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Farming & the land, 1909

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F.a.q. Wheat Standard

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

The grain section of the Sydney Chamber of commerce has fixed the f.a.q. of wheat for the present season at 61½lb to the bushel…

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London Wool's Sales. Market Less Irregular. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

The January serious of London wool sales was continued on Friday. In the presence of the good attendance of homer and foreign buyers. The market…

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Applications for Walla Farms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

On our fourth page will be found a full list of the applicants for the closer settlement farms at Wallla, together with a concise description of the farm the applicants have applied for…

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The Wheat Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

Wheat carting is still proceeding apace, and blocks are occurring in many districts owing to the shortage of trucks, Balldale is an…

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Wool Sales. Dalghety and Co. Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report:—We offered 6000 bales, including consignments from every State of the Commonwealth. There was a large attendance of buyers…

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Lucerne As a Crop

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

Considerable intercut has been aroused by the announcement that a consignment of lucerne hay from the Victorian Government irrigation Farm at Wy[?] was sold…

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Wheat Growing Experiments

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

From four experimental wheat growing plots, under the supervision of the field branch of the Victorian Agricultural Department, about 1500 bushels of specially,…

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Transporting This Wheat. What the Crop Is Worth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 6

Farmers are everywhere agreeably surprised at the yields of wheat, which in most instances, have proved much better han the appearance of the crops indicated…

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Australian Pastoral Company Dividend of C Per Cent. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

The Australian Pastoral Company Ltd. has d[?]ured a dividend of 6 per cent, for the past year. A sum of £40,000 has been transferred to the reserve fund…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Jan. 19

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy., Ltd., held their usual weekly sale this afternoon, when they submitted a very…

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London Wool Sales. Crossbreds Hardening. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

The London wool sales were resumed to-day, with a large number of home and foreign buyers in attendance. Rates showed a tendency to vary. Short…

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

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

The Melbourne wool sales were [?]ned to-day when the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., submitted a [?]louge of some 5200 bales,…

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Glasgow's Cute Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

The sheep in the quiet of its native meadows or mountain side may lapse through sheer humdrumness of surroundings into that condition which justifies the epithet…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

The London wool sales were continued to-day. Crossbreds remained firm, but merinos showed a distinct [?]dency to weaken…

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Items of News the Wheat Traffic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 2

Wheat carting in various centres of N.S.W. is still procceding apace, and blocks are occurring in many districts owing to the shortage of trucks…

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Victorian Wheat Experiments. Results at Willaura

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 4

Through the instrumentality of the Willaura Progress Association, the Agricultural department was induced to establish an experimental plot, Mr. F. J. Lindon…

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Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

Wheat was quoted in Berrigan on Wednesday at 3s 6d. The arrivals at the local railway station are now easing off, the bulk of…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

A meeting of the directors of the Jerilderic Butter Factory was held on Friday last. Present: Messrs [?] (ch), Hamilton, Sleeman,…

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Mortality Among Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 33

One of the many sheep owners from, other districts who are travelling their flocks to the Coonamble and Walgett districts for grass, had a heavy loss whilst travelling…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 2

In connection with the Hospital Wheat Fund the secretary of the Border Brass Band desires us to state that farmers who promised…

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