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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

1,656 stories in Murray's papers · page 82 of 83

Robbed and Then Hanged. Millionaire Cattle Raiser. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 December 1912 · page 2

A dreadful crime is just reported from Chemnitz, a Saxon town at the base of the Ezgebirger, and the confluence of the Chemnitz with three other streams…

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Australian Butter. Swindles Worked in England. Sold Under Other Names

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 December 1912 · page 2

Startling reports by Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner, were tabled by the Minister for External Affairs in the House of Representatives in Melbourne on Saturday…

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Sales of Store Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 5

Messrs. A. A. Piggin and Co. report an increased and brisk Hemand for all classes of store sheep. They have sold for the week ending 21st December,…

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The Farm. How Legumes Re-made a Farm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 3

A short but effective story told by Walter W. Finley in the May number of "American Agriculturist":—At one time I depended on wheat…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited report:—Our last sale before the Christmas holidays took place to day, Tuesday…

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American Demand for Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 18

The prediction that the result of the American Presidential election would have some influence in sustaining the buoyancy of the Australian wool market seems likely…

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Taking Off the Crop. Hartwood Farm. Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 12

Bear Uncle Jeff,—We live three miles from Temora, and my brother and I walk in to school. I like going. There are over one hundred children going to our school…

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The Dairyman's Machine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 16

The dairyman is one who is instrumental in the production of milk and his machine is the cow. How long the cow has served nifty we do not know, but as fur back as history…

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Applying Farmyard Manure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 18

The most effective way to apply farmyard manure to the land is to cart it out fresh, and as soon as possible plough it in. When farmyard manure is thus quickly…

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First Crop of Mosouitoes Pleasant Valley, Morundah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have had lovely weather for this time of the year, and I hope all have had a share of the bountiful rain. The head master of Narandera school…

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Watching for "Santy." Gold Hill Farm. Bulgandra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have had a great deal of rain here lately, and it is making the grass look green. Most of the farmers have finished cutting their hay, and have started…

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Matching Farm Horses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 17

Horses on farms are so frequently worked in pairs that it is very necessary that they should he well matched. By this it is not meant that the team should be closely alike…

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Agricultural Notes. Dairying for Profit

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 18

The Importance and the Limitations of Herd-testing. Herd-testing is on the move as a progressive element in dairying in New…

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Another Farmer Stripping. Kamarah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is the first time I have written to you. My father is stripping now. We came over by train from Victoria to New South Wales. We had a good…

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Saved Their Crop. New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It has been very cold at our place. The farmers have had a lot of trouble with their crops around these parts. We were lucky, as we just had our wheat…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 4
Also in The Berrigan Advocate

These Notes are issued ever; week, tinder the personal superrialon of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. No. 86. DAIRYING…

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The Wheat Harvest Statist[?] Estimate Average of 10 BUSHELS

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 6

The Government Statistician has furnished his report respecting the estimated wheat production for the current sesson. It probable that…

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Dairying for Profit. The Importance and the Limitations of Herd-testing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 4

Herd-testing is on the move as a progressive element in dairying in New Zealand. The Dairy-produce Division of the Department of Agriculture has…

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Agriculture. "The Farmers' Handbook." a Guide to Best Methods

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 4

"In using in systematic order every part of his holding for some profitable purpose throughout the twelve months of the year, the farmer will find the key…

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