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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Airship Record. M. Farman's Aeroplane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 23

M. Henry Farman, who has gained considerable distinction lately as the inventor of aeroplanes, has won the Deutsch-Archdoacoh prize of 50,000…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 16

Keep on trying to improve by selection and care. It pays to make cows comfortable at all times.th milking…

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Injured Farmer Crawls a Mile

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

William Rilen, a farmer living at Muckelford, met with a serious accident this morning. He was seated on a land of wood driving to…

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The Dairy. the Care of Milk

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 2

The American Department of Agriculture has issued a set of rules for poeting in cow-sheds and dairies. The following rules, which briefly summarise…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 2

The following are the stock movements:— 11 horses, Stevenson and Baillie’s Cornella to Woolooma East; 500 crossbred ewes, J. J. Cashman’s…

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The Agriculturalist. the Influence of Soil on Wool

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

The character of the wool of a sheep in largely influenced by the nature the ground over which the animal ranges The deleterious effect of the chalk…

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Dairying. How Production Is Increaser by Stripping

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

That the practices of clean milking of stripping of the udder, assists and stimulates the milk production is well known to those dairymen who make…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles (All Rights Reserved) The Celery Fly

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 1

During the late summer and autumn it may be often noticed that the leaves of celery , and parsley have a very withered and-blighted appearance; on…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

The estimate of the N.S.W. Government statistician of the wheat harvest this season in N.S.W. is about 8,686,500 bushels, as compared with…

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Milawa Dairy Co

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

The directors had their monthly meeting on Tuesday, 14th inst., and dealt with the following returns for the month of December:-- Milk…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

The January series of Wool Sales opened yesterday. A large number of buyers attended and the bidding was brisk and animated. Prices ruled from par to five…

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WHEAT. Sydney

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 5

In the grain markets, wheat, milling is offered at 4/7, Sydney. Several bid buyers have reduced their limit to 4/6. Manitoba milling, 4/11, to…

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Weight of Wheat Bags

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3

At to-day's sitting of the Senate, in reply to Senator M'Gregor (S.A.) Senator Bost. said that the Minister for Customs had expressed himself in…

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London Wool Sales London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

The first series of Wool Sales was continues yesterday in the presence of a large number of buyers, competition was keen and full opening rates were maintained…

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English Wool Market. Bradford. December 13, 1907

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 17

Amidst sighs of general relief, the London December sales have closed. They have not covered themselves with a haze of glory. Their history, howevter, will be…

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Albury Wool Sales. Younghusband, Row, and Co. Pty. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 21

Younghusband, Row. and Co. Ppty. Ltd. report having held their third sale of the current series on Friday last, when about 1500 bales were submitted to a good attendance of…

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Farmer's Fiery Chariot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 33

About noon on Friday a fire occurred on the farm of the farm of Mr. P. Ryan, at Lancefield, and four stacks were destroyed. Mr. Ryan was engaged carting, and a…

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The Dairy. Milk Fermentations

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

It is not unusual to find persons connected with dairy work whose sole knowledge of fermentative processes is limited to the lactic acid fermentation—…

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Allow Land and Cover Crops. Seasonable Expert Advice

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3

In view of the approaching conclusion of [?], some notes by Mr G. L. Sutton, beat experiment abet to the department, and manager of the Cowra and Coolabah experimental…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The following are the stock movements:— 147 sheep, saleyards to G. H. Preston; 124 ewes from, same place to W. J. McKees, Conargo; 248 fat sheep,…

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