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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 79 of 109

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 228…

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This Year’s Wheat Crap. Official Estimate

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

According to a return supplied by the Government Statistician, the area under wheat in this State for this year amounts to 5,138,000 acres…

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N.s.w. Wheat Area. a Million Acres Increase

The Independent · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

Some highly interesting figures have been furnished by the N.S.W. Government Statistician respecting the expansion of wheat-growing throughout New South…

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The Wheat Harvest. Estimate of 40,000,000 Bushels

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 7

Until the firms that are acting as chartering agents for the Commonwealth announce on 15 October to the Federal Afforney-General and the…

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Tocumwal Guardian Riverina Echo. and (Established 1897.) Friday, Sept. 24, 1915. 8,000 Sheep

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

Messrs: J. M'Namara and Co. will hold a special sale of 8000 Riverina bred sheep (off shears and in the wool) also [?]…

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Some Crops Too High. Gerogery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." I do not go to school now. We live five miles from Gerogery. It has been raining here again, and the…

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Frisky Times for the Horses. Falkirk Farm, The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I last wrote to you. The crops about here are getting a good height now. Nearly all the people will be cutting hay in October…

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Irrigation Farming. Laying Out for Furrow Waterings

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4
Also in The Riverine Grazier

The contour plan of land intended for irrigation having been obtained in accordance with the suggestions made in the article referred to a fortnight…

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Dairying. Pure-bred Bulls. The Percentage in Denmark

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4
Also in The Riverine Grazier

Stock breeders can be divided into three classes, viz., breeders of pure-bred stock, breeders of cross-breds or grade stock, and breeders of nondescript or…

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Dairying. Transformed Sunshine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

Products that do not Deplete the Soil "To sell butter father sugar means, from the standpoint of fertility, to sell transformed sunshine, air and water."…

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BROCKLESBY. Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 5

A meeting of the Brocklesby branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held on Monday, September 20, 1915. Cr. J. Andrews occupied the their,…

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State as Farmer

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

The New South Wales Labor Government will be able to appreciate some of the troubles which afflict farmers, as their wheat area at…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

Dalgety and Co., Ltd; report: We submitted 5,000 bales for sale. There was an exceptionally good attendance of buyers, who keenly competed for all…

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Wool Market Prospects

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

The wool auctions last week in Sydney gave welcome indication of what may be expected in the way of wool prices. We learn from John Bridge and Co. that…

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Sale of 35,000 Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 2

Messrs Wilkinson and Lavender advertise that they will conduct a sale of 35,000 early shorn sheep at Carrathool on Wednesday, October 20. The sheep…

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Early Deniliquin History Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 6

September 18, 1869:— Fat Stock Returning— We are sorry to hear that some of the mobs of fat sheep which passed through…

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Wool From the Never Never a Fleet of 27 Vessels

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 6

A few weeks ago there was a rain storm at Gunnedah, on the Namoi. When the Namoi has flowed about 250 miles to the north-west it joins the Barwon, and the…

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Albury Dairyman's Sensational Experience. Horse Drowned in Creek

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 5

In a swollen creek in Macaulay street south, Albury, at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Gray, dairyman, had an experience of a most sensational character…

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