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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. a Farmer Robbed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

Henry Stephen Bishop, farmer, reported to the police at Camperdown yesterday that, while proceeding on foot along Cressy road late on Saturday night he was…

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Shipping Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon some 800 truckloads of wheat stood in the Pier station yard at "stamps" bar[?] at the local piers, and…

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Australian Butter Empty Boxes Re-filed. More Margarine Substitutions. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has made the important discovery that empty Australian-branded butter boxes are eagerly bought-up…

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Queensland's Butter Exports

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 32

The Dairy Produce Act provides that the quantity of moisture in butter intended for export must not exceed 16 per cent. Analysis of butter recently graded,…

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Butter Factory Meeting

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

A meeting of the directors of the local Butter Factory and Storage works was hold on Wednesday last. Present.—Messrs Steele (chairman),…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., report:—In Sydney just now everything is in active preparation for the re-opening of the wool sales on the 10th inst…

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Australian Butter. Impudent Imposture Exposed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 21

A fraud which has probably already done a great deal to injure the reputation of Australian butter has been revealed by Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New…

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"Tip" in Wool. Its Value to Wool Crowers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

The value of a good "tip" is well-known to every wool grower. A nice "tip" prevents dust and other deleterious matter penetrating into the…

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Pickling Wheat. Important Tests in South Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 17

An interesting experiment, which will prove of great benefit to farmers, was shown at the Parafield (S.A.) Experimental Farm on Thursday, when the Saddleworth…

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Dairy Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 16

The man who wants profit out of his dairy will keep a test record of performances by the ladies of the herd. Cow boarders don't pay…

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Closer Settlement. the Work Up to Date. 17 Estates for £1,780,000. Provision for 1,100 Separate Farms

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

The Minister for Lands(Mr. Morre) takes pleasure in referring to the development of the Government's policy of closer settlement…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest. 27,589,800 Bushels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 6

In the preliminary forecsst of this season's harvest published six weeks ago (writes E.N.R. of the "Australian") it was estimated that the total yield would…

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From the Farm-hands' Standpoint

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

The best class of both farmers and farm labourers are ready to strike hands in a effort to bring about improved conditions on the farm. This…

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Provide a Farm Office

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 4

What manufacturer would attempt to run his business without an office? We, as farmers, being business men, should have an office in which to…

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Care of Farm Implements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 6

Neglect to properly house their implements costs farmers fabulous sums annually. In the rush of farm work, implements are left where they were…

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Sheep Dip Taken for Sulphur and Treacle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 4

A fatal poisoning accident happened at Tabbal on Friday. w. A. M'Millan, a resident of Tabbul, gave his two children what he believed to be sulphur and treacle. and…

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The Camp at Seymour. Seymour, Saturday. Australasian Wool Exports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 January 1910 · page 2

The town is already bearing a military aspect, and the advance parties of the troops have arrived. The work of the erection of tents and horse lines is being…

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On the Land. the Wheat Crop. Rich Riverina. Southern Districts

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 4

The country from Wagga down to the Murray is carrying good crops on the whole, and a deccut average will be maintained. Taking the area embraced in the…

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Wool and Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 33

Wool and wheat continue to pour into Sydney in a manner indicative of a most bountiful season in the agrarian districts of the State. During last week just…

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Sheep Dipping

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 7

"There is a very close connection between sheep dipping and the wool fibre itself, a connection that I find is entirely overlooked and ignored by the…

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