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Farming & the land, 1909

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Depth of Sowing Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 18

What is the best dept to sow wheat? According to an American report, farmers who are wise and given to investigation dont sow as much wheat per acre as they…

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Latest by Telegraph Latest Sydney News. Sydney, Thursday. Wheat. 5s. 3½d

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 2

A fire at Summer Hill this morning destroyed three small shops and damaged two others. Mrs. Houseman and her two children, who slept in a room above one…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. Commencement of Session

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 46

The sixteenth annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association commenced on Monday in the wool auction room of the Royal Exchange, with an…

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Farming Extraordinary

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 17

A novel experiment is about to be conducted on the estate of Blamakewan (Scotland), with the object of testing the affect of electricity on plant life. The…

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Marketing Dairy Produce

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 32

The delegates who during the past two days have been attending the conference in Sydney of local, Melbourne, and Brisbane co-operative selling agencies with a…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 16

Where there is anything of a dairy, porkers should, flourish. The younger the pig the more valuable to it is milk. Nevermix their food with water when milk is…

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FARMERS' & Settlers' Association. Opening of Annual Conference. [By " Delegate." Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 3

On Monday last this Conference (or "Farmers Parliament," as it is termed by some of the Sydney daily newspapers) was opened. The whole of the first day…

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O. & M. Dairy Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 July 1909 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the above Company was held on Tuesday, when all members were present, Mr. J. H. Sandford presiding…

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The Butter Factory

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Deniliquin Butter Factory Company will be held next Friday afternoon. The directors’ report shows that…

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N.s.w. Railways Chief Commissioner and the Farmers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 6

The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Johnson, attended the conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association on Thursday, and in the course of his…

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Farmers and Settlers Conference. Protist Against Export Duties on Produce. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 6

At the sittings of the Farmors' and Settlers' Conference to-day a motion was tabled as follows: That, in view of the proposed export…

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Farmers and the Land Tax. Dealing with the Large Estates

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 4

Speaking at the annual conference of the New South Wales Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association, the president, Mr Patten, M.L.C., referred to the…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles (All Rights Reserved ) Feeding Value of Roots

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 1

Farmers are indebted very much to root crops, as but for them the flocks and herds which have reached such marvellous standard of excellence…

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Dairy Cows at the Show. Interesting Competition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 2

Keen interest was taken by dairymen in the results of the tests of the milk from nine dairy cows which were entered for competition at the Show last week…

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The Trice of Butter

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 3

A good housewife informs me ("The Little Rascal," in the Junee "Southern Cross" that the price of butter, notwithstanding the good season, keeps up…

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New Sheep-shearing Machine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 3

A public demonstration was given in Melbourne on Thursday at an improved sheep shearing machine, invented by Mr. A. U. L. Neighbour, a young man…

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The Farmer's Conference on This Scheme

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 4

The Northern Murrumbidgee irrigation scheme was discussed by speakers at the Farmers and Settler Conference on Thursday, when resolution…

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Riverina Election. the Farmer's Candidate

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 4

At the last monthly meeting of the Clear Hills branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, the following resolutions were passed : (1)"That Mr A…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.s.w. a New Branch Formed for Wakool District

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 1

A meeting of farmers and settlers was held at Edwards' Hotel, Tooleybuc in Saturday evening, 10th July for the purpose of forming a branch of the…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Platform

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 4

The Farmers' and Settlers' Conference held in Sydney during the past week has adopted the following platform: I,-Land settlement to be paramount over…

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