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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 90

Hay Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Next Show in October

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Associaton took place yesterday. There were present: Mr. C. Blomfield…

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N. S. W. Wheat Minister Confident

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 1

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, is confident that the balance of this State's quota of the 1916-17 wheat harvest will shortly he taken over on…

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The Farm and Dairy. What Constitutes a Balanced Jersey Ration?

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 5

A balanced ration for the Jersey does not differ materially from a balanced ration for any other dairy animal. since all dairy cows giving…

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Paper Finance. (Read by Mr. Robert Gibson at the Wheat and Stock Conference Sydney, January, 1918.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 41

Presuming that the Government, both Federal and State are so situated that they cannot finance our wheat the resolution carried at the wheat-growers meeting…

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Agricultural Notes. to Maintain Soil Fertility. Green Manuring Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 17

The maintenance of fertility, notwithstanding the loss of plant food that results from constant cropping, is one of the problems that confront every fruit-grower…

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Crop "Not Much Good." Holbrook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner." It is very dry, and the crop was not much good. I ride five miles to school. I caught a fox in my…

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Work on the Farm. Bore Waters and the Irrigationist

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 3

To define exactly the composition of water that will be injurious to plants on the lines indicated in last week's article, is not an easy matter. Much…

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O. H. Furner & Co.. & The Pastoral Finance Association Limited. Record Goulburn Special Cattle Sale

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

O. H. Furner and Co., and The Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. Goulburn Branch, held a special cattle sale at the Goulbnrn yards on Thursday last,…

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Albury Wool Appraisements

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

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

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Goulburn Special Cattle Sale a Record

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 4

Messrs O. H. Furuer and Co. and the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd held a specs cattle sale at the Gout bu[?] bards on Thursday February, 21…

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Price of Wheat in South Africa Recommendation of 16/ per 100lb. War Bread Foreshadowed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly at Cape town, Mr. Burton tabled reports drawn up by the Commission on the cost of living, one of which recommended that the fixed…

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Price of This Season's Wheat. Guaranteed at Four Shillings a Bushel. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

The Wheat Pool Board will meet next week in Melbourne. Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, states that steps are being taken…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. (Issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture.) the Orchard. To Maintain Soil Fertility. Some Californian Experiments

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

An exhaustive experiment in connection with green manuring, which was conducted in California, provides an interesting footnote to the references…

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Farmers' Conference Objects to Federal Muddling. ,Elbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 3

"Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, would be better employed in organising the departments under his control than in trying to teach business men their…

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Sheep in New South Wales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 3

The total number of sheep in the Stale of New South Wales is given as 36,179,300…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Wakool and Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 March 1918 · page 3

A meeting of the Wakool and Burrawong branch of F.S.A. was held at the Wakool Hotel on February 20, when the following members were present:—…

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Marketing Our Wheat Deputation to Prime Minister. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 2

The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, informed a deputation of representative wheat farmers to-day that if 4/ a bushel did not cover the…

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View of Farmers’ President

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 1

Speaking at the meeting of the Corowa district counoil of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association at Oaklands on Thursday last, the retiring…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Berrigan Branch Annual Meeting

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1918 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Berrigan branch of the Farmer and Setlers Association was held in the School of Arts on Saturday evening…

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Improving Dairy Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 17

At the annual meeting of the Casino branch of the Australasian Jersey Herd Society Mr. W. Perry, a recognised, authority on the subject on the North Coast…

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