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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 4

The Christmas holidays come as a welcome interlude, after the strenuous life of the past two months, and both the buyers and sellers are enjoying a well-earned spell…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Important Sales by Private Treaty. Sydney. December 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Ltd. report:- Notwithstanding the fact that up to the close of the 1908. auctions no less han 424,000 bales had been sold, the demand for wool appears…

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Cattle Driving in Ireland. Twenty-five Persons Arrested

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

Cattle driving is will continued in some parts of Ireland. Twenty-five persons have been arrested near Clonmel in county Tipperary for alleged complicity an…

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The Wheat Harvest. Record Mallee Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 4

The seasonable weather has enabled Mallen farmers to carry on harvest operation un[?]ed, and stripping is, in the majority of [?] almost finished. A large…

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Improving the Wheat. Government Experiments

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 4

The director of agriculture (Dr. Cherry), the superintendent of Agriculture (Mr. Loo), the Government vegetable pathologist (Mr…

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Got Wheat in His Ear

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

A number of farm employes this search have had to have oats, chaff, or wheat removed from their earn. Yesterday a young man nemed…

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Exporting the Wheat. Splendid Quality of Grain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 4

The grain coming forward at Williamstown is described by the exports engaged in its shipment as splendid. Consignments have come from all the…

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Those Phenomenal Wheat Yields. 277 Bushels to the Acre

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

For some time past accounts have been in circulation of the wonderful productivity of a variety of wheat known as Alaska. In a memorandum to the…

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Salt for Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 17

A report from the Chief Inspector of Stock says:-"Apart from the question of preventing the attacks of parasites, it pays the owner well to give his sheep all the…

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Charge of Sheep Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

At the Alexandra court on Wednesday, before Mr. Knight, P.M., Thomas Free, of Gobur, was charged with having had in his possession off October 23 one sheep…

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Foot Rot in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 18

A circular of information on this subject, which goes very fully into details, is from the Stock Department of New is from the Stock Department of New South Wales, in which the view is taken…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2

The secretary of the Border Brass Band desires to acknowledge receipt of promises of a bag of wheat from Messrs. W. and J. Thompson, of…

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Re-Opening of Sydney Wool Sales a Rise of 5 Per Cent. Sydney, January 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Ltd. report:- Cur to-day'a catalogue, the first of the New Year, contained quite a number of selectors' clips of good character, representing almost…

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Dairy Science School at Berry

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser, The Riverine Grazier

A DAIRY science school was field under the superintendence of Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, the Departmental Dairy Expert, at the Horry Butter Factory…

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Stack Silage. Wagga Experimental Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 17

The advantages of conserving green rodder in stacks consists in the economy of the process, the cost being nominal only. A further advantage is that where the crop is…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 16

The cowyard and stable should be cleaned daily. It is cruel to keep si cow continually confined in a small space…

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The Farmers and Settlers Association of N.S.W.

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

Some few months back this branch of the Fanners and Settlers decided to increase the annual subscription to 15s and contribute 10s of that sum to…

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Farmers and Settlers Union

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Jerilderie Funnels and Settlers Association was held on Saturday, 2nd September. Present; Mr. J. T…

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