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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 85 of 90

“A Cheap Sneer.” Mr Watt and the Farmers

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1918 · page 4

[?] to the [?] by Mr Watt, the Acting Prime Minister, in reference to [?] wheat sale last week, “The…

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Pastoral Notes. Sheep Blow-fly Destruction. No Royal Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 17

Commenting on the last year's' work at the Sheep Blow-Fly Experiment Station at Kooragama, near Moree, the Minister for Agriculture remarks that it…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastural Notes. Pastoral. Sheep Blow- Fly Destruction. No Royal Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

Commenting on the last year's work at the Sheep Blow Fly Experiment Station at Kooragama, near Mores, the Minister for Agriculture remarks that…

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Wheat Crop Failures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 17

Among the multitude of crop failures over two-thirds of the wheat belt of the State the good yielding exceptions stand out in almost every instance as a triumph…

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Seed Wheat Helping Necessitous Farmers

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 1

Mr. G. W. P. Bealian, of Neicrex, considers that as there isno wheat in this, district, this season it is thme taht the Government hade some…

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Sheep or Rabbits?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 17

Following upon the reading of a paper at the R.A.S. conference of primary producers in Sydney by the New South Wales Government sheep and wool…

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Australian Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 33

The invitation of the Federal Government to the State Governments to provide for the representation of wheat owners in the States on the Australian Wheat…

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Wool Conditions

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

In an address before the representatives of the wool industry in London last Friday Mr. Goldfinch said that Government orders would…

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The Unsold Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 44

The statements made by the Wheat Board are in part correct, but to my mind the conclusions arrived at are not entirely well founded…

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Alleged Theft of Wheat. 4000 Bags of Wheat Stolen

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

Detectives Gallagher and Devlin on Saturday morning arrested three men at Goulburn. Subsequently at the Goulburn police court, William Cross…

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Sheep Ticks and Lice. Stock Inspectors Powers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 18

During the past year a good deal of interest has been taken in some districts in the increase of sheep tick and sheep louse, arid the suggestion has actually…

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The Wool Trade. Rebuilding the French Mills

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. roport: Steady progress is being made with the work of appraising the current wool clip. The 6th round of…

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Monday, December 2. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M.) Travelling Sheep Fail to Move On

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 30

Joseph Wilks, inspector to the Albury Pastures Protection Board, proceeded against Daniel Mulvihill, a drover, for a breach of the P.P. Act, in failing to move…

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Flax Crop in Cippsland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 17

A day was recently spent by the Federal Flax Commission in inspecting the flax crops—about 1600 acres—in the Warrigul and Koo-wee-rup districts, Vic…

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Soldiers and the Land Stocking Their Farms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 1

Mr. Edwin U. Watson, of Young, has written to the secretary of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers'. Imperial League putting forward a scheme for stocking…

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Fire at Warwick Farm. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 1

A bush fire is raging near Warwick Farm racecourse. Miles of fencing and several houses have been destroyed, though the racecourse is…

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Condobolin Experiment Farm

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

"There is nothing to touch it between Parkes and Condobolln," said the Under Secretary and Director' of Agriculture, of the crops on…

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Gunbar. Farmers and Settlers' Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Gunbar on Saturday last, November 30th. In the absence of the president and…

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DAIRYING. Silage for Mcking Cowa. Winter Feeding as Glen [?]

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

The value of sliage as a rough winter fodder for dairy calle has rarely been better llustrated in New South Wales than by a short report from the…

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AGRICULTURAL. The Farmer's Experiment Flots. The Progress of the Policy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 4

It was in 1909 that the policy was initiated by the Department of Agriculture of demonstrating on farmers own properties the value of the methods…

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