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Farming & the land, 1909

1,267 stories in Murray's papers · page 63 of 64

Wool Sales. Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 3

Hill, Clark, and Co. Ltd., report:—Our catalogue to-day, which was the last to be offered prior to the holidays, contained 2,402 bales, of which we sold…

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Queensland Cattle Train Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 33

Information was received in Brisbane that a special cattle train which left Gayndah at 3.5 p.m. for Brisbane had been wrecked at the 52-mile point, near…

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Price of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 2

The local market price of new wheat, f.a.q., is from 3s. 9d. to 4s. per bushel, according to variety…

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Wheat for the Hospital

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 2

Mr. Edwin Bott, of "Oakbank," Bull Plain, is still working ha[?] do secure wheat for the local public hospital. This gentleman undertook the collection of…

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Wheat quoted locally at [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 2

Owing to the sudden cool change in the weather on Wednesday evening, it was found inadvisable to bold the Xmas tree in St. Colombes school ground,, and it was there—…

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Dead Wool and Sheepskin Dealing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 6

Morce Pastures Protection Board gave expression to a long felt suspicion by resolving at its last meeting:--"That this board is of opinion that an Act, should be…

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A Glimpse at the Wool Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 25

Will wool values hold up in the new year? That is the supreme question to-day eyer present before those growers who have not yet had a chance to meet the…

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How to Control the Wicrobe. By Miss Florcuce E. Seaton. holder Teacher's Diploma, Malland Dairy Institute and Kilmarnock Dairy School

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 6

Now that it is known that micro-organisms are the came of the changes which take place in dairy products, it is possible to make…

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Scarcity of Farm Hands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 17

The annual report of the directors of labor, presented to Parliament, recently, referred in part to the scarcity of laborers for the farm. The supply was…

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Bush Fires. Bowna District Devastated. Miles of Country Swept. Crops and Grain Consumed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 21

For some time past great anxiety has existed throughout the Riverina in connection with the dangers of bush fires. The copious rains early in the season gave…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 16

Troughs from which calves are fed should be scalded and rinsed with a little limewater every day. A Boxhill dairy farm, near Lismore,…

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Jerilderie Experimental Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 6

The following are the results of the tests taken at the experimental wheal plots grown by Mr. S. P. Wilson, Carrah (write the "Herald"):--…

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Riverina Labor Selection. [To the Editor of the “Pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 4

Sir,—Kindly grant me space to bring before the members of the A.W.U. and Political Labor Leagues in the Riverina Federal Electorate, participants in the…

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Bush Fires. Grass, Hay and Machinery Destroyed. Moama Farmers’ Losses

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 2

A fire which broke out on Monday morning about 13 miles from Moama caused great destruction before it was checked. The outbreak was observed…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (Copyright.) Rearing Calves on Their Dams. (Prof. F. S. Cooley, Experiment Station.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 1

When calves are allowed to suck their dams in some instances they are allowed to run with them until weaned. In other instances they are confined,…

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Tabletop Sheep Sale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

An important special sheep sale is advertised in this issue, Messrs. Younghasband, Row and Co., Ppy, Ltd., lustrueted by Mr. dames Mitchell, will offer at the…

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The Slave Market. Morocco's Human Cattle Pens

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 4

There are many slave markets throughout Morocco, but the most famous of all is at Marrakesh (Morocco City), the southern capital, lying…

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Federation Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 6

According to the director of Agriculture (Dr. Cherry), the amount of the Victorian wheat yield for the present season will depend very largely upon the question…

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Surplus Sheep in Central Queensland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 3

The sheep breeders in Central Queensland are at their wit's end as to how to dispose of their surplus sheep, and the subject was seriously…

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Four Chant Cattle for a Maharajah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 December 1909 · page 5

The four largest cows in Great Britain left Liverpool last month for Calcutta in the steamship Historian, consigned to an Indian Maharajah, who ordered them more…

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