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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 114

On the Farm. Diecing Stubble Land. Before Ploughing

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

The aim of the wheat-grower in districts at limited ra[?] should be to collect and conserve in the soil as much as possible…

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Farmers and Settlers Association Corowa District Council. Firms Siding with the A.w.u. to Be Boycotted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 5

The District Council in the Corowa electorate of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association met in the School of Arts, Brockesby, on Thursday. Present: Delegates:…

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Farm and Field. Original Articlr Specially written for this column. Influence of Seed Selection

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

How necessary it is for a farmer to exercise care in the selection of the seed that he commits to the ground is being increasingly demonstrated. In…

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Ostrich Farming

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

The New South Wales Government has sent an officer abroad under commission to bay, a number of the best ostriches that he can get hold…

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Price of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

The price of wheat in Sydney yesterday was 36 to 36¾…

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Order for a Wife. Mesmeric Farmer's Quest. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

Produce dealers do not usually act as matrimonial agents, but one such firm, Messrs Basche and Lowney, of 368 Sussex street, recently received a…

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Homestead Farms

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

In this issue Messrs. A. A. Piggin and Co., the well-known land agents, of Corowa, N.S.W.., announces a rare opportunity for land seekers to enquire farms…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 1

The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. Ltd. report (Feb. 5):—We held our closing sale of the regular selling season to day, when we brought forward 4252 bales. Our…

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Dried Potatoes as Cattle Food

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 3

Germany is evolving an over-increasing number of potato products and thus rapidly solving the problem of disposing of the once…

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The Matong Blocks. 1617 Applications for Four Farms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 3

That the demand for land suitable for wheat growing purposes still continues was illustrated by the great number of land seekers who applied for four blocks…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 2

Althouigh a slight reaction is reported by cable from England, the local market remains steady on the basis of 3/7/[?] alongside for current delivery, with little…

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Kiewa Butter Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 19

A meeting of the directors of this factory was held on the 31st ult., Mr. M'Leod being in the chair. A large, illuminated card was shown, which, had been sent from…

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Cruelty to Sheep

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

At Glen Innes Quarter Sessions last week, Charles Elstob was charged with cruelly and maliciously wounding two sheep. The…

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Opinions of Butter Factories

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

Cr. Tobin, who is a strong advocate of Government dairy supervision, recently wrote soliciting the opinions of the directors of the various butter factory…

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Wheat at Oaklands

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

Last week the number of bags of wheat that had passed over the railway weighbridge at Oaklands was given at 120,000, and it is…

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Agricultural Fertilising Wheat Crops. the Cowra Experiments Again

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 1

Readers of these "Notes" will remember that there were three features of the experiment at Cowra which, for convenience, has been called the…

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Lime and Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 18

Several authorities have held the opinion that the application of lime to wheat country would be profitable. So far the practice of liming the land for…

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Agricultural Notes. Fertilising Wheat Crops. The Cowra Experiments Again

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 17

Reader of these "Notes" will remember that there were three features of the experiment at Cowra which for convenience, has been called the continnous wheat…

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"Black" Wheat. Farmers and A.W.U. Agreement Denied

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. T. I. Campbell, general seretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, made a statement on Frida" in regard to…

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A New Zealand Sheep Auction

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

Last on the list at the Matawhere sheep auction recently was an aged ewe, whose shrunken sides and generally emaciated condition augured that…

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