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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Big Day Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

Messrs. Girls Bro[?] of Golden Grove S.A., have harve the 100 tons, of bay from a paddock of 17 years which represent in tons per [?]. Some years ago Mr…

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Wheat Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

The wheat traffic has set in in earnest, and already the various sheds and storerooms are filling rapidly. The shed at the local railway station is…

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Big Benalla Wheat Yield

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

What they consider must be a record wheat yield had been achieved by Messrs. Thomas Lee and Sons, on their farm, situated about 10 miles on the Glenowan…

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Lindley Walker and Co's. Wheat Report

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

On the eve of the Christmas holidays business in wheat was practically suspended, and the market recoded to pretty low figures. Even at…

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Victorian Wheat Export. a Series of Records

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

The present wheat export season in Melbourne, though only about six weeks old, has been productive of new record. In it the largest wheat cargo…

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Walla Farms. Provision for Roads and Reserves

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

When it became known that the Government had not only cut out the whole of the Walla Walla resumed estate, but had "dumped" practically…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

The latest estimate of the Victorian wheat harvest shows that there will be an exportable surplus of over 16,000,000 bushels…

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Western Canada. the Great Wheat Belt

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 3

Not every home-keeping Briton realises the magnitude of the Wetern wheat lands. The great stretch between middle Canada and the…

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Locomotive and Wheat Cart. a Curious Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

A starting accedent occurred shorlly after eleven o'clock to-day, at a [?]ing near Horaham railway station known as Nosken, James Flack,…

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

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

After an interval of four weeks the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., held their opening sale of the new year this afternoon, when they…

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Wool Sales. Australian Estates and Mort Cage Co., Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

The Australian Estates a nd Merigage Co, Ltd. held their wood and this afternoon the attendance of [?] being quite as satisfactory as before the holiday. Prices…

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Wheat Export

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 33

The present wheat export season in Melbourne, though only about six weeks old, has been productive of new records (writes the "Age.") In it the largest wheat cargo…

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Wheat Reports

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

Wheat was quoted in Berrigan on Wednesday at 3s 5¾d, but it was not anticipated that the price would hold, yet that was the quotation yesterday…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool and Produce Brokers, report as under:— After an interval of nearly four weeks the wool sales were resumed in…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., report as follows :—We submitted on Tuesday a catalogue of 5203 bales comprising a wide assortment of good to superior wools…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, Limited report as follows :—We held our wool sales on Wednesday afternoon. There was a good attendance of…

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The World's Wheat Prospects

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 18

Under date of 6th November "Dornbusch" reports that "the factors which generally direct the course, of the market have. this week told in, the main for…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Monday, January 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

Younghusband, Row, and Co. Ppty. Ltd. submitted a catalogue to-day, of 3011 bales, of which they sold 2865 bales, in addition to which they report 257 bales sold privately…

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English Wool Market. London, December 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 17

The week under review hus been characterised, by great activity, and all Australian and South African wools are the better for what has been done. The only…

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Lindley, Walker, and Co.'s Wheat Report. Sydney January 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 4

On the eve of the Christmas holidays, business in wheat was practically suspended, and the market receded to pretty low figures. Even at 3/8, buyers were difficult to find, as…

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