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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 60 of 67

Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 45

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. Ltd. report:—Our wool sale to-day established something of a record; out of 6524 bales offered we sold 6500 bales under the hammer. Competition was…

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COMMERCIAL. (Continued from page 4.) Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, November 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 45

Younghusband, Row, and Co. Ppy. Ltd. continued their sales to-day, when they submitted a catalogue of 3055 bales to a numerous attendance of buyers. Out of…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 16

The basis of making good cheese and butter is in one word—cleanliness. Silage is cooling to the system and laxative and is of all foods most realised by the…

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Farm and Field The Value of Lime

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 6
Also in The Riverine Grazier

An instructive memorandum on the use and value of time has recently been issued by one of the English Agricultural Associations. It is pointed out…

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Of Interest to Dairymen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. Tweedy, teacher of the Howlong Public School, will lecture at the Corowa school on Saturday next, at 10.30, on the subject "Milk Testing…

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Heavy Loss of Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

A cable message from South Africa was received on Saturday, stating that 700 ewes shipped at Sydney for Durban by the steamer Glenlee were washed overboard during a…

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Wheat and Clover

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 6

On one side slept the clever. On one side-sprang the wheat And I, like a lazy lover. Knew not which seemed more…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd, held their usual weekly sale of wool on Monday, and again offered a large and representative catalogue of close on 4,500 bales,…

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Correspondence. the Price of Sheep. (To the Editor.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 5

Sir,—The statement made by your correspondent "Too Fly to be Caught" in this morning's issue to the offset that at our last sale we sold for…

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Farm and Dairy Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Outdoor Tomatoes

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

The season is now well advanced, and tomatoes may be planted outside with comparative safety. Organic manure should not be used at all…

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A Capital Dairy Cow

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

It is not every man keeping cows for the production of milk who knows that there is a strain of shorthorn cattle known as the “Dairy…

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Peculiar Fatal Accident. Boy Crushed to Death at Wangaratta. Bale of Wool Topples, From a Train Over a Bridge. Wangaratta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 2

A very lamentable and extraordinary fatal accident occurred at Wangaratta shortly after 1 p.m. to-day. A lad named Patrick Sydney Gale…

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Store Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

Yesterday there passed through Corowa a hig [?] of store wethers travelling to [?] The member in 7000 4-year-old comeback weathers and…

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Fruit Crop in Victoria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

Reports from the principal frun-growing districts in Victoria show that, speaking generally, apples and pears have "set" well. Apricots promise to be very light…

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The Weather and Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

Rain commenced to fall early on Saturday morning, and intermittent showers during the morning resulted in a total fall of 48 points. The weather…

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A Board As a Sheep Farmer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 2

The live stock account included in the annual balance-sheet of the Metropolitan Board (Melbourne) just issued shows that the board has not been at all happy in its…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Nov. 17

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 5

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

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Wool Sales. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 2

Melbourne Wool Sales.-The sales were continued to-day, when the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Ltd. Submitted a vey attractive catalogue,…

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Cattle-or People for Ireland. New Irish Land Purchase Bill. Vigorous Speech by Mr. Birrell. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 2

Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, a complex Irish Land Purchase Bill. In the course of his speech, which occupied…

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