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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 114

Dreadnought Farm Boys

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 33

Some time ago an effort was made to collect by public subscriptions in New South Wales a sum of money sufficient to build and equip a Dreadnoughts as a…

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Mr. Patten Urges Farmers to Stand with the Liberals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 32

Speaking at Brisbane on the threatened breaking away of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Patten, member for Hume, urged harmonious working for the…

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Advance in Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 18

In a recant issue of the London "Times," in a special article headed "The New Farmer," it is stated:—"We have signs in plenty that the farmer is advancing along the lines…

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Putting in the Crop. Rannock, via Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." I am in the fourth class at school. I like going to school. We have a quiet pony and we drive to…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Clear Hills Branch

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2

The annual meeting of above branch was held at Oaklands on Saturday, 11th instant. Mr. M. Fitzpatrick was in the chair, and…

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Farmers and Cornsacks Proposed Investigation

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 1

A discussion took place at the quarterly meeting of the Tamworth district; council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on the subject of the…

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Lone-hand Game Is Suicidal Mr. Patten at Brisbane. Urges Farmers to Stand with the Liberals. No Time to Be at Loggerheads

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 6

Speaking at Brisbane last week on the threatened breaking away of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Patten, member for Hume, and whose…

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Making Farming Pay

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

We are all trying to make things pay, but we refuse to invest enough brains in the study of things so that we can make them pay. Farming…

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The Producer's Point of View. What Is Farm Management?

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

What is farm management? How is it to be applied to farm problems as a method of work in their solution? If it is not a definite method of solving…

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Dairying. Herd Testing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4
Also in The Riverine Grazier, The Corowa Free Press

What is Revealed About Profits. The extent to which herd-testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than…

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Butter Mushrooms

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

Ingredients.—3 quarts of fresh mushrooms, 3ozs;. of butter, 1 small teaspoonful of salt, ¼ teaspoonful of powdered mace, a little cayenne…

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Wheat Pakling

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

At this season of the year in tins district every attention is being given to wheat-sowing, and one of the great essentials is to have good clean…

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Sowing the Wheat. Some Seasonable Hints

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

Practical points in connection with the sowing of wheat are offered by the Chief Inspector in the course of conversation, in reply to the suggestion that they…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Selecting Seed Potatoes. Some Practical Men's Opinions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

Discussing lat week the methods adopted by several experienced growers in New England in the preparation of their land for potatoes, we pointed out that about…

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Dairy Herd Testing. What is Revealed About Profits

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

The extent to which herd testing has benefited the dairy industry in Denmark cannot be better expressed than in simple statistics. It was in that country, a…

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The Farmers' Forces. F. & S.a. Organiser Appointed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6

The Albury District Council of the F. and S. Association at its meeting yesterday appointed a paid organiser. There were 11 applications for the position. The…

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The Farmers' & Settlers' Association. Meeting of District Council

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6

The Albury district council of the F. and S. Association met at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. H. F. Ogilvie, of Bowan (president), C. A…

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Drowned in a Well Farm Laborer’s Death

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

John [?] at Daylesford Park pretty price was drowned in a well on Saturday morning The body was…

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