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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 102

"Cattle King" Has a Fight. Couple of Rounds at Adelaide Abattoirs. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Excitement was caused at the Adelaide thatt[?]rs yesterday, when Mr. Sydney Kidman, the "cattle king," and Mr. T. M'Donald, another well-known dealer, of…

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Farmers As Lumpers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. D. Cul[?]ey, rarsenting the Australian Workers Union in Melbourne [?] not think there is a [?] many farmers being [?] from the…

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Minister for Agriculture Fir Farmers Promise Help

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

Bepresentarives of the wheat [?]mpers to-day waited on Mr. F. W. Hagedhorn Mi[?] for Agrucultme, with reference to the position he has taken up in regard to…

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The Dairy Feed the Heifer Well

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

The best forecast of the future dairy cow is the number of pounds of feed received from weaning time until two years of age. The ratio…

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System in Dairying

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

The increasing demand for milk products indicates that there is money ahead for the wise dairyman. There are cities to be supplied with…

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Three Points in Dairy Cows

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

Since milk is secreted in the cow's udder from blood that passes through it, three points should be considered in buying a dairy cow, says an…

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Butter Prices

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 33

Mr. Arthur King, director of the Berrima Company, said he was afraid that the present method of fixing prices by the Necessary Commodities Control…

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Instead of Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 14

Margarine versus butter is a subject of controversy in the home department of an English newspaper just now. The earnest effort for extreme economy in English…

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Mortality in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 16

The New South Wales correspondent of the "Pastoralists' Review" wrote early in November as follows:—Recent reports of heavy losses in connection with shorn…

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Wheat Certificates

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 29

Mr. James Colquhoun, the Albury subagent for the Murrumbidgee Co-operative Milling Co., writes:—"Regarding Government certificates enabling the grower to…

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Bulk Wheat Handling

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 32

Provided that the report of the Public Works Committee is favourable, it is probable that a start will be made with the New South Wales Government's bulk…

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Wheat Truckings London' Thusday

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 1

For tho weok ended Saturday, 401,232 bags of wheat weve invoiced to Darling Harbour, as compared with 71,939 bags in the corresponding week of…

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Millers and Wheat Scheme

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 33

A deputation of flour millers waited upon the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Grahame) to place before him several matters in connection with the…

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Record Sales of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 32

The Highest price yet received for a parcel of wheat shipped under the wheat scheme was obtained on Friday. when an order was booked for the despatch in a…

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Agriculture. Wheat Breeding. Advantance

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

Hy sowing uniformly high-yielding seed we get even germination; a uniform level crop, which ripens evenly, presenting no difflculties in…

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Wheat Yields Riverina Experiment Plots

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 1

Some idea of the fine wheat yields obtaiaed in [?] this season is to be formed fromed the re ults of [?] experiment plots in various districis…

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Wheat Scheme Tonnage for January

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

Tho Central veat Committee has decided upon its allotment of shipping space for January For the present Now South Wales…

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London Wheat Market. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

The wheat market is firm, and dearer, but business is slack. Australian parcels are being offered at 63/, and for February shipment at 63/6…

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The Shortage of Cattle. Mr. Kidman's Views

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

Advice has been received in Sydney intimating that Mr Sydney Kidman, the great cattle owner, has lost 60,000 head of cattle during the last ten…

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Pastoral. the Dorset Horn Cross. For Fat Lamb Market

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

A practical test with fat lambs of the Dorset Horn cross was recently made by the Department of Agriculture when a consignment was forwarded…

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