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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 67

Wet Sheep. [?] Shearing-shed Problem

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 47

The conference between representatives on the one side of the Pastoralists' Union of Victoria and Southern Riverina, and on the other of the Australian Workers'…

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Wet Sheep. a Shearing Shed Problem

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 3

The conference between representatives on the one side of the Pastoralists' Union of Victoria and Southern Riverina and on the other of the…

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Shearing Contract.—wet Sheep or Dry

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

A case of considerable importance to pastoralists and [?] was heard at the Goulburn district court on Wednesday, in which Alfred Barrett a sheaver…

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The English Wool Market. Bradford, May 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 17

Another week has passed with local wool conditions no worse than reported last week, but not very much better in actual reality. The depression is hardly so acute…

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Wheat-growing in N. S. Wales. What the Future Has in Store

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 18

The prospects of the wheat-growing industry are exceedingly bright. It is capable of very wide expansion. Within what is known to bo the area in which…

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The Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 16

The sooner the milk is cooled after being drawn the better it will keep. Pedigree counts for much, but without individual merit it is not worth anything…

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Farm-hands From Great Britain

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, The Riverine Grazier

SCARCELY a vessel arrives from the United Kingdom without a small party of agricultural labourers who have accepted assisted passages for the…

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Durabl[?] Home-made Farm Gate

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 6

The farm gate here shown, is 14 feet wide. It is made of four boards 4 inches wide the same style as is in general use, by using bard wire between boards…

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Durable Home-made Farm Gate

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 7
Also in The Riverine Grazier

The farm gate here shown, is 14 feet wide.It Is made of four boards 4 inches wide, the same style as is in general use, by using barb wire between boards…

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Deniliquin 50 Years Ago. Some Old Time Reminiscences. [By an Australian Native.] Written expressly for the “Pastoral Times.”

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 2

Looking back through the long vi[?] of the past, and [?]wing Deniliquin as it i[?] present, with [?] roads and well-made streets, n[?]y gravelled footpaths,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Moss on Fruit Trees

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 1

Accumulation of moss on the trunks and branches of fruit trees is not only a bad sign, but is injurious to the trees, as it blocks up the pores of the…

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Important to Farmers. to the Editor

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 3

SIR,—A barn or “travelling waggons,” would be good enough to advocate Australian interests in Great Britain, if th[?] living there were only satisfied…

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To Improve Wheat Yield

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

Mr.F.E. Leo, of the Victorian Department of Agriculture, gave an address at Shepparton on Saturday on "Agricultural Topies." The lecturer confined his…

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Canada's Crops. Splendid Season Anticipated

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

Very satisfactory accounts have been received with regard to the condition of the [?]crops in Canada thin hanson…

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Ovens and Murray Dairy Co

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. G. Clarke of "Targoora," Wangaratta, has resigned from the position of Chairman and Director of the Ovens and Murray Dairying Co.,…

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Wool Sales. Co-operative Wool and Produce Company. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 2

The Co-operative Wool and Produce Company reports that the Sydney June wool sales opened to-day with good competition and an all round improvement of…

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Hand Feeding Travelling Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 2

A large mob of travelling sheep are now camped in the Albury Sports Ground. They are being fed on hay. Another mob of about 7000, belonging to the Australian…

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