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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 90

Wheat Serip. a Great Demand

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 3

Messrs Joseph Palmer and Son, of Sydney, in their monthly share-list, compiled to 20th March, write as follows concerning wheat s[?]rip:—…

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Record Prices for Stud Cattle Shorthorn Bull Sold for 1700 Guineas Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 3

At the annual sale of stud cattle at tas show ground, the Champion Shorthorn bull, Baritone, was purchased by Mr. John McMaster, of Binnia, for 1700 guineas,…

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1918-19 Wheat Harvests. Prick Fixed at 4/ F.O.B.

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Grahame) has repeated the statement made by him a few months ago that the Federal and state Government…

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Food Production. Why Scare Farmers and Graziers

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

Whoever is responsible for soaring the farmers of Australia from continuing to keep full areas under wheat guilty almost of a crime, not…

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The Dairy Dentition of Cattle

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 3

For the purpose of arranging a satisfactory, basis of comparison a schedule was adopted for use at the International:—…

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Cattle Stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 32

At the Hay Quarter Sessions, Justice Bevan presiding, the only case for trial was a charge against Leslie A. A. M'Donald of stealing 15 cattle; and on a second…

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Sheep Dipping

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 17

The fact that infestation of sheep with sheep louse and sheep tick has, under the Stock Diseases (Tick) Act been proclaimed a disease for the purposes of this Act, has…

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Sheep at Yanco

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 18

The problem of utilising the large area of unoccupied land on the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas has constantly been before the authorities, but so far without…

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Important Stud Sheep Sale

The Independent · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

The stud sheep on Cobran Station, which recently changed hands, were offered for sale on Tuesday last by H. Lloyd and Sons and Edward Trenchard and Co…

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Sydney Wool Appraisements

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 1

The 1th round of appraisements, officially known as No. 31, will be conducted on Tuesday, and there will than be a recess for Easter holidays,…

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Special Sheep Sale at Albury

The Independent · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Albury, report holding a large special sheep sale at Albury on Thursday, the 21st March, when they yarded over 20,000…

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1916-17 Wheat Return

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

Senator Russell (Minister in Charge of Foodstuffs) gives the assurance that there will be a further dividend paid from the 1016.17 wheat pool. But…

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Sheep Dipping. Liability of All Concerned

The Independent · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

The fact that infestation of sheep with sheep louse and sheep tick has, under the stock Diseases (Tick) Act, been proclaimed a disease for the…

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Wheat As Feed for Swine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 17

A bulletin of the Kentucky agricultural experiment station, U.S.A., records an experiment conducted at the station to determine the value of wheat alone and…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. (Issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture.) AGRICULTURAL. Pickling Seed Wheat. The Best Way to Prevent Bunt

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

The most efficient and convenient preventive for bunt or "stinking smut,'' under present circumstances is certainly sulphate of copper, or…

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Victorian F.a.q. Wheat. 60 Lbs. to the Bushel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

On Friday afternoon, at the rooms of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, the fair average quality standard of Victorian wheat for this season…

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Pigs and Pork. Feeding Wheat to Fatten Swine. Some Interesting Trials

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

The fact that damaged wheat is being made available just now at prices favourable to armors should be sufficient to direct attention to the uses…

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The Dairyman's Dilemma

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 17

As in Australia, the war has affected the business of dairy farming in California, as of other vocations, in several ways—it Sias caused a marked increase in prices for…

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College Girls to Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 14

Overalls and suspenders may be the costume of the Wellesley College (Canada) next summer, for Wellesley is to have a college war-farm. The aim is, not to make…

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The Farm. Treatment of Seed Grain for Smut

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 3

It is now generally recognised that some form of treatment to destroy smut spores in seed grain is an important operation in the production…

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