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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,656 stories in Murray's papers · page 81 of 83

Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, Melbourne, wire under Tuesday's date:—We submitted our last catalogue of the series to-day,…

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Pastoral. Improving the Pastures. Growers' Suggestions—With Comments

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 3

A distinctly interesting and useful discussion was that which was provoked at a recent meeting of the Coonabarabran branch of the Agricultural Bureau…

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Poultry. Smutted Wheat As Feed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The Department gives a word of warning to poultry keepers, who, in their desire to obtain the cheapest poultry feed, purchase smutted wheat…

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Experimental Wheat Plots. Grong Grong

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 4

The following are the particulars of yields of the wheat experimental plots on Mr John Charles’ farce near Grong Grong, as supplied by Mr H. C…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. December 16

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 5

Dalgotys held their last wool sale of the year to-day. There was a crowded attendance of buyers, and bidding was animated, and general prices being at…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 December 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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“Father” of the Wool selling Trade

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 4

A record of 50 years continuous association with the Sydney wool trade was completed last week by Mr A. H. Moore, general manager, of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural Fertilisers. Their Relation to Cultivation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 6

In the November number of the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture," the Agricultural Superintendent for that State discusses manurial problems,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Close of The; First Series. a Firm Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 21

The curtain has fallen on the first series of the 1912-13 season, and the orchestra, which has been heard, daily in the Collinsstreet wool exchange is for the time short-age of 54,782 bales, while the deliveries at tjie coast in Victoria are 123,0-15 less, and in "NTnitr Sr.nfl» W..1.™ lfiK««7 o fnfol «f W…

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The Stock and Crops. The Glen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I live at Mt. Alfred, which is only a short distance from Walwa. We have plenty of grass about here and nearly all the stock are fat…

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Father and the Boys. Sunnyside Farm, Kamarah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—My father is stripping and my brothers Ernie and Fred are sewing bags. Now that the harvest, is on I have to ride to Kamarah every day for…

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Dairying. Herd Testing. What Experience Taught

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Six years ago Mr. Burgess, a New Zealand farmer, started testing his dairy herd, and an account of his experience appears in the "Journal of…

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Jerilderie Farmers and Settlers' Association

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Saturday afternoon. Present—Messrs. M. D. Horgan (ch.), Elliott…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Oaklands branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday week: Mr. H. P…

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Dairying Under Irrigation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 3

It is expected that dairying will be taken up extensively on the Murrumbidgee irrigation settlements, and this being so, it is…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Corowa Branch

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

The meeting called for Wednesday afternoon last in connection with the above, lapsed for want of a quorum…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 7

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held their last wool sale of the year on Monday. There was a crowded attendance of buyers, and bidding was animated and general, process being at…

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Dairying. Herd Testing. What Expedience Taught

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 7

Six years ago Mr Burgess, a New Zealand farmer, started testing his dairy herd, and an account of this experience appears in the “Journal of Agriculture”…

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