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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 90

Stock or Wheat. Producers to Meet

The Independent · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The New South Wales Cabinet on Monday approved of a scheme submitted by Mr Ashford (Minister for Lands) for the expansion of the live stock industry, in place…

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Wheat in Second-hand Bags Melbourne

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

Wheat put up by farmers into second-hand bags, including brush sugar sacks, because they were unable to obtain new sacks in time to save their…

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The Wheat Pool. First Advance of Three Shillings

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

Farmers who during the past few week have been harvesting their crops and carting grain to railway stations without a knowledge of the…

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Wheat Pool Payments 3/ Advance on Last Year's Basis

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

Farmers are interested to know whether the first advance will be for wheat at country stations. Mr. Wald manager of the Commonwealth Bank,…

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Overcoming Weevil in Wheat the Importance of Stacking No New Method Yet in Vogue

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

Concerning Professor Maxwell Lefror's assurance that he has devised means for combating weevil and successfully treating weevil-infected wheat at an…

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Farmers' Experiments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 17

The results of the harvesting of further plots in connection with the farmers' experiment wheat plots in the Eiverina are reported by Mr. H. C. Stening, inspector…

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Tractors on the Farms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 16

In a recent issue of the "Scientific American" a correspondent' advised farmers generally to use tractors instead. of teams, and to dispose of most, if not all,…

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Letter-box. a Great Crop. Hiawatha, West Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I hope you had a merry Christmas. We have nearly finished our harvest. The crops around here were very good this year. A lot of them went…

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Crop Reports

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 18

Very satisfactory yields of wheat been obtained in the Southern Riverina At Berrigan up to 12 bags per acre will be realised, while at Finley 14 bags an…

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Record Corn Crops in England London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

Never within living memory has so much wheat been sown in England as in the last autumn. The food, department expects three millions acres…

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Expectant' Farmers

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

New South Wales' farmers who are now delivering wheat to the agents of the Pool, are anxious to know when the first instalment, of 3/ per bushel…

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Fine Crops Threatened

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

Very satisfactory, yields of wheat have been obtained in the Southern Riverina. At Bemoan up to 12 bags per acre will be realised, whilst at…

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The Dairy. Feeding and Milk Production

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

Professor Wood, of the Cambridge University Agricultural Department, in a letter to the Cambridge "Chronicle," discusses the influence of…

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[?] Crops for Cows

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 3

An [?] (Taranaki) farmer reports good results from a trial of tares and rye corn as green feed for dairy cows in the autumn…

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Live Stock. Barbed Wire Cuts. Some Suggestions for Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

Unsightly scars, the results of barbed wire cuts, materially depreciate the value of colts and horses when the time comes for them to be sold. These…

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Wool Appraisements

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

Dalgety lad Co Ltd report:—We submitted our 4th catalogue for the season the selection being a good average one Wools included from this district…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 6

September 25, 1873:— Mr James Mann’s new store for storing wool and pastoral produce, and for sales therof, is now completed at…

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15 Millions for Wheat. First Instalment Payable Ok Monday Ominous Outlook for 1918

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

Sir John Forrest (Federal [?]urer) after a conference with the overnor of the Common wealth Ba[?] on Monday, announced that the [?] anteed advance…

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Federal and State Taxation Bush Fire at Goonoo Goonoo Uniformity in Collection. Melbourne, Friday. Bagged Wheat Destroyed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

A bill designed to bring about uniformity in the collection of State and Federal Taxation has been drafted by the Minister for Home Affairs. A big bush fire is burning in the outskirts of Geurie. The blaze started on Pearson's property at Goonoo Goonoo. The flames spread quickly to the adjoining…

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Farm and Filed. Original Articles. Feeding Skim-milk

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 3

The successful, feeding of skim-milk necessitates many precautions being taken, and, as the result of experiments at a large number of stations in North…

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