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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Wool Appraisements

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co, Ld report under date December 14th:—The third and final Victorian appraisement for the…

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Government Classifying Wool for Small Farmers in Queensland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

Small sheep farmers of Queensland are appreciating the scheme whereby the Department of Agriculture bandies their wool and puts it on the market under more…

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Wheat Harvest. Excellent Yields

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

Harvesting operations are proceeding very satisfactorily in the Berrigan district, and the machines on farms are returning excellent…

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Purchase of Australian Wheat. Comment in England

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

Amongst the various charges of extravagance referred to by the Select Committee on national expenditure states the “Pall Mall Gazette”…

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Wheat Stocks. Visit of Mr R. S. DRUMMOND

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

Mr R. S. Drummond, who is now at the head of the Wheat Board in New South Wales, paid a visit to Berrigan on Christmas eve, and…

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Dairying

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 3

The value of a pure-bred bull as a herd sire is strikingly shown in a report, just published, of the results of some experiments conducted by the Iowa Experiment…

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Wheat Competition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

Mr. H. C. Stenning, Inspector of Agriculture, who judged the second field wheat competition held by the Royal Agricultural Society, has furnished his report to…

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Guarding the Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 23

The immense value of fire-breaks in saving the crops was exemplified on Saturday afternoon (says a Forbes message). A bush fire, which destroyed about 250…

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Reported Wheat Disease

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 21

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C. Grahame, states in regard to reports of the outbreak of a new and unknown disease in wheat crops in various localities in the…

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Germany and Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 23

Evidence of the shortage of wool in Germany is gathered from some of the newspapers published by the enemy. Wool fabrics are exceedingly scarce, and…

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Stacking the New Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

Already substantial consignments of the new season's wheat hate arrived, and are being stacked at Brooklyn, Victoria, on that portion of the area abutting upon the…

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What Should Be the Price of Wheat?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 21

The Farmers and Settlers' Association has approached the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) in an endeavour to obtain a higher guaranteed price for wheat for the…

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Springhurst-butter Factory Progressive Cooperative Company. (By Our Travelling Representative)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

The Springhurst Butter Factory, officially called the Ovens and Murray Dairy Company Ltd., (Co-operative), is passing through a record season. The successful…

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Cost in Wheat Production a Basis of Calculation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

About no subject connected with agriculture has there been more controversy in recent years than about the cost of producing some of our main crops…

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Agricultural Notes. Cost of Wheat Production. a Basis of Calculation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 17

About no subject connected with agriculture has there been more controversy in recent years than about the cost of producing some of bur main crops…

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Concrete for Farm Use. Working Directions

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

For Cow-howse flooring, dalry b[?]dings, walls, homestead sheds, and other constructions generally, concrets is how coming into extensive…

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Xmas Day Outbreak Crop, Stacks and Fencing Destroyed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The following day (Xmas) ushered in a strong warm wind from the south-west which again started the Mairjimmy fire. It spread north east…

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Worms in Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

The following information in regard to sheep worms is taken from a pamphlet issued by the Department of Agriculture and other notes:—…

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Albury Wool Appraisements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

Younghusband, Row and Co. Pty., Ltd, Dalgety and Co. Ltd., and Southern Riverina Farmers' Co-operative Association Ltd., Albury wool brokers, notify that the next…

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Wodonga Large Special Sheep Sale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 2

The Gippsland and Northern Co-operative Selling and Insurance Co. Ltd., will hold a large special sheep sale at Wodonga, in their new sheep yards, commencing…

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