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Farming & the land, 1909

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Farm and Field. The Art of Milking

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 4

To have a talk with the good farmer[?] in your district is worth a good deal to you. In every district there are some farmers who possess a special knowledge…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 2

Private cables to Sydney state that a lot was done in a firmer wheat market on Thursday. This firmness is reflected in Sydney, sales taking place…

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The Wheat Crop. Mid Harvest Estimate a Fourteen-bushel Average. Yield, About 26 Million Bushels

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5

The position is not so bright now that we are in the midst of the harvest as it was earlier. At that time it was calculated that the probable…

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A New Wheat Centre. Temora

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 5

Harvesting being well under way in the extensive wheat belt lying between Stockinbingal and Wyalong, and stretching across to Coolamon, some…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Gundagai District Devastated Sheep Burned to Death. Gundagai

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 2

A disastrous bush fire is raging in the Gundagai district. Over 5000 acres have been devastated and 300 sheep roasted to death on the flats…

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M.P. and A. Association. Wheat Storage and Pony Trot Disqualifications

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held last night in the committee room…

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Growing Crops. Judge's Remarks on Recent Competitions

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1909 · page 2

Mr. T. W. Dunn, who was the judge in the recent growing crop competition held in connection with the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural…

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Bush Fire at Gadara. Grass and Wheat Crops Destroyed

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

Shortly after the outward train passed along the line through Gadara yesterday afternoon, a fire sprang up on Mr. Fred Downing's property, and…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

Owing to the firmness of prices for N.S.W. milling wheat it has been decided to raise the quotations for the leading Sydney brands of new flour…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Police V. Noonan

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 4

In the police court to-day, before Messrs. S. H. Dickson and J. J. Leahy, J.P., Michael John Noonan was charged with stealing a sheep, the property of…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 3

The following land reserved from sale, lease or licence has been revoked:—About 365 acres, parish of Coole: man, county of Buccleuch, reserved in…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1909 · page 2

B wise ; place your X mas order early 4 the choicest fruit and fre[?] vegetables, primest dates, prunes, figs, nuts, ginger, cordials with E. C. O'Sullivan…

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The Wet-wool Problem

The Worker · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 5

Dear Worker,—After reading Dr. Hutchings' report on the wet-wool problem, I have come to the conclusion that it was exaggerated. He states that "at very…

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In Victoria. Wheat Fields Devastated

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 2

Further accounts of the bush fires which raged over a great part of Victoria on Monday show that the devastation was much more extensive…

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Wool and Grain Stores Employees

The Worker · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 9

The fifth general meeting of the Wool and Grain Stores Employees' Union was held at the Trades Hall on Saturday night, 18th inst. In the absence of the…

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Fifty Acres of Wheat Destroyed. Young

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 2

A bush fire broke out on Bolton's property, Spring Farm, near Young, destroying 800 acres of grass, fifty acres of wheat, and a large quantity of…

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The Wheat Market. London Set Back Reflected. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 2

Private cables to-day state that there is a set back in wheat in London to the extent of from 3d to 6d per quarter. This weakness at Mark…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. the Gerogery Out Break. Standing Crops Destroyed. Miles of Fencing Burnt. Homesteads Jeopardised

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 2

The outbreak of fire at Gerogery East reported in the last issue of the "Advertiser," involved disastrous results for a tract of country between…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:—We hold our last wool auction for the year 1909 on the 9th, and had no reason to complain of the reception…

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New Wheat Shed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 3

At the present time another wheat shed is being erected by Mr. G. F Grill at his mill in Tumut, for the purpose of coping with all the grain…

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