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Farming & the land, 1909

1,267 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 64

Shoeing Farm Horses

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

Many farm horses, especially those employed on small holdings or allotments, are frequently worked both on the land and on the road, and for this purpose a…

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Revelations about Baby-Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 44

It would be quite unfair to suggest that all the people who advertise their willingness to adopt children are actuated by dishonest and discreditable motives. There…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 16

The milking capabilities of the present day purebred dairy stock is beyond question. The first proposition in dairying is the…

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Supposed Baby Farm: Husband and Wife Arrested

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 8

What appears to be a bad case of baby-farming has come to light at Asnieres, a suburb of Paris (said the "Morning Leader" on March 1). The…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 2

In consequence of the success of the Winter School for Farmers during the last three years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof,…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural Collage

The Riverine Grazier · 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 already made for a repetition thereof,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Profitable Small Holdings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 2

The most profitable and most suitable industries for a small holding are —Bee-keeping, poultry-keeping, cow-keeping, pig keeping, fruit-farming,…

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The Farmer’s Question

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 1

Passing through a small town the other day. I was attracted by a man who stood upon a box, waving his arms and evidently interesting a small…

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Well-boring in the Hay District. The New Factor in Pastoral Occupation. A Year's Record of Success

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 2

The new factor in pastoral occupation, that of the obtaining of fresh, and nearly fresh, water in bores, in country where the well previously sunk had always…

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City Shooting Affray. Young Farmer Attacks a Merchant. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 2

A sensational shooting affray occured in Hunter-street; city, this afternoon, when Mr. Ernest Barber, a merchant, 33 years of age, was shot at by a young farmer…

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Sheep Shearing at Walla. Proposed Extensive Shed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 3

PORT OF FREMANTLE.An endeavor is being made to have the Walla Walla Station shearing shed lifted up with a complete shearing place for the coming reason. Mr. Ayers, of the Merriws,…

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Kiewa Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 47

The monthly meeting of the directors of this factory was held on the 29th ult. Present—Mr. Macdonald (in the chair), and Messrs. Briddon, Coulston…

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Wheat Diseases

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 17

In the course of an address at Goorambat last week? Dr. Cherry, Director of Agriculture, referred to wheat diseases and said that with regard to smut and rust…

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Wool Market Definitions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 17

The technical term "tops" in the wool sales reports signifies the combined fibres of wool, which in spinning are laid parallel by the combing machine, the short…

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New South Wales Greatest Wheat Centre. TEMORA

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 19

In the eighties when Temora first made its name conspicuous on account of the discovery of alluvial gold, little did not population of that period ever imagine…

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Condition of Butter Factories and the Training of Factory Managers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 5
Also in Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press, Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

IN view of the controversy in regard to the necessity for the establishment of a State butter factory and school for the training of factory managers, the report…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 7

"I haven't the slightest 'idea," replied Abe. "I am a friend of Mr. Lipscombe, and was on ray way to the office in the hopes of finding him there, when the bell…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Prices Advance 5 Per Cent. Sydney, June 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 21

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co. Ltd. report:—We brought forward a catalogue of 1350 bales at our yesterday's sale: The offerings were of considerable interest, as…

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