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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 114

Farmers’ District Council

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 2

The District Council of the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association in Murray electorate met on Thursday afternoon at the School of Arts. Messrs G. Evans,…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Green Manures

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

Amost any herbaceous plant has some value when ploughed under as a green manure. The weeds that get a foothold in the garden and…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 2

A good rale marked the continuation of the Loading wool sales to-day, and prices touched the highest level of the present series…

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Ulster Farmers Willing to Drill. But Startled to Receive Arms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle" (Liberal) save a number of farmers in County Down and County Antrim were not adverse to their sons joining Sir Edward Carson's…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 3

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge with thanks receipt of the following moneys received in connection with the above:--…

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Latest by Wire. SYDNEY, Monday. Wheat, 311

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

A sensational affair occurred on board the steamer. Themistocles, which arrived in Sydney this morning from London via ports. It appears that a man named…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association v. the A.W.U. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

Sir,—In you issue of May 8, Mr Organiser Evans endeavours to reply to my letter of May 1st. I do not intend to take up your valuable space in replying to his, drivel…

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Sea Carriage of Wheat

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

Farmers' Bulletin, No. 81, entitled, "The Sea Carriage of Wheat," which is now available for distribution, is intended to provide briefly the…

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Sheep Farming in Canada. New Zealander Begins Industry. 10,000 Acres Purchased. Edmonton (Alberta), Tues

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

It has fallen to the lot of a New Zealander to inaugurate in Alberta the sheep farming industry, which has not hitherto been attempted in any of the Canadian…

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Horses Die From Eating Wheat. Plaintiff Recovers £100 Damages

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

A case was heard in the Country Court, Melbourne, on Monday before Judge Moule, in which John Hannon, of Swam Hill, farmer, sought to recover £200 from…

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Romance of Famous Airman. From Farm Laborer to £20,000 a Year

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 3

The career of the famous French airman Chanteloup the "looping" export who has been giving flying demonstrations at Hendon, is one…

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Ganmain Farmer Killed. in a Driving Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 4

Mr. Patrick O'Brian, of Dullah, while driving from Gunmain to his home on Monday evening was thrown from the sulky and killed. The deceased was a…

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On the Farm. Sowing The Wheat. Some Seasonable Hints

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 1

Practical points in connection with the sowing of wheat were offered by the Chief inspector in the course of conversation, in reply to the…

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Boom in Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 25

When the wool sales opened at the Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Friday for a three days' series of auctions, after an interval of six or seven weeks, it was like the…

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Dipping Sheep When and How

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 1

Were it possible to effectively dip sheep immediately after shearing, there is no doubt it would greatly simph[?]y the operation and save a second…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 4

Wheat shows a distinctly firmer tendency to-day; but whether such tendency may be merely temporary or more permanent remains to be seen. Locally the…

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The Cost of Wheat Handling

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 17

Mr. T. M. Denton, of Manildra, thinks it would be interesting to readers and politicians to give them some idea of what it cost to handle 25,000 bags of wheat…

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Wool and Produce Reports. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:—

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 6

Wool.—Catalogues aggregating beteen 24,000 and 25,000 bales will be submitted at next week's wool sales, embracing a representative display of…

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Effect of Super-tax on Sheep Studs

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 32

Speaking at the show settling at Coonamble the Minister for Lands (Mr. Trefle) said that certain facts in connection with the Super-tax Bill had been suppressed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Deportment. No. 159…

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