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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 61 of 109

An Appointment. Falkirk Farm, The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—There is going to be another football dance at Cross Roads Hall, half the proceeds going to the Belgians. I must tell you about our school concert. It…

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Dredge Denounced by Farmers' Convention

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 32

About 200 delegates, at naming the Farmers' Convention, at Wangaratta, journeyed to Bright. The trip was undertaken in order to train first hand an impression…

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Free to Farmers

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 3

In these days of fixed prices and "wheat grab" it is pleasing to read the "Fertiliser" which is sent free to all bona-fide farmers…

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Tree Lucerne. As a Fodder Crop

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 6

A correspondent recently asked the Department of Agriculture whether Tree Lucerne, together with a little other fodder, would keep milking cows in…

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Dairy Science School. At Byron Bay

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 6

The Department of Agriculture Announces that arrangements have been made to held a Dairy Science School at the North Coast Co-operative…

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[?]Farmers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 2

In our [?] we advised farmers and made suggestions anent the Minister [?]rantee of 4s per bushed for [?] grown on new…

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Dairying. the Heaviest Milker. And the Babcock Tester

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 6

The annual statistics of the herd-testing associations affiliated with the Tweed-Richmond Herd-Testing Council provide plenty of food for dairy…

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Dairying. Foundations of Success. a Half Sheet of Notepaper

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 4
Also in The Berrigan Advocate

The specialists in charge of various departments in the College of Agriculture at the University of California, U.S.A., were asked recently to boil down…

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Dairy Science School. An Altered Date

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 4

The date of the dairy science school, which is to be held at Byron Bay during the winter, has been altered to the 9th August. It has been found that the…

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Dairying and Fertility

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 3

It has been found that where butter making has been carried on for a number of years farms have steadily improved in production. Where cheese…

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Farm and Held Original Articles. the Needs of Soil

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 3

To ascertain the needs of a soil for plant food is a not a simple matter. Chemical analysis, while it supplies information, is not a certain guide,…

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Profits of Wheat Acquisition Act

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night, in reply to Mr. Wade, Mr. Hall stated that 11,348,966 bushels of wheat had been secured under the…

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The Hospital's Wheat. Farmer Has None This Year

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 2

A "breezy" letter from Mr. W. J. Parker, of Germanton, was read at Monday night's meeting of the Committee of the Albury District Hospital. It was as follows…

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Canada's Record Wheat Crop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 23

The Canadian Pacific Railway Company Estimates that the Canadian wheat crop will yield 240,000,000 bushels…

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Keeping Butter Sweet

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 16

It is known that all animal fats take up odours with great avidity, a fact which is turned to much commercial account in the manufacture of perfumes. The most…

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Sheep-maggot Flies. Farmers' Bulletin No. 95

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 4

The "sheep-maggot fly" or the "blow-fly pest" is quite a modern trouble of the Australian sheep owner. It is frequently started, and it may be true…

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Teeth in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 17

In an article dealing with pastoral matters appearing in the "Australasian" the writer says: — Follow ing up the subject of some remarks recently contributed on…

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Lung Worm in Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 7

Some years ago a manager of a large sheep station sent for me and said, "Every year on this property we loose e number of sheep from worm troubles…

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