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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 50 of 109

Of Interest to Farmers. Applications for Advance to Enable Clearing of Land for Cultivation of Wheat for Next Season

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 3

The Honorable the Minister for Lands has decided to make advanced to holders of the following features in order to assist such holders in clearing areas to be…

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Department of Agriculture. Sydney, May 20, 1915. Distribution of Fodder to Necessitous Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 5

Sir,--I have with regret to notify applicants for fodder that, owing to the difficulties the department and its agents are difficulties the department and its agents are experiencing in obtaining supplies of…

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PASTORAL & AGRICULTURAL issued under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture. Pruning Peach Trees

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 2

The pruning of several varieties of the peach tree where the soil conditions are at all favorable to growth has always been…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wakool Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 3

A meeting of the above Branch was held at Tooleybuc on Friday last, when Celonel McKnight (President) and Messrs Mickey, Luke, Broomhead, Millen, and…

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Female Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 17

When the Chief Secretary told a deputation from the Master Butchers' Association that he was disposed to stop the killing of heifers, he echoed a view that will…

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Earmarking Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 16

From New Zealand come particulars of a Canterbury former's invention for earmarking sheep. A patent has been taken out to protect it throughout the world. The…

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Loss of Sheep

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

A distressing scene was witnessed at the Urana railway station on Thursday morning of last week. A special stock train…

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Wheat Yield

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

From a city daily we learn that our Government already estimates Unit the nomine harvest in this State will yield some 60,000,000 bushels…

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Sydney Stud Sheep Fair

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 25

The annual stud sheep fair in Sydney will be held on Monday, 5th July, and following days. Mr. George Black, Chief Secretary, has…

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Seed Wheat Advances

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 33

The advances made to the cultivators throughout Victoria under the authority of the Seed Advances Act have amounted to such a very large sum (representing some…

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Sheep Market Easier in Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 24

Although most of the buyers at Newmarket sheep sales on Tuesday expected an easier tone in the market, few of them had hoped to see the considerable fall…

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Bluestoning Wheat. a Practical Question

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 5
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

Suppose I start "bluestoning" wheat with 3 lb. bluestone to 20 gallons water; and have ten bags to treat, how many bags could I steep before it would get…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 3

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 experiences of the Department. No. 213…

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Next Wheat Harvest. Sixty Million Bushels

The Independent · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

The New South Wales Government is well ahead with crop prognostications this year, and the opinion has been ventured that on present indications Anything up to…

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Sowing Wheat in Spring. An Experiment

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 5
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

The idea that wheat might grow in New South Wales if sown in the spring and harvested in autumn has been discussed on many occasions, and a trial…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 4
Also in The Riverine Grazier, Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

[?] under the personal [?] of the Hon. W. G. [?] Agriculture N.S.W., and [?] mainly on the experience of the Departm[?]nt. No. 213…

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