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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales. The Country Party Platform. OBJECTIVE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 4

(a) The return of members into Parliament having a practical knowledge of country interests and requirements generally…

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Wagga Growing Crop Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 2

The growing crop competition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the 1912 show was won by Mr. E. Field, of…

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English Wheat Market

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the following official report of the English wheat market:-"London, Nov. 29: Wheat market quiet. Liverpool market steady, but…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 4

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Coy. Limited repot:—At our usual weekly sale we brought forward a catalogue of 2571 bales. The…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Coy. Ltd. report:-We offered at our sale to-day a splendid catalogue of 4000 bales, The balk of the wools offered were drawn…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

Messrs Dalgery and Coy. held their eighth wool sale of the season to-day. The market was very firm, all sections operating. They sold:—Armytage's…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

There was a good demand for all classes of wool at the London. Wool Sales yesterday. Prices for merinoes were unchanged, while rates for crossbreds were firm…

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Manuring of Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

The Irish Department of Agriculture makes the following recommendations as a simple system for manuring some of the principal crops:-…

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The Farm. Fertility in Pasture Lands

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

The manager of the Moumahaki Government Experimental Farm, N.Z., has given some valuable information and advice concerning the…

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Prairie Grass with a Grain Crop

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

"Practical Farmer" (Palmerston North, N.Z.) writes:-For many years I have had most satisfactory results from the use of prairie grass as…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. report:- We today submitted for our eighth sale of the Series an attractive catalogue of 4900 bales, including a good display of wools from…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

A good selection of wools was offered at the London sales yesterday. Continental buyers conducted a spirited demand for fine haired sorts…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land. Picking and Grading Fruit

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 4

There are few, if any, of us who have arrived at the stage of perfection either in the care of our orchards or the picking and packing of our fruits…

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Victorias Wheat Yield. 25,540,000 Bushels. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 2

A few weeks ago the prospects for the wheat harvest in the northern and northwestern areas were not very bright, but the recent rains have encouraged the Railway…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the directors of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was held on Wednesday last. Present—Messrs. Sleeman (ch.), Roe, Wilson…

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Wool Sales

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 2

Goldshrough Mort & Co.. submitted 4,900 bales, prices ruling representing the highest of the series 19d being paid for the clip branded…

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Hints on Sheep Dipping

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 16

Various reasons are advanced for failures of sheep dips, but often enough these are due to the use of inferior dipping medicaments, errors in mixing, over dilution with…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 5

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, including Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones, and Devlin Ltd., Hill, Clark and Co., Ltd., Pitt,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. report:—We held our eighth wool sale of the season on Monday, offering a really choice catalogue of close on 5000…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Buoyant Market. Wool Shortage Growing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 21

The volume of supplies is rapidly on tho vane, and brokers from now out will find it impossible to present full catalogues. This, indeed, is no matter for surprise, as…

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