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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association. Berrigan Branch

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 5

There was a good attendance of members at the meeting of the Berrigan branch of the Farmers end Settlers’ Association, held in the…

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Collendina Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 2

At the Sydney Show sales this week Messrs. Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd, sold on account of Messrs. Henry Hay and Son, Collendina, the following…

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Using Butter Substitute

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 14

When pure fats are substituted for butter use four-fifths of the amount of butter called for in the recipe to get the same result…

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Australian Wool

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 1

Sir John Higgins, chairman of the Central Wool Committee, states that transport prospects are such that it will be impossible to stop the whole…

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The Wool Scheme

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 1

The Graziers' Association was advised by the Australian Wool Couned, that the date for receiving the ballot papers on the proposed wool…

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Wool Tops Agreement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 32

Mr. Rodgers, in the House of Representatives, moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the wool tops agreement which, he said, he regarded as weak in its…

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Flat Rate for Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 17

A report from the Australian Wheat-Board makes it clear that the present price fixed for, milling wheat for local consumption will be maintained…

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Wheat Culture. Lecture in Culcairn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 19

Mr. G. C. Spares, Inspector to the Department of Agriculture gave an interesting lecture in the School of Arts. Cultivation, he said, while providing…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. 23,000 Australian Bales Included

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 2

The Antwerp wool sales included 18,000 Victorian and 5000 New South Wales bales. Twenty thousand bales were sold at prices ranging from 15…

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Agricultural, Dairy and Orchard Notes. Food From the Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 16

Nitrogen is by far the most costly element to purchase in the form of commercial fertilisers, and the cost of returning to the soil what crops have removed would…

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Two Farmers Fight

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 33

In the Ballarat County Court Patrick F. Cantwell, farmer, of Hunterston, sued George W. M'Donald, grazier, for £49/2/ damages for alleged assault. It was stated…

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Casting Water for Stock. Lindis Farm, Binya

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is the second time I have written to the Page. I read the Children's Page every time it comes. We have not had a good fall of rain for a…

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Wool Appraisements

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 2

Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report having submitted a catalogue of 4357 bales of wool.at the 72nd appraisement. Some of the principal sales were: HC/Tooroot…

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Sheep Stealing at Bowna Three Youths Convicted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 5

Before the P.M. at the Albury police Court on Thursday, Harold William Claude Wilson, 18, laborer; Robert Kelly, 22, laborer, and Alfred Willcughby Dark,…

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Official Tests of Slag Wool

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

The National Physical Laboratory, near London, England, has recently carried out some interesting tests of the efficiency of slag wool as a covering for steam pipes…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

October 30, 1680:— At the Circuit Court, on Monday, before- Judge Hargraves and ,a jury of 12, Robert Barbour, M.L.A, sued…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes "Blue Mould" of Tobacco Sterilisation of Seed Beds by Steam

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 6

An interesting account of experiments in the sterilisation of tobacco seed beds by steam appears in the current "Agricultural Gazette." The prime purpose…

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Feeding of Dairy Calves. Appetite As a Guide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 6

Experiments have been conducted by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State College of Agriculture,U.S.A, to determine, among other things the…

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Wheat Famine Feared

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

"There is a famine I[?]ming on the horizon, and the Government should keep wheat in Australia instead of sending it away," remarked Cr. S. D, Sister…

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The Wheat Scandals. Four Men Committed for Trial Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 3

The heaving of the cases in which Reginald Rheubens. Thomas Smith, Rupert Combes, Selby Churchill, aud [?] Brunton were charged with conspiracy to…

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