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Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 67

Cattle Breeding in Germany

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 8

An American consular report states that attention is being given to cattle breeding by the several States forming the German Empire. In Bavaria alone…

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Cattle and Bone, Meal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

The manufacture of cattle licks from bone meal, whtch at one time was a somewhat important industry in Victoria, has of late years suffered a considerable…

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Continuous Butter Tests. Factory Awards

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 12

North Coast (Byrch Bay No. 1), 740 points, 1; Kyogle Co-operative, 737. 2; Alstenville Co-Operative, 736, 3; and North Coast, No. 4, 728, 4…

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Sheep Dying in the Trucks

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 8
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

Writing under date of Monday, a Wagga correspondent says: -- Disastrous results are being experienced by owners of stock, who are removing…

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Information Invited From Wheat-growers

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

The Wheat Experimentalist of the Agriculture Department Is desirous of obtaining some definite data as to the minimum amount of rain required in…

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Information Invited. From Wheat-growers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

The Wheat Experimentalist of the Agriculture Department is desirous of obtaining some definite data as to the minimum amount of rain required in…

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The English Wool Market. Bradford, March 20, 1908

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 17

The wool trade is once more in the throes of a series of London sales, and the eyes of the wool world are naturally centred on the auction-room in Coleman-street. Ever…

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The Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 16

Cow portraits always look better on the balance sheet than on canvas. A sudden check of the milk flow indicates that something is amiss, and is a…

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Sale of Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 28

Mr. W. H. Wheatley advertises the sale of "Sawyer's Point" Farm at Wagga on 9th May. The Hume Shire Council meet on Monday next, 4th May…

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Farmers and Settlors Union. to the Editor of the Herald

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

Sir,—Your contributor who styles himself "True Unionist" is a real trick, btu for being anything else I will leave that to the South Coree…

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The Farmers' Union and the Executive. to the Editor of the Herald

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

Sir,—A few weeks ago an individual under the non-de-plume of "Bona-fide Farmer," reported an imaginary conversation he had with a…

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Farm and Field. Liquid Manure

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 8
Also in The Corowa Free Press

An American agricultural paper writes:—"Liquid manure is found to contain a great deal of nitrogen, a little potash, and generally no phosphoric acid at…

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Notes on Smut. a Farmer’s Experience

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 2

Some little time ago (writes Mr J. C. Watson, from Mudgee) I gave a short description in your columns of my experiences in “[?]” wheat, and since then…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

The following are the stock movements:— 100 cattle, W. S. Cramp’s, Brucedale, Mathoura to Hillston, 1,500 wethers, J. Oddy’s, Qui[?]mong to…

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Farmer Waits Three Months for Trucks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

What the farmer and settler font back have to put up with, as the result of the shortage of raliway trucks, is demonstrated in a striking manner just now by…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Farmyard Manure

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 1

It should be the aim of all owners of stock to preserve as fully as possible the fertilising, properties of manure until it is ready to be applied…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Price of Butter for London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

At a meeting of the Whole sale Butter S[?] Association yesterday it was decided to increase the export prices of butter to 118/ per cwt. for…

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Large Sale of Store Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

Messrs. A. A. Piggin and Co. report having sold 1000 head of store cattle on account of the Hon. John Morrissey to a N.S.W. northern…

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