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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 90

The Finish of Harvesting. Falkirk Farm, The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I hope you are nice and hot after this awful ruin. I have not discovered any snakes. My papa is cutting Bathurst burr, which is plentiful about…

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DAIRYING. The Mechanical Milker. And the Cow

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

It is impossible for a person to harmonise the milking machine and its work unless he knows what kind of work the machine has to do. The…

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Albury Wool Appraisements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 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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Deniliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

October 2, 1875 : — A branch of the London Chartered Bank of Australia is opened at Deniliquin under the management of Mr W…

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Wheat Silos in N.S.W Will the Commonwealth Inter Fees. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

New South Wales Ministers to-day professed themselves in entire ignorance of the reported intention of the Commonwealth Government to interfere with…

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The Pastoral Award

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

The pastoral award made by Mr. Justice Higgins last year--which aroused very bitter criticism and opposition from the country landowners…

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Wheat or Stock. Conference of Wheat-growers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

At a conference to consider the wheat question in Sydney, on Wednesday last, about 80 wheat growers met at Aarou's Exchange Hotel,…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. (Issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture.) POULTRY. Wherein Lie the Profits. Selecting the Stock

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

The whole profit impoultry lies in the selection of breeding and laying stock. Poor layers can put the egg-farmer out of business in a very short…

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The Dairy. Maintaining the Milking Function

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 4

By nature, cattle are not functioned for the production of large quantities of milk. As with other classes of mammals, milk is secreted for the…

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Sheep Blindness

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 1

Blindness in sheep—otherwise known as "pink eye"—has been responsible for considerable anxiety to stockowners lately. The S.A. Government…

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Bot Fly. [?] Penetrate Sheep's Brain

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

Stockowners in and around Echuca are at the present time very much perturbed owing to the prevalence of the hot-fly, a deadly enemy of horses, sheep…

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Wheat or Meat? Great Shortage of Grain Predicted. Next Crop Will Not Feed Allies Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

During the Wheat or Meat" conference to-day, Mr. G. W. Walker, a well-known wheat grower, stated he had cabled to America to Mr. James Patton, one of…

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No title Driven Like Cattle to the Slaughter How the Germans Are Made to Fight

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

The Daily News," London, publishes the following from Mr. M. Perry Robinson, the among war correspondent:— Among the interesting documents…

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The Deering Reaper-thresher a Wonderful Machine Harvests Crops After Other Machines Fail

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

A public trial of the International Harvester Coy's Deering reaper-thresher was to have been given at Mr. C. Frohling's farm at Moorwatha yesterday afternoon,…

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Wheat or Meat? Conference Says "Wheat." Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

The sittings of the wheat conference were concluded to-day. A motion was unanimously carried to the effect that, in the opinion of this meeting, wheat…

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Wheat Harvest. Operations Again Delayed

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 3

About 60,00 bags of wheat have already been received at the Finley railway station, and, owing to the [?] city of headers and the broken…

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Grow More Wheat. Experts’ Advice

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

The men who went from the country to take part in the Government’s stook versus wheat conference in Sydney were dissatisfied with the…

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Prize Wheat at Shows. Unique Investigation

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 1

Doubt has often been cast on the genuineness of samples of grain put forward in the wheat sections at agricultural shows. A unique…

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Treating Damaged Wheat. Result of Experiments

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

The Advisory Council of Science and Industry reports the results of experiments with the lime method of reconditioning damaged, tainted or…

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Experimental wheat Pl[?]s. Yields at Henty

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 3

The eleven varieties of wheat tested in the Department of Agriculture’s plots on the form of Mr R. O. Eulenstein at Henty yielded 7 bushels…

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