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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 102

Great Feats by Farmer Some Record Achievements

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 1

Lincolnshire is [?] fields and huge [?] Three years ago a [?] built a [?] which he proud…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. February 9

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. offered a comparatively small but withal attractive catalogue of two thousand seven hundred bales, which included a…

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Anglo-roumanian Wheat Deal. Germany Annoyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

"German displeasure with the Anglo-Roumanian wheat deal has taken Concrete form since the return of Baron von Bussche-Hoddenhausen, the German Envoy…

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The Dairy. Butter Milk for Calves

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

"Noticing a reference to this question," a correspondent writes, "and as we have had some experience feeding butter milk, will tell you how we…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 4

Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. offered a comparatively small but attractive catalog of 2,700 bales, which included alarge [?]tiry of lambs…

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The Farm and Dairy. Thoughts on Selecting Animals

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

Experience has taught most men that any rule in regard to type, to which a breed of animals in supposed to conform in order to produce the…

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Breeding for Butter Fat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 4

Apart from the value of feed, the principal factor in breeding for butter fat is selection:-1st. When purchasing untested cows, select on dairy type. Dairy…

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Profits of Wheat Farming. How City Capitalists Benefit

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 4

Last year an appeal was made to the farmers of Victoria to sow as large an area as possible with wheat, in anticipation of good prices. The capacity of many…

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Industrial Unrest at Narrandera. Strike of Wheat Lumpers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 3

Wheat lumpers went on strike at Narrandera on Monday evening, on the grounds that men in ether occupations, who were also doing some lumping, had no…

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Manufacture of Lanoline. From Our Raw Wool. a Wasted By-product

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 3

That manufacturers in this country are only just awakening to the possibilities of industrial expansion was demonstrated to the Minister of Customs (Mr. Tudor)…

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Farmers' Wheat

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

Notwithstanding the fact that the Prime Minister, in his pamphlet on the wheat pool, is reported to have said that should a farmer refrain from…

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Pastoral. Sheep Blow-flies. Dips that Sometimes Fail to Act

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 3

It is oue of the peculiarities of treating sheep for blow-flies that a dip may act very satisfactorily for a time, and then suddenly prove ineffective, the…

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Wheat Storage on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 16

In the campaign for tho introduction of an improved system of handling and transporting wheat, which is embraced, in the method of handling in bulk, one of the…

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Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

The committee of the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association met yesterday at messrs. Wilkinson and Lavender's offices…

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The Shortage of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 16

Speaking of the insufficiency of sheep brings one face to face with a serious problem which is engaging the attention of those interested in our all-important…

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Guarantee On Wheat

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 1

Mr. J. Levin, hon. sec. Brockleshy Branch, writes re Government guarantee for a minimum price of 4/:—Many of the farmers about here put…

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Delayed Wheat Certificates

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 33

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, states that he is receiving many assurances from farmers, who were previously opposed to the Government…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report haying offered a good representative catalogue of about 4500 bales to a full atendance of buyers. Although…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.,, report that competition continues keen at the Sydney wool auctions. All previous auctions for scoured wool were…

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Special Sheep Sale at Goulburn

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Mr W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded 53,112 sheep at Goulburn on Thursday, 3rd February, to the largest and moat representative…

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