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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 81 of 109

Federal Embargo on Export of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 33

The curious triangular problem that has arisen over the meat question remains unsolved. The State Government is in conflict with the Federal Government over the…

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Pastoral. Cross [?]Ing for Lames. Value of the Second Cross

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

Advocating cross breeding for sheep for lamb and mutton production before one of the branches of the Agricultural Bureau, the sheep and wool expert…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 October 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. 220…

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Wool Sales Huge Market, Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 6

At Winchcombe Carson and Co's Sydney wool sales to-day rates for all crossbreds with the exception of very faulty, parcels neglected We obtained:…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. (Held over from last issue)

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgely and Co. report having submitted 5000 bales when there was an excellent attendance of buyers who keenly…

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Albury Small Debts Court. Tuesday, September 28. (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M.) Claim in Respect to Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 31

Christiana Lindner, of Moorwatha, sued J. J. Vile for breach of contract regarding the delivery of ten bags of Federation wheat, under agreement. Damages were…

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A Terrible Farm Pest. the Chinch Bug

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 16

There is a small insect known as the chinch bug, which has done millions of pounds worth of damage to growing crops in America, and the pest has been…

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Dairy Notes. Milk Veins

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 17

The large veins which run from the udder forward, entering the body not far from the heart, are called milk veins from the fact that the size of these veins is to…

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For the Farmer. Material for Silage

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

The first consideration is: What can be used for silage? There may be the surplus grass in spring, or a field may be closed for haymaking,…

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All Australia's Crop. Offered to Great Britain and Refused

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 2

Attention was drawn in the N.S.W. Legislative Council to certain statements that had appeared in English newspapers…

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Dairying. Transformed Sunshine. Products that do not Deplete the Soil

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 4

"To sell butter fat or sugar means, from the standpoint of fertility, to sell transformed sunshine, air and water." So says Bulletin No. 204 of Kansas…

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Lads for Farm Work. Pitt Town Training Farm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

The facilities offered at the Government Agricultural Training Farm, Pitt Town, near Windsor, for training youths for agricultural work, are neither so…

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Early Deniliquin History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 6

October 9, 1869 — The mail bags from Hay to Wanganella, Deniliquin, Echuca and Victoria were lost on Tuesday morning between…

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The Coming Fruit Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 2

Mr. W H. P. Edwards, Government fruit inspector at Albury, states that the prunne trees in the Southern district are making an excellent display of…

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Feeding Dairy Cows

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 3

With regard to dairy cows it must be borne in mind that they have first of all to live before they can produce any milk at all from the food they eat…

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Farm & Field Original Articles. Soil and Wealth

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 3

An authority, says :—“The soil is the great fundamental asset in our national wealth. Out of it come life and sustenance for the whole world of nature…

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Depleted Dairy Herds. Advanue Orders Stopped

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 2

Dairy famous in Victoria who expected immediate assistance from the State to replenish their depleted dairy herds, will be subjected to disappointment. The…

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The Wheat Harvest. Finn Crops Abound Walla and Brocklesby. Wet Affecting Crops on Low Ground

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

The vigorous crops which now make many beautiful pan[?]rsmas in Southeastern Riverina betoken a record harvest. But the rains which have…

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Crops in the Riverina

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 3

Mr Dobbs, secretary of the Wagga Farmers' and settlrs' Association, states that although they have received no applications from farmers in the district for labor…

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Water for Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 2

Mr. G. W. Newman, engineer from the shallow boring service of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission of N.S.W., is at present in the district…

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