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Farming & the land, 1908

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Wheat Experiments at Kildonan

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 3

Mr H. T. Brown, of Kildonan, writes:—Re your enquiry as to any new wheats I tried last year, I am afraid I cannot give you much copy…

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Raising the Grade of Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 3

In giving evidence before the Wheat Commission in Adelaide on Friday, Professor Angus, South Australian Director of Agriculture, said that before coming to…

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London Wool Sales. Melbourne, May 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. have received the following cable from their London office, underdate the 18th inst.:—"Wool.—Prices are firmer, especially for greasy coarse quality…

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The English Wool Market. Bradford, April 10, 1908

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 17

Another series of London auctions has become history, and when that history is written the March-April series of 1908 will occupy a very prominent place in the…

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London Wool Sales the Market Very Firm. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 2

The London, wool sales, were continued yesterday, when there was again a large attendance of home and foreign buyrs. A strong American demand was in evidence…

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Agricultural Education. Action in New South Wales. Proposed "Experiment Plots." Important to Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 19

An important matter came up at the meeting of the committee of the Albury Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society on Monday. Amongst the…

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Emerald Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 19

Comprising 1660 acres of good agricultural land, 12 miles south-west of Coolamon, was selected 27 years age by Mr. James Erskine, tho oldest pioneer at present…

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Famine in Uganda. Banana Crop Fails. London, May 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 42

The "Daily Mail" publishes a statement that the banana crop in Central Africa from Busoga northwards to Lake Victoria Nyanza has been a complete failure this…

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Wire Netting for Farmers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 2

Specifications have been prepared by the Victorian Public Works department, and approved by the premier, for the purchase of 1000 miles of wire netting…

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A Good Farm Whitewash

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 8
Also in The Corowa Free Press

A carelessly-made whitewash will last only for a little while. It will pay to get the wash right in the first application, otherwise the effects are soon lost, and…

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Farm and Field. Farmyard Manures

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 8
Also in The Corowa Free Press

There is no fertiliser that can be more profitably used on the farm than farmyard manure (writes an American agricultural paper). The solid and liquid…

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The Dairy Milk Fever

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 2

Mills fever disease is a disease that, until the last few years, was perhaps, the most fatal that the dairyman had to deal with. It is commonly…

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Farm Gate Fastener

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 3

The device shown in the accompanying illustrations (which are reproduced from the "Prairie Farmer") for fastening a gate through a wire fence is too…

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Sale of Farmers' Arms Hotel, Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 6

M'Pherson, Thom, and Co. report having effected the sale of the goodwill and lease of the Farmers' Arms Hotel, Yarrawonga, on account of…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 2

The following are the stock movements :— 12 cattle. Melbourne to G. Evans, Deniliquin ; 13 cattle, Melbourne to G. H. Read, Deniliquin ; 2100 sheep,…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Higher, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 5

The London wool sales were continued yesterday. Animated competition was in evidence for all sorts at the highest prices of the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Feeding Cows

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 1

In some dames roots are given whole, the hay and straw unchaffed, and other foods with just as little preparation ; but these places never…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 2

The May series of London wool sales were continued on Friday, when there was a strong sale. Competition was good from all quarters, at full prices…

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