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Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 52 of 67

Melbourne Wool Sales. Tuesday, October 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 21

The Melbourne woolbrokers had fixed the present week for the opening of the wool selling season, but in the meantime, a difference has arisen with the buyers, and the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Wednesday, October 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 21

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Ltd. report:-We held our first sale of the weekly series to-day, offering a fairly representative catalogue of the early shearing districts. The…

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London Wool Sales. Market Very Firm. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 2

The london wool sales were continued yesterday in a very firm market. Competition was very brisk and the bidding spirited…

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The Melbourne Wool Sales. a Dispute Delays the Opening Sales MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 1

The Melbourne Wool brokers had fixed the present week for the opening of the wool selling season, but, in the meantime, a…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 16

The man who is dairying and has no silo is making a big mistake. Sorrel in small quantities is greatly relished by cows, particularly at certain…

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The Dairy. Flavors in Milk. How to Minimise Them

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 5
Also in The Riverine Grazier

In milk there are two classes of flavor-namely, food and contamination. Those flavors of different foods fed to cows, which milk absorbs from the…

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The Walla Walla Estate Speedy Subdivision Expected. Hundred and Twelve Farms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 4

The determination of the Government to acquire the Walla Walla Estate under the provisions of the Closer Settlement Act has been received with universal…

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Sheep Breeding Provision-suspended by Queensland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 2

A notification has been received from the Chief Inspector of Stock, Queensland, that certain sections of the Queensland Diseases in Sheep Act, which provided that…

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London Wool Sales. Prices in Sellers' Favor London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 5

The London wool sales were continued yesterday. Keen competition was in evidence, with capital sales at full prices…

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The Shearing of Wet Sheep. a Useful Scientific Investigation. Search for a Microbe. (“Sunday Times “Melbourne representative.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

A perennial bone of contention between pastora[?]ists and shearers has been connected with the question of the degree of dampness in the wool requiring to be shorn; and as…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) Chrysanthemum Rust

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 2

There are many amateurs who have observed light brown specks or blotches appearing, often in great abundance, on the under surface of…

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Failing to Travel Sheep [?] Miles a Day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 2

An order to review the decision of the Traralgon bench (Vic.), convicting Robert Armstrong of having contravened the law as to travelling sheep…

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London Wool Sales. High Rates Maintained. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 2

The London wool sales were continued on Friday, when there was another fine sale at the same high rates as on the previous day…

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Dispute in the Wool Trade Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 2

The situation in the wool selling trade is practically the same as last week. Tentative negotiations for a settlement are in progress, but the and, it is stated, is not…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series. British Competition Maintained. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 5

The current series of the London wool sales closed yesterday with the market very firm. The brisk and general competition which…

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Travelling Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 41

An order to review a conviction by the magistrates at Traralgon against Robert Armstrong, jun., of Sale, drover, for an offence against the Stock Disease Act, was…

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Indian Cane Fodder for Dairy Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 18

Mr. Haywood (manager of the Grafton Experimental Farm) contributes the following article to the "Agricultural Gazette" on Indian Cane as a fodder for dairy cattle:…

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Jerilderic Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 6

The adjourned meeting of the directors was held on Saturday last at the secretary's office. Present: Messrs. Steele (ch.), Wise, Theakstone, and…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 2

The following letter has been sent to farmers by the Jerilderie Butter Factory and Cool Storage Co., Ltd.:— “Dear Sir,—At a meeting of…

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