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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 67

Prizes for Crops Grown Under Irrigation

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 5

IN view of the great interest which is now being taken in this State in the question of irrigation, the Minister of Agriculture requested the Royal…

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Farm and Field Moulding Up Potatoes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 5

The object or moulding up growing potatoes is to increase the warmth and aeration of the soll-both very important. It also affords an opportunity to…

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The Dairy. Cheese Making. American Method

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 6

An agricultural writer in the "Orange Judd Farmer" deals with the American methods of manufacture of small cheese:—…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. offered a representative catalogue of 6,500 bales, comprising good selection of Riverina clips. Keen competition prevailed, and for all…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. November 3, 1908

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, offered a large and fairly representative catalogue. The selection, while representative, could har[?] be classed as…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved) the Onion Fly

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 1

Wherever the onion crop is attacked by the maggot of this [?] measures must betaken for destroying all the plants as fast as they show signs of…

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Wool for London. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 2

Four big steamers, which sailed from Sydney to-day, conveyed large shipments of wool home to the London and Continental markets, They were the Yangtsze,…

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Weather and River. Items of News. Albury Wool Sales. King's Birthday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 2

New South Wales Forecast. Some seattered thunderstorms at first in northern parts; cool fresh to [?] west and south-west winds occasionally To-day His Majesty King Edward VII is 67 years of age, having been born at Buckingham Palace on November 9, 1841. In 1863. His Majesty The first wool sales of the Albury series was held on Saturday. The attendance was good and the prices were up to expectations generally, as the quality on the…

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Wheat Marvel

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 4

An experiment in wheat growing, of great originality and much promise, is being made in Russia. The experiment consists solely in…

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Non-competitive Sheep Shows

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 1

Mr. R. O. Blackwood, of Hartwood, makes an interesting suggestion in the "Sheepbreeders' Year Book" for 1908, with a view to counteracting the…

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Failing to Travel Sheep Six Miles—fined £20

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 2

A case under the Stock Diseases Act was dealt with at the Charlton court on Friday. Wm. Cotter, of Charlton, was charged by Constable Uren with having failed to…

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Wool Sales. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report as follows:—We offered to-day a good catalogue, comprising over 5000 bales, to a crowded attendance of buyers. There was spirited…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., Ltd., held their usual weekly sale this afternoon when they submitted a good…

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Wool Sales. Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 2

The Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co. Ltd., report as follows:—We offered to-day an attractive catalogue of 3420 bales of wool, and had most excellent…

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Walla Experimental Farm. Proposal Referred to at Albury Council

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 2

Two letters referring to the proposal to establish an experimental farm at the homestead block Walla Walla Estate, were road at last night’s meeting of the…

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Wandering Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

The wrecked condition of several gardens in the town points to the fact that the wandering cattle [?] is again rampant. Almost any night in…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 2
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

We are pleased to report (writes the “Herald”) that this local industry is progressing at a rate exceeding the expectations of the most sanguine,…

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Export of Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

A number of consignments of merino sheep from Australia have been made to South Africa of late years, but a new move has been made…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our second wool sale of the season on Thursday last, as owing to Tuesday last being a holiday…

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