest in Ireland. the Cattle Driving Craze. Denounced by a Chief Justice. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

Lord O'Brien, the Chief Justice of Ireland, when presiding at the Munster Assizes, denounced cattle driving as an organised crime. It was most demoralising, he…

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Clean Root Crops

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

Successful growers of root crops must keep their weeds down. It is hopeless to expect extermination. Wherever a crop fails weeds are luxuriant, and the rains…

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Farm and Field. Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 6

Scientific men are still plodding away at their investigations into the mysterious processes which underlie the operations of germ life, and how far their…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Meeting of the Gunbar Branch

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 2

A milling of the Gunbar branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at Gunbar on Saturday. There were present:—Mr. S. Nixon, vice-president, Messrs…

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