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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,501 stories in Murray's papers · page 54 of 76

Crops Growing Well. Plabgoman. The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—There are 31 children at school to-day. Thirty-three pupils attend now. I like going to school. We are haying fine weather new. The mice are…

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Re-sown Crops. Greenvale. Boree Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is quite a long time since I last wrote to the Page. We have been haying awfully cold weather lately, but I think it will drive some of the mice…

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"Do Their Damndest" Volunteer Farmers and A.w.u Reply to "Union's Threat

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 6

Speaking, in the Sydney Domain, on Friday Mr. G. Nielsen said the Strike Committee was discussing the question of the volunteers from the…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 6

September 19, 1874:— In a letter to the Editor, commenting on the Deniliquin Moama railway, James Willoughby, of Surry Hills,…

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Farm and Held Original Articles. Selecting Fruit Trees

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 3

A grower has the choice of growing fruit chiefly for export or for local market requirements. Preferably his choice of varieties should include suitable…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

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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Farm Training for Women

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 3

The Agricultural Department has taken over from the Department of Labour and industry the training of the twenty women students who for some…

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Rabbits or Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 2

In New Zealand the export of rabbits and rabbit skins has reached a total representing the destruction of nearly ten million of the pest annually. Following…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wakool and Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 2

A meeting of the Wakool and Burrawong branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was held at the Wakool Hotel on Wednesday, 1st inst…

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The Stook Market. High Price for Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 2

Messrs John M’Namara and Co. sold at the Newmarket yards on Tuesday of last week, one truck of prime 4-tooth crossbred wethers, on…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 3

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was held on Saturday. There were about 20 shareholders…

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Wheat Silos

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

Unless strike conditions reader it impossible, the Federal Government intends to proceed immediately with the work of constructing silos for…

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Cattle Sales in America

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 17

Some interesting particulars of recent cattle sales at Chicago, which brought buyers from all over the States, came to hand recently. Fifteen bulls averaged…

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Less Wheat Acreage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 33

Millers, bakers, and members of the Wheat Board Advisory Committee gave, evidence at the Interstate Commission's inquiry into prices Mr. H. G. Darling, of…

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Effect of Cold Storage on Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 16

The effect of cold storage upon butter has been discussed in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" by a writer who says that it has generally been…

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Butter Factory. to Be Sold by Auction

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was held on Saturday last in the Town Hall. Present—Messrs…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. Live Stock. Influenza in Houses. and Some of Its Complications

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 3

Considerable disturbance and inconvenience, as well as anxiety and work, is sometimes occasional in large stables by outhreaks among the horses of an…

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Agricultural Education in Victoria. No. Iii. Increasing Yields. Results at Longerenong. Student Life on Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 38

Two hundred miles by rail from Melbourne, on the Ballarat-Dimboola line, and three miles from the station of Dooen, is Longerenong Agricultural College,…

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Rain Damages English Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 23

Torrential rains continue in many tricts of England and Wales, seriously damaging the corn and the Late hay craps. In many cases it is impossible to use…

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Cropping in England

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Three hundred and sixty-eight more acres in England and Wales are under cultivation than in 1916. Apart from an officially estimated decrease of…

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