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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Judging Dairy Cattle by Points

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 4

In a paper on this subject in the Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association, Mr. Ernest Matthews refers to the system adopted at the…

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Wool Report

Coolamon Echo · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

Messrs. Goldsborough, Mort and Co., write us as follows :—Anoth r very quiet week has been experienced in the local wool trade. Certainly we have had some…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society. the Prize List

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

The committee of the local P. and A. Association met at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, when there were present—Messrs W. Clarke (chair), E…

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Wool Report. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co, LIMITED

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 4

Another very quiet week has been experienced in the local wool trade. Certainly, we have had some little private enquiry, but offers made…

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The Rosebank Dairy. (Continued.)

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 4

It should have been mentioned in the former article that between the ceiling of the butter storeroom and the roof of the building a…

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Farm for Sale

Coolamon Echo · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 4

People who are in search of a nice compact farm could not do better than call on Messrs. Barnes and Stinson, who will be pleased, to give all particulars…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., report:— The next local auctions have been fixed for the 20th and 21st inst., and till then we…

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Wool Exports

The Temora Star · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

As the present is the last month of the statistical year, more than ordinary interest attaches to the wool Statistics compiled by Dalgetty and Company,…

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Farmers' Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

At the Homebush stock sales on Monday last, cattle were in great de­mand, and the market advanced 7/6. This will not affect the local market,…

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Farming Implements

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 9

The Committee will be glad to receive all kinds of Farm Implements on the ground, and will award certificates where the judges consider any exhibits worthy…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Annual Conference, Sydney, 5th JULY, 1900

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

Secretaries of branches are requested to send to Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary, their members' rolls, afliliation fees, delegates' names and…

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Wagga Experiment Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

A field trial of the Clyde Engineering Company's double-furrow sub-soil plough will take place at the Experiment Farm on Tuesday next. Several additions have…

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For the Farmer. a Curiosity in Stock Breeding

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 6

One of the curiosities in slock-breeding is the occasional predominance of one sex over the other in the young stock of oar flock and horde. This peculiarity is not always…

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Peas and Oats for Catch Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 6

On the above subject, Mr. John Gould, of Ch[?] reports to the "Rural New Yorker":— "Several years ago I became convinced that the corn fields should not remain bare all…

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Farm and Garden. Goslings and Young Turkeys

The Temora Star · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 1

The best time of year for goslings to be hatched is in March or April. The genera plan-- and a very good one-- is to place the first eggs that the goose lays under an…

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Double the Butter Product

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 2

Only a few days ago a good lady butter maker sent for me to come and test her borrows. There were seven in the [?] three of which went below 3…

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Hints to Dairymen

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 4

Of the wonderful capabilities of Jerseys as butter-producers a striking illustration has just been afforded by the result of a butter test recently…

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Valuable Plant for Farmers

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 2

Mr. Neil MacCalium, J. P., of Merulebale, produced at the meeting of the Junee farmers on Saturday, a sample of rape which was grown at…

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Junee Farmers and Settlers' Association. Junee Branch

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 2

A THOROUGHLY representative meeting of Junee Farmers took place at [?] hell's Hotel, Junee, on Saturday last, about f[?] landholders being present…

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Farmers' Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon there was a good muster at the adjourned meeting of the Cootamundra branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association at the Town…

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