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Farming & the land, 1908

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The Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co, wired that they held a wool sale yesterday in Sydney, and found the market firm for good wools. Medium and…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, lad., report, March 2, having submitted on Tuesday a catalogue of 1345 bales, which included some very good lines in…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

Wheat, f.a.q., is offering freely at 4/6, Sydney: Manitoba, milling, 3/11 Sydney. The "Age" (Melb.) writes:—"Wheat…

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Items of News. Farmers' Fair Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

I here was a fairly numerous attendance in the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, when the Farmers' Fair was brought to a conclusion by a…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Annual Fair

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

The annual fair under the auspices of the Wagga branch of the Formers and Settlers' Association took place in the Oddfellows' Hall yesterday…

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Farm and Bushworkers' Social

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. W. G. Spence, M.H.R., has written to say that Mr. Grayndler and himself will not be able to attend the smoke social, arranged for Friday…

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More Baby Farming

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5

Another case of baby farming, through not as bad as the one recently imported from Preston, V., goes to show that inspection by the State is pitifully inadequate, has come…

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Warwick Farm Aces

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 25

With so many leading sportsmen attending the Flemington meeting and the opposition of a pony fixture, Saturday's meeting at Warwick Farm may be said to have…

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Fleecing the Farmers

The Worker · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 16

THAT good old "friend" of the primary producer, Private Enterprise, has just been giving the Victorian farmer a taste of its philanthropy. During late…

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Farm and Field. The Wheat outlook

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

The salient feature or 1907 has been the continued and maintained increase In the price of wheat. The growth in values has not been confined to any…

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Marking Sheep and Lambs

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 3

An American farmer, referring to the marking of sheep and lambs, writes:—"I have adopted the following simple method of marking my lambs:—…

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Wool, Oat and Chaff Stealing

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 5

James Wilson was brought before Mr G. Stevenson, P.M., on Thursday, charged with stealing 3 bags of oats, two bags oaten…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles (All Rights Reserved.) Dairy Notes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 2

Long churnings cause more annoyance to the dairymaid in spring and autumn than at other seasons, and the cause of this is that at these two…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. the Wool Market

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 2

At Winchcombe, Carson and Co.'s wool sales yesterday the market was firm for good sorts, but medium and inferior grades showed no…

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Farmers and Settler's Asso­ciation

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

A MEETING of the committee of the newly-formed branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held at the Post Office Hotel on Tuesday…

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Dairy Cow's Age

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

According to a bulletin issued by the Wisconsin Dairy Station, a cow is at her best during her fifth and sixth years, up to which time the production of milk…

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Convenient Farm Horse

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 3

On the farm there is continual use for such a "horse" an is shown in Fig. 1. Not only when doing little Jobs of…

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The Dairy. Good Cow’s Yield

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

Canadian farming papers have recently been discussing, the question of what quality and quantity of milk a profitable dairy cow should produce. Replying to…

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The Wool Market

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report:— Our to-day's sale brought the weekly series of auctions for the present season to a close, and the one satisfactory feature is…

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Commercial. Wool. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

Messrs Schute, Bell and Co., report:— No change can be reported in values. Demand is still active for the better qualities, but for short, unskirted, unsightly parcels,…

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