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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 114

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

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

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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N.S.W. Parliament. Mr. Cusack and the Speaker. Mr. Ball and Wheat Congestion. Sydney

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

In the Legislative Assembly this evening, Mr. Cusack (Labor member for Albury) asked the Speaker (Mr. Meagher) whether anything had been done to fill…

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Wheat Harvest of 1913-14 in Southern Districts. a Great Aggregate Result. Excellent Results in Lower Riverina. Very Moderate North of the Murrumbidgee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 41

The wheat season of 1913-14 is drawing to a close, as only the wheat from farmers who are situated a long distance from a, railway station has to come in. The…

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A Soil-enriching Crop

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

All leguminous crops are invaluable in enriching the soil. Peas especially have been found of great service in the rotation, especially in the southern districts…

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Starting a Poultry Farm

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

A correspondent who intends to start poultry farming, and who wished to avoid making any initial blunders, has submitted a series of questions. These, together with…

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Farmers and Fertilisers

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

A farmer should first take care that all the farmyard manure produced on his farm is properly utilised, and should see that this valuable source of fertility is not…

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Lockhart, Farmers

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

At the Lockhart Farmers and Settiers' meeting on Wednesday evening considerable discussion took place relative to fixing the membership fees…

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Remarkable School Farmer at the Head

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

A Sunday school in which all traditions and old-time theories are upset and swept away is a distinctive feature of Hutchinson, Kansas (says…

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Waiting for a [?]Ull Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 3

A new postoffice was established in a small village away out West, and a native of the [?] was appointed postmaster. After a while complaints were made that…

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Farmers and Organised Labour. (To the Editor.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

Sir,--In your issue of February 27 a well-known Corowa identity, writing over the initials of "L.O.V." and under the heading of "Let us think,"…

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The Farmer Pays

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 7

The cost of recent industrial legislation is being brought vividly home to the rural population by the advance which is being enforced in railway…

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Varieties of Wheat. Farmers’ Experiment Plots, 1913

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 6

The results of the farmers’ experiment plots for the past season are now available for purposes of comparison, , and some useful information awaits the…

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Farm and Field. Original Article Increasing Butter-fat Yield

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 4

Although no great difference of opinion may exist among intelligent dairymen as to the utility or seasonableness of the work of increasing the…

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Turkeys for Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 1

No [?] can suc[?]erd butter with turkeys than the farmer if he will barrow upon then a [?]ction of the care be [?] on his shee[?] and cattle…

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London Wheat Market. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 2

The wheat market is quiet, Prices are unchanged…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 2

There was good competition at the wool sales yesterday, Prices for crossbreds were unchanged. For merino the prices were in favor of sellers…

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Increasing the Wheat Yield

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Referring to the two cereal seasons 1912-14, which were marked by rainfalls under the average, the South Australian Director of Agriculture…

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Sewing Bags of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Bag sewing is a seasonable topic, and there has been a great deal of discussion lately as to how many bags of wheat experienced men could [?]ow per…

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Shocking Cattle Trucking Conditions. Without Water for Over Three Days. Sixty Cattle Killed Shambles at Wodonga Railway Yards

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 3

Forty trucks of cattle from Armidale, N.S.W., arrived at Wodonga on Sunday morning in a shocking condition, and under circumstances involving great cruelty…

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The Coolamon Chaffcutters' Strike. Another Attack on Maloney's Farm. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 2

The Wagga farmers suggest that special constables should be appointed to prevent raids by gangs, upon chaffcutting plants…

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