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Farming & the land, 1909

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Commercial. the Wool Market

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Company Limited, Sydney, report under date 15th June:—Such greasy wool as is available at present is being held over for the…

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Land and Sheep in Old England

The Worker · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 21

From "Six Centuries of Work and Wages," by J. E. Thorold Rogers; eighth edition, Sonnenschein, London, 1906:— Acts of Parliament in the sixteenth…

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Skipping Disasters. Two Vessels Lost. Australian Wheat Ship. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

A cable has been received in Sydney that the French barque, Turgot, outward bound from Hall to Australia, and the German barque, Hertzogin…

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Farmer's Terrible Plight. Sixteen House in Rain. Cooma

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

Andrew Bond, sen., a farmer at little Plains, was brought to the Cooma Hospital yesterday, suffering from a fractured skull and paralysis…

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Local and General News Light Railways in Farming Districts

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

As has been the case in New South Wales, the success which has attended fanning operations in South Australia during recent years has been…

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Dry Farming Senator McCOLL'S Impressions American Goodwill. Prickly Pear Will Pay to Cultivate

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

Senator McColl, of Victoria, left Australia in January as accredited representative from Australia to the Dry Farming Conference at Cheyenne,…

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Farmer's Terrible Experience

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

Andrew Bond, sen., a farmer at Little Plains, was admitted to the Cooma Hospital on Monday, suffering from a fractured skull and paralysis…

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Co-operative Butter Factory Movement

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

The provisional [?] of the proposed Co operative Butter Factory Company (Mr. Chairman McMicking presiding) met at the Tumberumbe…

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Depth of S[?] Wheat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

What is the best depth to sow wheat? Acording to an American report, farmers who are wise and given to investigation do not sow as much wheat per…

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The Markets Wool Reports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 3

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co , Ltd.; report under date 15th. June. Such greasy wool as is available at present is being held over for…

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Mammoth Wool Store. Largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Some Startling Figures

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

There is being erected in Pyrmout a wool store that will be the largest in the southern hemisphere, and, with the exception of one mammoth store in the Argentine, the largest…

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On Farm Ard Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 2

Crown lands for a C.P. lease.—Cootamundra district. Portion 191, 2280 acres, (at £1 per acre), annual rent £57; situated one mile from…

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How the German Farmer Is Protested

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

The lot of the German farmer in his own country should be a happy one. He is protected in his industry by a paternal Government, and the…

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Dairy Salt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

A good sample of dairy salt contains 97:5 to 99:5 per cent. of sodium chloride; the balance consists of such impurities as lime, calcium…

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Farm and Field. Humus

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 4

The successful farmer keeps his ground well supplied with humus. Humus not only contains a large amount of fertilising material but it assists in…

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Special Sheep Sale at Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 8

Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (successors to Chas. L. Griffith, and Co.) report having held their special sale of sheep at the Albury municipal yards on Friday…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Millwood-road F.S.A. was held at Currawarna. The election of a delegate was the business before the meeting and…

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Milwood Farmers and Settlers

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the Millwood branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Commercial Hotel, Currawarna, on Wednesday afternoon,…

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Sheep in the State. Reduction of Large Flocks

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 3

The Premier ban furnished the complete figures used by him at his meeting on Thursday night in relation to sheep flocks, and the change that has…

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