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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 114

Historic Importance of Wheat

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 6

Wheat, since the earliest period to which history reaches, has always been accounted the most valuable grain of the culmiferous tribe, hence all…

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"Black Disease" in Sheep. An Invitation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

The veterinary cilleers of the Department of Agriculture have lately been investigating a few cases of black disease" a sheep which have been reported from…

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Sheep-fly Pest a Tastoralists Views

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 1

At a meeting of the Upper Hunter P.P. Board, a paper on the sheep[?]fly post was read by Mr. H. L. White, who for the past 30 years has been…

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"Black Disease" in Sheep an Invitation

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 6

The veterinary officers of the Department of Agriculture have lately been investigating a few cases of "black disease", in sheep which have…

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Meat and Wheat. Suggested Export Duty

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 7

At a smoke social on Saturday night in Melbourne, Mr. Fisher said that a suggestion had been made that an export duty should be put on meat and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4
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 for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 164…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Are You Going to Fallow? a Seasonable Enquiry

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

For wheatgrowers there is no subject of such immediate importance as the one we have set at the head of this article. upon the reply must largely depend the results…

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Storms in America. Wheat Fields Destroyed. New York, June 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 45

Remarkable storms have occurred in the States of Kansas and Ohio. A Kansas City message states that scores of persons have been driven from…

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Albury Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 47

Mr. H. J. Schroeder (vice-president) presided at a meeting of the Albury branch on Friday night. The town clerk, Albury, replying to a communication from the…

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Rare Chance for Farmers' Sons

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 47

The New South Wales closer settlement policy has resulted in the subdivision of New Park Estate, adjoining the New Park railway station, into six splendid wheat…

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Farm Wages in England

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 5

In some parts of Lincolnshire the wages paid to labourers is responsible for a good deal of ill-feeling among farmers. This has been brought about in a most…

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Farmers on a Small Scale. Triangle Flat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,-This is my first letter to the "Banner," and as there is no news to tell I will give yon a description of this locality. It is situated between…

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A North Coast Dairy Herd. What the Test Revealed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

Valuable testimony on the subject of hest testing is given by Mr. J. T. Young, of Rangalow, the owner of the hard that won first prize in the Tweed River…

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Farmer's and Politics. a Correspondent's Views

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

Mr. G. G. Miller, of "Gala Farm," Berrigan, writes to the "Guardian", under the caption "Farmer's and Politics," as follows—…

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Dairying. a North Coast Herd. What the Test Revealed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4
Also in The Riverine Grazier, The Corowa Free Press

Valuable testimony on the subject of herd-testing is given by Mr. J. T. Young, of Bangalow, the owner of the herd that won first prize in the Tweed…

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Farmers Anxious

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 7

The outlook for the crops in Riverina is causing considerable anxiety. Up to the present there has been fewer than 600 points of rain registered for the…

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