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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 58 of 67

Wool Sales. Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool and Produce Brokers, report as under—We offered a large and attractive catalogue of wool totalling over 5,000 bales, at our…

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Albury Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 21

The opening sale of the season took place last Saturday morning, when the three firms of selling brokers offered 2,191 bales. Considering the…

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Scarcity of Wool Trucks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 23

In view of many complaints from country customers as to a, shortage of trucks for loading wool, and the invariable reply of the goods manager to the effect that trucks had…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 1

THE AUSTRALIAN MORTGAGE, LAND AND FINANCE CO., LTD., Melboune report —We offered to-day an attractive catalogue of 3420 bales of wool, and had most…

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Sydney Heat. Heavy Mortality in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 7

Last Saturday's stifling heat wave played have with a, couple of drafts of fat sheep while on the railways. One consignment of 840 head of woolly crossbred hoggets was…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, November 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 21

Dalgety and Co Ltd. offered a large and attractive catalogue of wool, totalling, over 5000 bales, at their usual weekly sale yesterday. Top price for merinoes. viz.: 112d was…

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Albury Wool Sales. Norman and Co

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 21

Norman and Co. report the opening wool sale of the season having been held last Saturday morning, when the catalogue comprised 2250 bales and 900 sacks, practically the…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 16

When cows have ailing teeth they will sometimes drop out the food they have raised into their mouth for remastication. The dairy cow should have plenty of…

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Farm and Field Loss in Farmyard Manure

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 5
Also in The Riverine Grazier

Farmyard manure is being wasted when the manure heap is too dry, and gives off a smell of ammonia, and also when it is too wet, and a black liquid…

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Farmers' Union

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above union was held on Saturday last when the following were present—Messrs W. Kidd (chair)…

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The Dairy. the Ayrshire Cow. an Interesting Description

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 6

The following article written by Mr C. M. Winslow, Secretary of the American Ayrshire Breeders' Association, appeared recently in the "Rural New…

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Jerilderie Farmers and Settlers Union

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held on Saturday afternoon last. Present: Messrs. J. T. White (chair)…

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The Dairy the Ayrshire Cow. an Interesting Description

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 5

The following article written by Mr C. M. Winslow, Secretary of the American Ayrshire Breeders' Association, appeared recently in the "Rural New…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 1

The Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report as follows:—Our catalogue on Tuesday was an excellent and attractive one of 3,420 bales, and biddings…

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On a Big Sheep Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 3

[?] on the Queensland entitle king, who died a few years ago, a millionaire on lands and money, owned among others a single station named…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Marigolds

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 1

In every garden space should be found for a few of these familiar old annuals. Their neat and clean appearance must, we think, commend…

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Pearl Oyster Farming

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 3

In the bay of Ago, Japan, a curious sort of farming is carried on. This is the more or less artificial production of pearls. The farm is…

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Sheep and Lamb Marker Lambs for Export. Record Quantity Forward.— Fall in Prices

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 2

Upwards of 22,000 head of sheep were forward at Newmarket (Melb.) yards on Friday. The market for lambs was dull, and prices receded 1/ per head on late…

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The Locked-up Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. T. L. Campbell, was represented a large number of farmers who have wheat in the hands of the official liquidator of the F. and S…

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