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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,501 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 76

Wheat Wastage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 16

Anyone with an observant eye who has travelled through the main wheat districts since tho record 1915-16 harvest must have noticed a deplorable wastage of wheat at…

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Epsom Salts for Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

If the amateur cow doctor had access to the veterinary periodicals he would be astonished to find that during this time of dear drugs his own sheet…

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State Cattle and Hotels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 32

Queensland is the possessor of many kinds of State enterprises. They ran go from the ownership of cattle stations to hotels. In contrast to those establishes…

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Sale of Pedigree Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 43

Messrs, Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Badgery Bros. and William Cadell auctioneers in conjunction, announce an important sale of pedigreed cattle at Quirindi on 10th April…

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The Wheat Guarantee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 16

Several statements have gained currency lately which show that there is some misconception regarding the guarantee for the 1917-18 wheat crop. The Minister for…

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Mr. Trethowan's Wheat Scheme

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C., is formulating a scheme which will enable the wheat farmers to be their own handling agents…

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Wheat-carting Over. Chellington School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." regularly read the Children's Page. I spent my Chirstmas holidays at "Wyalong. I'm in the…

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Branding of Wool Bales. Stevedores' Request

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., believing that woolgrowers, generally will readily give the required, asistance have requested us to republish the subjoined invitation to…

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Branding of Wool Biles Stevedores' Request

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

John Bridge and Co. Ltd., believing that woolgrowers generally will readily give the required assistance, have requested us to re-public the…

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Branding Of Wool Bales Stevedores' Request

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 2

John Bridge and Co. Ltd., believing that woolgrowers, generally, will readily give the required assistance, have requested us to publish the…

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Branding of Wool Bales Stevedores Request

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 1

John Bridge & Co. Ltd., believing that woolgrowers, generally will readily give the required assistance, have requested us to republish the…

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Huge Stacks of Wheat at Country Stations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 16

The Railway Commissioner last week carried out the first of their annual inspections of the railway lines from Emu Plains, to Blayney. including the branch from…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. No. 308. Agricultural. the Improvement of Maize. The Progress Being Made

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

During the past few years the Department of Agriculture has undertaken work in connection with maize that has for its main object the…

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Dairying. It Tests the Bull Too. Herd Testing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 6

Cow testing tests the cows and the man. It tests the bull, too. That is the view put forward by an organiser of a Wisconsin (U.S.A.) Cow Testing…

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Treatment of Farmyard Manure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 17

To sum up the important points in the treatment of farmyard manure:— Select a suitable site for the heap where there is a small chance of loss through…

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What a Farmer's Test Showed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 17

One farmer in Plymouth country, Iowa. who owns a dairy herd and an investigating turn of mind recently appointed him-self a committee of one to test the truth…

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Forfeited V Homestead Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1917 · page 7

The homestead farm specified below is declared forfeited, but such forfeiture shall not take effect until 30 clear days after March 23:—…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 4

September 13, 1873:— In our issue of June 16, 1859, we find the following — “Towards a fund for the maintenance of a Presbyterian…

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Poisoning-sheep Flies

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

Mr. Donald M. Ferguson, of Meriman, Gulargambono district, is one of the fortunate graziers who has not this year suffered losses through the sheep fly,…

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Two Years' Guarantef. Farmers and Wheat Pool

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 4

The announcement of the Prime Minister that the Commonwealth has decided to guarantee the farmers at least 4 f.o.b. for the next two seasons' wheat…

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