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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,656 stories in Murray's papers · page 48 of 83

Turkeys for Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 1

No one can succeed better with turkeys than the farmer if he will bestow upon them a fraction of the care bestows on his sheep and cattle…

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Homestead Farms. Four Blocks on Mundiwa

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 2

Four blocks of land formerly comprising part of Mundiwa leasehold are notified in the Gazette of August 7 as being available for election as…

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Official Wheat Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 2

"London, August 7.-Wheat market steady. No quotation. Liverpool market steady but quiet. For Australian wheat off coast there are sellers at 40/3 per quarter."…

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Crops and Stock in N.s.w. the Seasons Prospects

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 3

In an official summary of the condition of stock. crops, and water in N.S.W during. July, it is stated that generally speaking, the rains were of inestimable…

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Official Wheat Reports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the following official report of the English wheat market.—"London. August 8.—Wheat market firm and held…

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Official Wheat Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has re­ceived the following official report of the English wheat market:—London, August 9: Wheat market steady, but quiet."…

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The District. Farmers and Settlers. Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 August 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the above branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Burrawong Hall on Saturday, 3rd inst., and was well attended…

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Official Wheat Reports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the following offical report of the English wheat market.—"London, August 12.— Wheat market dull. Liverpool…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 5

When To Start Cultivating for Wheat. Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, in an article in the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture," discusses two points of considerable…

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President and Congress. Struggle Over Wool Bill. Washington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 2

In spite of the veto imposed by President Taft on the Wool Bill when it last came before him, the Democrats in the House of Representatives have again passed, the…

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Cost of Living in United States. Reduction Predicted Record Breaking Crops. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 2

Mr. wilson, the U.S. Secretary for Agriculture, in his official report predicts record breaking crops, the American value of which will total 1,800,000. He also…

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Woman in Male Attire. Former Resident of Wangaratta. Works As Farm Hand, Then Lorry Driver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 3

Occupying one of the stone cells at Carlton watch house on Tuesday evening was a young woman dressed in man's attire. Her name is Maria Lavell, her age [?]…

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Deniliquin Butter Factor

The Independent · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

The twelfth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders is the above Company was held at the Company's Office yesterday morning, when there were present Messrs…

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Australian Butter Trade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 6

In the House of Representatives on Thursday Mr. Fuller (N.S.W) moved -- That, "In the opinion of this House, the Government should instruct the…

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Sheep Up—chaff Down. Mucra, via Urana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We are having quite a lot of rain now, and the crops and grass are growing nicely. The price of chaff is not so high as before the rain…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Agricultural Notes. Cultivating for Wheat. When to Start

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 17

Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, in an article in the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture" discusses two points of considerable interest to those who are contemplating adopting…

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The Great Wool Industry. Menace of Small Settlement

The Independent · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

Speaking at the Condobolin Agricultural Society's smoke concert, Mr D. A Cameron, manager of station, sounded a note of war[?]ing that at once…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Lank by the N:s:w: Department of Agriculture

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

Lucerne versus The Silo for Dairying, j The question whether lucerne for hay or j maize is the better crop for the dairyman to giovr is being discussed by many dairy farmers in different parts of the State just now, and a letter which appeared in a re-…

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CABLEGRAMS. U.S. President's Veto. ^ House Overrides It on Wool Bill. Washington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

The House of Representatives by 174 votes to 80, yesterday adopted a resolu­tion in favor of over-riding President Taft's veto of the La Follette Wool Tariff…

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