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Farming & the land, 1907

1,508 stories in Murray's papers · page 73 of 76

Wool Sales New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held their weekly sale this afternoon, when they submitted a catalogue comprising some 6250 bales,…

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Burrawong Farmers and Settlers' Association

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Burrawong branch of the Farmers and Settiers' Association was held at the residence of Mr J. I. Brown on Saturday…

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Irish Member Advocates Cattle-driving

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 3

Mr. Davis Sheehy, Nationalist member for North Meath is recommending persistence in cattle-driving in order to compel the ranching landlords to sell their…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 2

The wool sales closed to-day Business was slack and closing rates were about those which have been ruling for the past day or two…

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Dutch Belted Cattle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

The picturesque Dutch Belted cow spreads very slowly from her home in the Netherlands. In Australia she is a stranger, but with so pronounced a run…

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More Cattle Raiding

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

The extensive estates of the Earl of Westmeath and Lord Clonbrock, in county Galway, Ireland, have been raided, and hundreds of cattle driven off…

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Braxy in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 19

Writing on the subject of braxy in sheep, Mr. F. Ockley; of Penola, questions the necessity for inoculation as a preventative. Mr. Ockley says:—Braxy is a name given…

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Kiewa Valley Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 23

The usual monthly meeting of the directors of this factory was held on the 7th inst. Present—Messrs. M'Leod (in the chair), Coulston, Briddon, Crosthewaite, and…

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Why Cattle Are Dear

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 29

The question that is troubling the mind of the public a good deal just now is why cattle should be so dear (writes a Sydney paper)? The numbers forward are fairly…

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Wrinkly Sheep or Plain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 19

On this subject a breeder in the Delegate district, New South Wales, expresses the opinion that the time will never arrive when all sheep breeders will agree to any…

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Rust in Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 3

Mr M’Alpine, vegetable pathologist the Victorian Agriculture department, who has made special study of rust and [?]in wheat, has been on a…

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The Wool Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 33

The action of the Federal Parliament in agreeing to pay £50,000 as bounty in connection with the manufacture of "wool tops" has led to steps being, taken by a…

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A New Wheat. Remarkable Discovery

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

A discovery that may ultimately revolutionise farming is announced by a group of Cambridge scientists. Very careful experience have been made…

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The Sheep. Avoca, Talmalmo, 2/12/07

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—As I wish to be enlisted among the competitors for your third competion, I will now give you the description, habits and characteristics of my favourite…

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Cattle Driving. Irish Judge's Opinion. London, December 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 42

The opinion expressed by Mr. John Redmond, M.P., in Scotland a couple of days ago that cattle-driving was not a crime, but merely an offence against the law, is…

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London Wool Market. Bradford, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 18

In no section of our market is there sufficient business to test values, and we are almost at a standstill so far as selling is concerned. Spinners and wool users…

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Waterworks on the Farm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 7

A new system of furnishing a house with its water supply, as shown in the accompanying illustration, a thus described in a circular issued by the…

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C Farmyard Manure

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 7

During the recent International Agricultural Congress in Europe, Professor Stokiosa read an interesting paper on farmyard manure. He gave a brief…

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Farm and Field. Green Manure for Potatoes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 7

Potatoes should be planted in soil which has been brought into a good state of tilth. Above the tubers it should be in a fine porous condition, so…

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