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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Starlings and Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

Sheepowners in the Western district of Victoria, while fruitgrowers have been much exercised over the depredations of starlings, have expressed…

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Sale of Wheat to Norway 50,000 Tons at 5/8 Per Bushel. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

Senator Russell, Minister in Charge of the Wheat Board, states to-day that a sale of 50,000 tons of wheat to Norway had been effected at a price equivalent to 5/8…

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Stablings and Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 4

Sheepowners in the Western district of Victoria, white fruitgrowers have been much exercised over the depredations of starlings, have expressed themselves as…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 1

At the Wagga Police Court on Monday. before Mr. M. J. M'Mahon, P.M., James Harold Birmingham, aged 24 years, Edgar Thomas Jackson, 18 years, and William…

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Norway's Wheat Purchase

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 4

Adyles has been received by the Commonwealth shipping authority that Norway is arranging to despatch her own [?]tonnage for the purpose of conveying home the purchases of Australian wheat. As…

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Warwick Hail Storm Cattle Dug Out of Ice

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 3

There was a cloud-burst on Saturday afternoon over parts of the Warwick (Queensland) district, the storm being accompanied by a phenomenal fall of hall…

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Sheep-fly Parasite. Report of Entomologist

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4

The Government entomologist (Mr Froggatt) has made the following report, after visiting the Government sheep-fly experiment station,…

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Cost of Wheat Growing (To the Editor)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Gibson, of Harden, recently published letters in the metropolitan press on this subject, which I fear may prove misleading. We know that the…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Berrigan Branch

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Berrigan branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association was held on Saturday evening last, when there…

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PASTORAL. Sheep Maggot Flies. The Value of Different Dressings

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

A feature of the work at the sheepfly station at Kooroogama, near Moroc, has been the testing of a number of different dressings, poisons, etc., that…

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Pastoral Notes. Sheep Maggot Flies. The Value of Different Dressings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 17

A feature of the work at the sheep-fly station at Kooroogama near Moree, has been the testing of a number of different dressings, poisons, etc., that are on the…

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Farmers' Wheat Plots

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 17

The farmers' wheat experiment plots on the property of Mr. H. G. M. Thackeray, Wootona, Young, gave very satisfactory yields considering the adversities of the…

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Seed Wheat for Farmers

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. W. C. Grahame) desires it to be notified that the following arrangements have been made in…

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Seed Wheat for Needy Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 16

The Minister for Agriculture has announced that the following arrangements have been made in connection with the distribution of seed wheat…

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Ticks on Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 16

Tho spread of skin vermin in sheep in New South Wales since the last drought has brought, the question of compulsory clipping of shepp within the range of…

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Drought Wheat Yields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 16

The effect of tht drought on wheat growing the north-west is shown in the results of the season's farmers' experiment wheat plots, conducted by the…

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Financing Wheat Pool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 23

A long conference took place between "Mr. W. A. Watt. Acting Prime Minister. Mr. Denison. Miller (Governor of the Commonwealth Bank), and a number of the…

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American Wheat. Guaranteed Price

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 1

The "New York Times" states that a serious s[?]ion has arisen regarding the United States whert crop for 1919. The Agricultural…

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N.s.w. Wheat Harvest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 17

Although particulars for several important districts are still outstanding the Government Statistician (Mr. J. B. Trivett) is enabled to issue a preliminary…

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Australian Wheat Sale. Norway Sale Completed. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

Senator Russel stated to-day that the sale of 50,000 tons of wheat to Norway had been effected at aprice equal to 5/8 f.o.b…

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