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Farming & the land, 1909

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 16

Salt should always be accessible for cows. Do not change the food of milking cows suddenly…

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The Dairy. Testing Cows. Some Interesting Figures. Necessity of Keeping Records

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 7

The following table shows tho approximate amount of milk, on a scale of testing from 2.0 to 7.0, required to make l1b. of commercial butter:—…

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Farm and Field. Anthrax Bacillus

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 6

Some curious facts have been observed, says "Medical Notes and Queries," in the varying powers of resistance to the anthrax bacillus, among…

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Farmyard Manure and Fertility

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 6

During the recent European International Agricultural Congress, Professor Stoklosa read an interesting paper on the subject of Farm Manure and…

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The Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 3

The Farmers' and Settlers' Association are preparing for their annual conference. They have many complaints to make and grievances which need…

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Farmers & Settlers. the Executive and the Conference. a Comprehensive Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 3

The executive of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association has framed its report to the forthcoming conference, which is fixed for July 19. The…

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Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

At the London wool sales there is good competition at late rates…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

The London wool sales were marked by good competition yesterday at full rates…

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Marvellous Wheat Experiments. Seventy Pounds From One Grain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 2

The Russian wheat planting experiments have continued to around great interest among Russians, and some of their illustrated papers contain pieturea of the…

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Farm and Garden, Original Articles (All Rights Reserved.)FRUIT Tree Wauls

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 1

On closely examining an old fruit tree wall one cannot help a feeling of regret that the common practice of nailing trees is so destructive. The…

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London Wool Sales. Close of Series. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 3

The third series of London wool sales for 1000 closed firm on Friday with top prices on offer. Rales on an average are higher than…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Disaster on a Wheat Ship

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 3

The Marme Underwritern' Association received a cable merge yesterday to the effect that the Dutch sailing ship Nederland had put into Conquimba, on the west…

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A Farmer Outs His Turoat. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 2

A farmer from Meera, named William Henry M'Namar, made a determined attempt at snicide at Claroment last night. Recently his mind became deranged, and…

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Golden Fleece. Sheep One Source of Australia's Wealth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 May 1909 · page 3

It is 120 years since the first ship ment of people left England for Australian. there was then not a sheep in that country. The pioneer…

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Wrinkly verses Plain-bodied Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 18

There has been much controversy of late as to the respective merits, of wrinkly and plain-bodietl sheep. The former variety of the Merino came from America, and…

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The World's Wheat Supply

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 4

The English millets and the experts of the Bal[?] and Mark lane are (says a London court-po[?], writing under date, [?] unanimous in predicting…

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Third Series of London Wool Sales. Melbourne, May 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 4

Daigety and company Ltd. have received the following cable from their London office, dated 7 p.m., 21st instant:—The third series of wool sales closed firm and…

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Storyteller. Published by Special Arrangement. In Sheep's Clothing. [Copyright.] Chapter XXV.—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 7

"Don't do that, I beg you, sir," he whined. "I am a very old man, and the events of the last few weeks have shaken me all to pieces. I am that muddled that…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbur[?] Agricultural College

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 5

IN consequence of the success of the Winter School for Farmers during the last three years, and the "requests alrea'dy made for a repetition thereof,…

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Culcairn Branch Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 19

The annual meeting of the above branch was held at the Waverley Hotel on Saturday, 22nd hist. The President (Mr. W. G. Balfour) occupied the chair, and…

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