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Farming & the land, 1909

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N.s.w. Wheat Harvest. the 1908-9 Season. Official Estimate

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 3

The revised estimate of the area in N.S.W. under wheat, and the probable yield of grain and hay, for the present season, have just been completed, and Mr John B. Trivett,…

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The Dairy Home-made Cheese. a Simple Process. Appliances Required

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

Any Intelligent person can make good cheese for home use with a few cheap and slmple appliances. Those.needed for the purpose are a clean vat, tank, tub…

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A Peculiar Crop

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

Farmers in the Kerang district are much exercised in their minds to determine the nature of a remarkably versatile crop. It has been raised near the township, and is…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 16

Always keep the best calves and by doing so you will develop good cows, which are always valuable. Dont, allow your dog near the cows if…

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The Dairy. Home-made Cheese. a Simple Process. Appliances Required

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 5

Any intelligent person can make good cheese for home use with a few cheap and simple appliances. Those needed for the purpose are a clean vat, tank, tub…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report: —We held our first sale of the year on Wednesday, when we submitted a catalogue of 4490 bales, of which, including private sales,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4

After an interval of nearly four weeks the wool sales were resumed in Victoria on Monday, when Dalgety and Co. Ltd. submitted a large and attractive…

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Alburt Wool Bales. Younghusnand, Row & CO. Py. Ltd

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

Younghusband, Row, and Co., Prop. Ltd, report:—The first sale of the new your was held yesterday, when the local brokers exhibited catalogues…

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Heavy Yield of Federation Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 2

Adelong has not hither to been considered a cereal-producing district: in fact, no grate has been grown there up to the present beyond actual local…

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Maize for Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

A new departure in Victorian agriculture has been taken by MR. John Stewart, a farmer in the Dean's Marsh district. Be sides growing the ordinary crops of oats,…

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Record Wheat Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Enormous quantities of wheat are being delivered at all the stations along the Corowa Culcairn line, but Balldale takes the lead easily…

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Lecture on Wheat Growing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Mr. G. L. Sutton, of the Experimental Farm, Cowra, has Expressed his willing[?] to visit Corowa for the purpose of delivering a lecture on…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Jan, 12

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., Ltd., held their usual weekly sale this afternoon, after an interval of four weeks…

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Australian Dry Farming. Paper Before the Science Congress

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, contributed to the Science Congress now sitting in Brisbane, a paper which he…

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London Wool Sales. High Opening Rates. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 2

The first series of London wool sales for the present year opened to-day, when the market was strong, Merinos sold at rates fully equal to the good to the good prices…

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The Sheep Fly

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 18

Mr. W. H. Webb, Bathurst, writes to the "S.M. Herald":-Anything that will assist sheepbreeders to cope with the sheep fly is welcome news. Just now fish oil is…

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Wheat-growing Encouraged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 18

The Government of South Australia has offered three prizes of £100 each to be awarded in 1910 for the best wheat respectively in (a) districts south of Adelaide…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool and Produce Brokers report as under:—We offered another large and representative catalogue of wool yesterday, when…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 5

The Australian Mortgagee Land and Finance Company, Limited report.—We offered to-day about 3200 bales and very active competition. Merinos and…

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Walla Wheat Yield

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

The average wheat yield in Walla Walla is estimated at 22 bushels to the acre. This is regarded as excellent, and will be one of the best yields ever experienced in the…

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