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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 114

Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 2

Australian Merchants Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report: We held our last regular weekly sale of the season on Tuesday, 3rd inst., offering a small catalogue of 916…

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Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the directors of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was held on Friday afternoon, prior to the general annual meeting. Mr. A…

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Walla Wheat Crops

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 1

A correspondent writes that some [?] of a wheat crop near Walla Walla which had the appearance of [?], but which…

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A Wheat Pest

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 8

Not a few of the farmers in Eastern Riverina are inclined to ascribe the absence of grain from a great deal of the heads of wheat this season to the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Exhausted Soils

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

A conspicuous effect of the recent dry spell has been the identification of those orchards where the soil has been allowed to drift into an impoverished condition…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 8

Dalgetys held their thirteenth sale of the season yesterday (February 2), and last of the regular weekly series, when they offered large and attractive…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 1

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd. Melbourne, wire under Monday's date:— We held our thirteenth sale of the season on Monday, and the last of the regular…

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Local and General. Cattle Man's Outlook

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

A Sydney man who is closely in touch with the meat export trade predicts that ere long cattle will be worth at least 30s per 1001b. in…

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Street Battle Cattle-dealers Fight Cadets

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

One killed and five dangerously and others slightly wounded is the casualty list of an extraordinary fight in Luebeck streets late last night between a…

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Sheep Run Down by Motor Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 18

A flock of sheep being travelled to market is occasionally a source of annoyance to owners of vehicles driving along the same thoroughfare. But the fact that the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

These Notes are [?] every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. [?] Tr[?] Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly [?] the experiments of the Department. No. 144. AGRICULTURAL…

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Agriculture and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

[?] [?] No. 144. AGRICULTURAL…

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The Diminished Wheat Yield. the Disease Theory

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

The great problem of this year's wheat harvest has been the disappointing yields over wide areas from crops that apparently promised well when the strippers were…

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Quality of Australian Wheat. Sydney Merchant's Opinion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 16

Much has been written concerning the methods of handling, wheat in Australia, and during the past few years there has been an increasing tendency to agitate for…

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Agricultural Notes. Varieties of Wheat. The Department's Recommendations for the Ensuing Season

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 17

The annual conference of officers of the Department of Agriculture was held in Sydney in the middle of January, the principle business being the revision of the list of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Annual Meeting of Albury District Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 31

The annual meeting of the Albury district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association took place at the Albury Town Hall on Monday. Present—…

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Ostrich Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 17

One of the most interesting enterprises on Yanco irrigation settlement is the ostrich farm conducted by Mr. T. J. Herbert. He has expended much money and…

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A Stock and Crop Report. Albury District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I think, Uncle, you ought to try and get another poetry competition up. There have been a lot of bush fires about. There was one fire…

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English Dairy Show. Separate Competitions for Dominions. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

At a meeting held yesterday the council of the British Dairyfarmers' Association decided to allot separate classes for Australian and New Zealand butter at the…

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