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Farming & the land, 1913

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Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

wHEAT.—The local wheat market is firm in town, and somewhat unsettled and unsatisfactory. Offerings are small, and most holders are "sitting upon" their…

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Butter Factory Co. Half-yearly Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

On Thursday morning the thirteenth half-yearly meeting of the. Deniliquin Butter Factory and Farm Produce Co. was held at the Company’s Office at…

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Wet Sheep. Shearers on Daily Wage. Can They Claim for Idle Days?

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

The question whether a shearer, engaged at a daily wage, can claim to be paid for days on which he cannot shear because the sheep are wet, came before…

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Practical - - Agriculture. Original Articles. Special Written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Hard Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

During the summer the chief trouble of the butter-maker is to make firm butter, while in winter just the reverse is generally experienced, the trouble…

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Market Reports. the Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 February 1913 · page 2

Wheat.—The local wheat market was again firm to-day with little offering. The ordinary town market may be quoted at 3/78 for February delivery, a shipper…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. February 18

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 3

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd., report-- Sales were resumed in this market yesterday, after an interval of four…

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Excursion by Walla Farmers. to Wagga Experiment Farm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 4

On Friday a party of members of the Walla branch of the agricultural Bureau paid a visit to the Wagga Experiment Farm. They were headed by their…

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Another "Port Lincoln " Romance. Farmer and Artisan's Wife. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 2

It appears that Mr. Albert Knight, exvicar of Hunslct (Leeds) and Miss Fauny Grimes are not the only eloping couple on board the s.s Port Lincoln…

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Land Available. Homestead Farm Three Miles. From Urana

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 4

It has been notified that part of forest reserve 20578 and travelling, stock reserve 991, Urana to Lockhart, and 2½ to 3 miles from Urana, is now available…

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Russian Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 4

In Russia the only two types of sheep are the common, coarse-wool sheep and the crossbred merino the latter being the lesser as regards numbers. The coarse…

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English Wheat Market

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the following official report of the English wheat market:—London, 21st inst. Wheat market steady, but quiet…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 4

Dalgety and Company report that after a months' interval, auctions were resumed in Melbourne on 18th inst., when they held their thirteenth and…

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Shearing Wet Sheep. Shearer's Claim

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

An important question to shearers and their employers, the solution of which affects some 27 cases pending, was submitted to the Bunco Court, Sydney, on…

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Amazing Feats of Sheep Dogs. a Day at the Sedbergh Sheep Trials

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 3

It may be considered an open question as to which breed of dog is the most intelligent, but those who understand the daily work of the…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Wheat Market. Wheat is quoted at 3s 8 1/4d per bushel. Weather Forecasts

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 2

New South Wales.—Warm and sultry generally, with scattered thunderstorms, chiefly in the north-east; north-weat winds, changing to cool southerly…

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Dairy Skimmings

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 4

At a Kansas agricultural experiment station the result of treating Cows with kindness were recently demonstrated to be the most practical…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Selection. Albury District Council. (To the Editor)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of the 21st inst. you describe a "little scene" at the meeting of the above council on Wednesday, and a so-called apology by Mr John Ross, of…

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Firbank Wheat

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 1

A sample of Fin back hay, produced in the Wagga district this season shows what a wonderful hay this wheat produces, the straw being very…

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A Sheep-selling Transaction

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 17

A very important case, to pastoralists, stock agents, and others, is reported as having been recently heard by arbitration. It appears that a contract of the usual…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of the following additional moneys in connection with the above:--…

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