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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 67

Poetry. Leaving the Farm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1908 · page 1

With hopeful hearts they packed their goods, The farmer and his faithful wife. Their thoughts turned to’rd the city…

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Canada's Wheat Chop. Very Satisfactory Reports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 August 1908 · page 3

Ideal harvesting weather has been experience in South Manitobe for thrashing operations. The general quality of the crops is described as excellent…

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The Wool Clip

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

The first of the season's wood rived in Corowa from Mr. C. D. Sanger's South Wangamong Estate last week. The wool was consigned…

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Hardening the Butter. Cotton Cake Food

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 5

Soft butter (writes an English paper) is one of the usual products of the dairy during the summer time, and the question is often asked if anything can be…

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Farmers' Bulletins. Flax-growing

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 6

WE have received from the Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture, a copy of Farmers' Bulletin No. 9, entitled "Notes on Flax Growing"…

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Farm and Field. [?]Inger-and-toe Disease. Some of the Characteristics

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 6

The finger and toe disease, also known by the names of club-root and canker, attacks turnips, cabbage, rape, swedes, and various other kinds of vegetables…

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Condensed Dairy Knowledge

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 5

Professor C. L. Beach, of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. America, has condensed the science of feeding cows into the following few…

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Of Interest to Dairymen and Others

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 2

Mr. H.G.White manager of the Viticultural Station at How long writen:--Sir, --will you kindly insert a notice in your paper to the effect:…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the Albury and Border Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Mr. G…

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Farming with Heavy Horses. E. T. Robbins, in the "American Agriculture."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 4

Heavy [?] are not so well adapted to handling light loads and light machinery at a quick stop and ever hills and hollows as are the…

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Farmers Who Lost Dairy Cattle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 2

Several requests have been made to the Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Swinburne) for information as to whether the State Government will render…

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Butter Grading

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 2
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press

THE Minister for Agriculture has received a communication from the Agent General in London, in which he states that he has had a conference with the…

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Prime Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 2

At the Melbourne Stock Sales on Tuesday six head of cattle sold on account of Messrs. Henry Hay and Son, of Collendina Station, topped the…

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Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., reyort:—The intervention of the holidays and festivities have made the wool market bear quite a holiday…

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The Question of Wheat Bags

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 19

A correspondent writes:—In connection with the purchase of wheat bags for the coming season, farmers will do well to consider carefully the advantages offered by…

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The English Wool Market. London, July 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 17

The week which has elapsed since I last wrote has witnessed some fluctuation in the colonial wool sales now in progress. Towards the end of last week, and on…

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Regulating Farm Work

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 33

The Arbitration Court's award in the farm labourers' dispute at Canterbury (N.Z.) has boon issued. The following quotation conveys a good impression of…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 16

Heredity is but a record of past events. Properly shaped and placed ribs indicate the feeding capacity that a good dairy cow must have…

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The Panning Mill on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 17

The fanning mill is probably the most useful implement that is used upon the farm in proportion to its cost. While it is useful in preparing grain for being…

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