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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 46 of 102

Government Experiment Plots. Wheat Tests at Walla

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

Wheat experiments, to be conducted by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, were sown on the farm of Mr. E. G. Wenke, at Walla Walla, on May 24 and…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. No. 265. Agricultural. Lucerne Inoculation. An Experiment

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 4

For the successful growing of lucerne the particular requirements of the plant must he fulfilled, just what these are at Hawkesb[?]ry Agricultural…

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Commercial. Prospects of Wool and Stock Markets

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 1

Messrs John Bridge and Co., of Sydney, under date of 27th May, report that the latest news regarding the overseas wool markets is of…

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Women Farm Workers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 22

There is a great rash of women applicants for the hay harvest in England, which will begin in a week's time. In a fortnight, 10,000 women have applied to…

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Farmyard Manure. Preservation of its Value

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 4

Here and there in this State are to be found farmers who have realised the value of farmyard manure, and who apply it regularly to the land before…

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Queensland Farmers for Conscription

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 2

The central council of the Queensland Farmers' Union has carried a resolution in favor of conscription…

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Farmers and Settlers Association. Corowa District Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 3

A meeting of the Corowa district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Corowa on Friday afternoon last. The…

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Agricultural & Pastoral

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 1

Those notes are issued under the persons supervision of the Hun. W. C. Crahame, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture…

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Experiments in Wheat

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 1

Mr J. Roach, of "La Bouna," Gilgandra, has received the following letter from Mr J. T. Pridham, the Government wheat breeder:—…

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Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 4

May 6, 1871:— Accident.—Mr Robert Broughton while on horseback going to the racecourse on Thursday, met with an…

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Drastic Wool Embargo. "John Bridge's" Attitude

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday last that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to any plane…

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For the Farmer. Principles of Breeding

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 1

It is generally supposed that the progeny will, at least to some extent, inherit the qualities of the parents; hence, success depends to a great…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Customs, at the conclusion of a meeting of the Federal Cabinet on Friday last, intimated that a cable message had been sent to the…

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Pastoral. Cross Breeding Experiments. The Cowra Results

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 4

The termination of what might be called the first stage in the department's cross breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment farm,…

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Wheat Pool. Reviewed by Victorian Minister

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hutchinson) was the principal guest at the annual smoke social of the Bendigo Chamber of Mines on Wednesday night of…

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Drastic Wool Embargo. "John Bridge's" Attitude

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday last that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to any place outside the…

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The Wheat Scheme. Sales Represent £10,000,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 4

Sales by the Australian Wheat Board now represent a value of over £10,000,000, or an advance of about £5,000,000 since the end of March, but the bank overdraft…

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Relief Country for Sheep. Proposed New Stock Route to Kosciusko

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 3

Of interest to all sheep owners of Riverina and in other parts of the States who, through the necessity of bad seasons, move many thousand of sheep…

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Lifting the Wheat. Commissioners Looking Ahead Want It Brought to Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

Efforts have recently been made by the Railway Commissioners to indues the agents controlling the wheat stacked in the country to, white there, is a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. No. 205. (Continued from last issue). the Orchard. Planting Young Tares. a Firm "Plant."

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 4

Continuing last week's suggestions on this subject, it has to be remarked that many an orchard has failed to thrive because the earth has not been…

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