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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

1,950 stories in Murray's papers · page 65 of 98

Some Crops Good, Others Not. Culcairn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—In the Children's Page those last few weeks I saw the names of collectors and contributors of the Children's Ward fund. It appears to have been…

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Crops Two Feet High. Yerong Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have a lot of little pigs and about forty hens. I like riding very much. I often go out riding to have a look at the country. Yerong Creek is…

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Indian Cane. a Farmer's Method

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

A member of the Lower Portland branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. W. C. Gambrill, put in a few words on the value of Indian cane as a fodder…

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Farms for the Landless

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 2

Laud of the best quality for Mixed Farming, Wheat, Lucrene, and Maize Cultivation, Dairying, Fruit growing, and, in fact, any branch of agriculture, will…

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Dried Potatoes As Cattle Feed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 4

Germany is evolving an ever-increasing number of potato products, and thus rapidly solving the problem of disposing of the once enormous suplus…

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Market Reports. the Wheat Market, Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 2

A [?].tone prevailed in the wheat market today in Melbourne, in sympathy with a similar [?]. at the other end Options show a further advance of [?]…

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The Importance of Feeding Dairy Cows

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 3

She should never be stinted of succulent food during the whole of the milking period, not even for one day. If, for instance, there is a scarcity of…

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Practical - - Agriculture. Original Articles. Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserved. a Valuable Forage Crop

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 3

One of the most useful of our forage crops to grow are vetch, and when mixed with oats, rye, or barley, besides making excellent green feed, they make…

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Compulsory Sheep Dipping

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

Says the "S.M. Herald":--At the Wagga show a number of merino sheep were found heavy in ticks, and the judge, we are informed, considered that…

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Wheat Prospects

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

It is gratifying to learn from the State Statistician that the area this year under wheat is far and away the largest in the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

The Hay branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association held their regular monthly meeting in Mr Charles Hidgcock's office on Saturday, 30th ultimo, fully half…

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Using Kaighobes to Grow Beans. by Means of Bacteria Barren Land May Be Made to Grow Luxuriant Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 3

Nitrogen is one of the most important elements of the food of plants, and this they absorb from the soil principally through their roots…

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Farmers' and Settlers Association. Balldale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the Balldale branch of the F. and S., Association was held in the Public Hall on Saturday, 23rd August, Present--Messrs…

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Farm Produce

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 4

The most pleasing feature of this section is the increase of exhibits in the wheat classes, which are a great improvement on last year's Owing to the paucity…

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Illabo Farmer Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 3

Armour Harris, a well known farmer of Burring, near [?], spent Friday at Junee races and remained in town till between 10 home in company…

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U.s.a. Tariff Bill From Wool Soledule Passed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 2

Mesers Dalgety and Co.Lad., Melbourne, have recolved cable [?] that the Frce Wool Schedule of the [?].states Tarlif will has been passed. Wool will now be…

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Free Wool in U.S.A. Senate Passes Schedule WASHINGTON,Wednesday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 2

The Scaate has finally adopted the five schedules for Wool embodied in the new American tariff. The other features of the meansurs,inchiding the Curreney…

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Sheep. Merinoes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 23

The display in this class was good, though year by year the competition from large holders becomes loss. Whatever the sheep section has lost in the way of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. Agricultural. Lucerne As a Grazing Crop. a Farmer's Experience

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 6

"Lucerne is one of the finest things a man can introduce on to a farm." So said Mr. J. C. Wren, manager of "Towri" estate, near Wellington. It…

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