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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Farmer Found Dead

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 2

The body of a farmer named Otto Haub has been found at Lake Clifton in West Australia, with gunshot wounds. As no weapon was found…

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Seed Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

The Rural Industries Board agreed to increase the price of first-grade seed wheat from 6/6 to 7/6 per bushel. The Marine Engineers' strike is still…

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Wheat V. Meat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 17

One pound of wheat is of greater value as food than a pound of meat. If we remove the fat, a beef-steak weighing two pounds is of legs value than one pound of…

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First Cross Sheep Tests. Conclusions Reviewed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

The exhaustive experiments in the cross breeding of sheep which the Department has been conducting at Bathurst, Cowra, and Wagga since 1910 have from time to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes Turnips As Winter Feed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 3

Some remarks, extracted from an article by an officer at Glen Innes Experiment Farm in the December Agricultural "Gazette," concerning the characters of…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

April 13 1880:— Rev. Charles Jones, Wesleyan minister, was entertained by a very large gathering of friends at the Town Hall…

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Result of Wool Shortage in Germany

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 16

A writer in a recent issue of the "Saturday Evening Post" (U.S.A.) gives, the following interesting details of the conditions in Germany during the last year…

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N.S.W. Wheat Harvest. Better Than Anticipated. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

Mr Ashford, Minister for Lands, stated to-day that there would be enough old wheat in the State to keep the mills gristing until the middle of February…

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Cleansing of Dairy Utensils

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 16

The force of the old adage, "Cleanliness is next to godliness," is fully proved in all branches of dairying. As I have already remarked in a former article,…

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Dairying in Switzerland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 17

The latest available statistics will serve as an indications of the high plane to which, cattle breeding has been brought in Switzerland:—207,523 cattle men owned…

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More German Lies. Large Sales of Cattle to Neutrals. (Reuter). LONDON, Jan. 1

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 2

The Repatriation Commission has been interviewed in connection with large sales of German horses and cattle to neutral countries the discovery of which…

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The Farmers Party. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. Gregory, M.H.R, West Australia, states that the Farmers' Party is going to prove a big factor in the Federal Parliament…

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Federal Coalition Urged Labor and the Farmers, Candid Statement by Mr: Higgs Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 2

Mr Higgs. Deputy Leader of the Federal Labor Party and representative for Capricornia, Queensland, said to-day that if he had his way he would approach the…

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Pastoral. First-cross Sheep Tests. Conclusions Reviewed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

The exhaustive experiments in the cross-breeding of sheep which the Department has been conducting at Bathurst, Cowra and Wagga since 1910…

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The Wool Disposal Problem

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 2

THE wool growers of Australia are exercised in their minds as to the best way to meet the post-war wool problem. For the period ending on…

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Wool Control. Growers National Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 1

In accordance with the proposals made by the Inter-State Conference recently held at Melbourne for the establishment of a Wool Growers'…

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Wheat Prices Senator Russell and Mr. Ashford

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 3

The attention of the Minister in charge of the Wheat Pool, Senator Russell, was directed to a statement reported to have been made by the…

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The Outlook for Wool. the European Situation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

Tho final six months wool appraisements under the British Government scheme commence in Sydney on January 5. During that period all of the…

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The Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. Turnips As Winter Feed. Some Farther Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

Some remarks, extracted from an article by an officer at, Glen Innes Experiment Farm in the December "Agricultural Gazette," concerning the…

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1919-20 Wheat. Payment of Advance of 5/. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 3

Senator Russell, chairman of the Central Wheat Board, stated to-day that financial arrangements had been completed with the banks for the payment of…

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