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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

1,376 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 69

£2,500,000 Increase in Wool. New South Wales Gets £1,250,000. Best Year the State Has Ever Had. Success of Next Season Assured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

That the present wool season has been a record was universally admitted by leading firms interested in the trade when interviewed by the 'Sunday Times'…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 4

Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wool Grain and Produce Brokers, Sydney, report:—Wool sales for the principal part of the season have closed under…

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Lawless Chinese Coolies. Two Shot by a Farmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 3

A gang of Chinese coolies armed with sticks, who had escaped from one of the Rand compounds, attempted to force their way into a farm house in…

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[?] in Cattle

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

Every man possessing an animal, no matter of what kind, should know something about the more simple ailments to which it is subject, and also such methods…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Keeping Dairy Cows

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

IT is generally recognised that when during the period of the milk flow in a dairy cow is allowed to fall off to any considerable extent, it is not possible to bring…

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Farm and Field. "Starters," and How to Make Them

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

In answer to a question regarding "starters" and how to make them. Professor Farrington, of the Wisconsin Dairy School, gives the following…

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A Pigeon Farm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

Nowhere in the world, in all probability, can so many tame pigeons be soon in the air on the pigon farm or ranch which is to be found near Los Angles, in Southern…

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Dairying

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

A VISITOR recently returned from London assures us that the butter and dairying products of Australia fill a very small corner indeed of…

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The Wheat Season

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 5

Exports of wheat and flout continue to be made to Queensland and the East. The Empire, which left Sydney on Thursday, took 8139 bags, 12,440…

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The Wool Market

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 2

Dalgety and Company, Limited, wool, grain and produce brokers, Sydney, report :—Wool sules for the principal part of the season have closed under excellent selling conditions,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 3

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:—Wool.—There is practically no change to report. The inquiry for wool as…

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Do Sheep Eat Dead Babbits?

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

The Rev. J. Alldis, the rectory, Molong, writes to the "Sydney Morning Herald"—"1 regret to see by the Herald' of 24th ult. and the local…

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Proposed Butter Factory. Establishment Decided on

The Temora Star · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 3

A public meeting of those interested in the proposed establishment of butter factory at Temora was held in the School of Arts on Thursday…

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Temora Farmers' List. in Aid of the Hospital

The Temora Star · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 3

With the approval of the Committee we have opened a special list for farmers and will be pleased to receive donations from them in aid of the…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 3

We learn from Mr. W. H. Foord that additional promises, as under, have been made to provide exhibits for the "Murrumbidgee" District…

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Proposed Butter Factory. Committees Report

The Temora Star · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

The following is the report of the sub-committee which was appointed to consider the advisability of establishing a butter factory locally:…

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Tenant Farmers' Bill

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

A measure to protest tenant farmers' improvements has been read a second time in the House of Commons…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

"Tuberculosis in cattle and its possible cure by recent discoveries of Professor von Behring at Berlin" is the subject of communication by the Victorian…

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London Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

The March series of wool sales opened yesterday. The market was animated, prices showing from 5 to 30 per cent. advance on those ruling last…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Brookong Branch

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4

The monthly meeting was held in the School of Arts on the 8th instant. The President (Mr. A. Crawford) occupied the chair…

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