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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,501 stories in Murray's papers · page 70 of 76

Women Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 30

Some three months ago it was decided that the training of women farmers at the Pitt Town Farm should be discontinued. The work was transferred to the…

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The Fruit Crop

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

A deputation, representing the Victorian fruit growers, waited upon the Prime Minister to seek assistance in the advertising and distribution of the coming…

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Family News. Glen Farm, Coonong Siding

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

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have two nice little horses; they go in a buggy together. I like riding the ponies very much. All we boys can ride the pony, so can our sister…

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Sorrell Destroys the Crops. Upper Murray

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

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the Children's Page, and I hope you will accept me as one of your many nieces. One of my sisters went up for the Q.C…

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Dairying. Good Cows and Other Cows. What Testing Revealed

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

(From the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture.) "The more he worked the less profit he made." That is the testimony concerning a dairy farmer who was a member of a Minnesota testing association, and it…

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Soldiers' Poultry Farm

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 2

Although it is not yet six months since operations were commenced at Bankstowo, on the land acquired by the Government for the establishment…

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Farmers & Settlers' Crain Co- Operative Company Ltd. Where It Can Trade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 3

In the course of an interview Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C., managing director of the Farmers and Settlers' co operative Grain Co. Ltd., stated:--…

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“Pink Eye” in Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 2

Reports from various parts of the district are to the effect that many sheep are affected with “pink eve.” The use of one of the following lotions for…

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Successful Cattle Sale at Goulburn

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 6

Messrs O. H. F[?]er and Co. and the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. (Goulburn Branch) agents in conjunction, report having hold a most…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 6

July 10, 1875:— At a public meeting held at the court-house for the pin pose of re-establishing the Mechanics’ Institute,…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Sulphur As a Fertiliser

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 4

During the past four years the Southern Experiment Station has been conducting extensive fertiliser experiments on alfalfa. During the first two…

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Dairying. Variations in Test of Se[?]arator Cream

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1917 · page 1

In writing of creamery [?] Mr. E. H. [?]rington expre[?] his opinion on [?]ations in [?] as follows in the “Wiso[?]sin Bulletin:—…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 1

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

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First Wool Appraisements Paid

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 1

The payment of the first appraisements of the present season's wool have been made at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. The amount…

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Farmers and Settlers Urge "Yes."

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 2

The executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association urges: that the Referendum should be carried in the affirmative…

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Wheat Pool. Farmers Lose Heavily

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 4

It is now possible to give a forecast as to what farmers will draw in full from the wheat pool, which has been established by the Federal…

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The Sheep Maggot Fly. a Curative Treatment

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 4

Sheep are specially valuable just now, not merely in the monetary sense to their owners, but as part of the national resources with which…

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Wool Appraisements. Some District Figures

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 2

The wool appraisements that have been in progress in Melbourne during the past few weeks have demonstrated that values are well sustained,…

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Wheat Allocations. at District Stations and Sidings

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 3

In a statement just issued the [?] of the amount of wheat that may be handled at stations [?] sidings is made known…

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Farmers and Settler’ Association Berrigan Branch

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Berrigan branch of the farmers and Settlers’ Association was [?] on Saturday evening last, when Mr A…

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