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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Farm & Field. Original Articles. Value of Ploughing

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 4

I might again mention that the common plough is the foundation of cultivation. The wise farmer will give him ploughs and ploughing careful…

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"John Bridge." Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 4

From the financial columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald" on the 16th instant, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

A Wagga correspondent writes:-- The administrators of the wheat pool are faced with a serious problem in connection with the re-bagging of wheat in…

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Wheat Lumpers' Wages

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labor and! Industry, has stated that the question of what pay is to be given to wheat lumpers and stackers in the…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 3

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of the following moneys in connection with wheat promises made to the Corowa hospital last…

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Extension of the Wheat Belt. a Fascinating Problem

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 4

"A feature of the agricultural development of Australia during the last fifteen years has been the gradual extension of the cultivation into areas…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. No. 315. Agricultural. Factors Influencing. Fertility. The Process of Nitrification

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 4

The most important property possessed by soils, as affecting their fertility, is that known as nitrification-- the prophets by which nitrogen in various forma…

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Dairying. a Personal Experience. On Yance- Irrigation Area

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 4

The experience of the dairy expert with the demonstration farm that he took up at Yanco four years ago at his own expense is the subject of an…

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Solution of Fly Pest in Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 3

A Blowering sheep owner is applying to the Department of Agriculture and Sheep Board for the £2000 for preventing the fly in sheep. The discovery is…

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A Living Area. Sheep and Land Necessary

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 4

Interesting evidence was given at the Hay Land Board on 23rd and 24th ultimo, as to the values obtained from sheep for the past 8 or 10 years, and…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Moulamein Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2

A meeting of the Moulamein branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday, May 12th, when the following gentlemen were…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wakool and Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 4

A meeting of the above branch was held at the Wakool Hotel on the 1st inst. Present—Messrs. T. P. Grace (president), R. J. Dunstone, F. W…

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Rabbit Farms

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 1

A man well known in the pastoral world ventures the opinion to the Gundngai "Independent" that before many years are over we shall see rabbit farms…

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“John Bridge.” Annual Meeting of Share- Holders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

From the financial columns of the Sydney “Morning Herald,” of the 16th instant, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the…

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Balk Handling of Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 3

There appears to be a big [?] of opinion amongst farmers as to the wisdom of installing the bulk handling system into Australia…

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Wheat Experiment. the Departmental Plots

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 2

On Friday last Mr H. C. Stening, the district inspector of the Stats Agricultural Department, paid a visit to Berrigan and supervised the…

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Cost of Wheat Production. Considered by Berrigan Families

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 3

A special meeting of the members of the Berrigan branch of the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association was held on Monday afternoon for the…

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Fertilising Wheat Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 16

In considering the principles of manuring, particular attention must be paid to the law of minimum, says the "Argus." Briefly stated, it is that the yield of a…

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Butter Factories Fined

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

Sixteen butter factories, or firms, have been fined this week by the Minister for Customs, for contraventions of the Commerce Act, on…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

Messrs. M'Pherson, Thos., & Co associate that they will held a special [?] in the Thorwonga Cooperation yards on Thursday, 31st best…

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