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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 114

Dead Rabbit Diet for Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 17

At a recent meeting of the Wagga pastures Protection Board, Direction Halloran brought the subject forward in the hope, he said of some of the directors of…

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Wheat at Dookie College

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 16

This following is an extract from the annual report of the principal of the Dookie Agricultural College (Mr. H. Pye):—This season Currawa, a new wheat bred at the…

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Increasing the Wheat Yield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 16

Referring to the two cereal seasons 1912-14, which were marked by rainfalls under the average, the Director of Agriculture (Professor W. Lowrie), in his annual…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 1

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, Limited, Melbourne, report haying held their last sale of the current series on Wednesday when they submitted…

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War Canoe As Wool Carrier

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 3
Also in The Riverine Grazier, The Corowa Free Press

"Times change and we with time" might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of the world, and once the doughty…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press, The Riverine Grazier

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 147…

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Carnivorous Sheep. [?] on Rabbits Pp [?] Problem. Wagga

The Independent · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 2

At a income of the Wagga Pastures Protection Board. Director Halloran moved that the board advertise, for the benefit of stock-owners. for the best known remedy or…

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Grainless Wheat. Experts Opinion of the Cause

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 5

Asked what in his opinion was the cause of grainless wheat in the wheat belt, Mr. G. M. Mckcown, manager of the Wagga experiment farm, states:—…

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Forty Years' Wheat Prices Some Interesting Figures

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 6

Below is a comparison of wheat in-ices in England for 40 years, the prices representing the annual averages of British grown wheat sold in…

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Wheat Standard. Is the Present System Fair

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 2

A great deal of misconception exists as to the method by which the fair average quality standard of wheat of the State was fixed this year, and as…

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Urangeline. Ideal Wheat Country Railway Urgently Required

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 20

The Urangeline Station proprietors during the past three years have sold about 30,000 acres land privately in areas ranging chiefly 800 to 1200 acres. The…

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COMMERCIAL. (Continued from page 4.) Melbourne Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 21

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report:—On sales being resumed in the local market on Wednesday, we brought forward a catalogue of…

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Sheep Eat Dead Rabbits Discussion by Wagga Pastures Board. Expression of Opinion Sought

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 6

For many years past it has been experienced that in the summer time when feed is lacking in nutriment, sheep readily take to eating the…

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Potash and Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 18

One of the most striking effects of potash manures is the remarkable way in which they promote the growth of clovers and other leguminous plants. Thus when…

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Shortage of Trucks. Farmers' Meeting at Yerong Greek

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 6

A meeting of the branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Public Hall on Saturday afternoon last, when there were present…

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Homestead Farms

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 5

[A Homestead Farm is a lease in perpetuity. The principal conditions which attach thereto being perpetual residence and payment of rent and the carrying out…

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