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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

1,390 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 70

Wheat Scrip. [?] Market

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 1

Messrs Joseph Palmer and Son of Sydney in their monthly share list write as follow :—“The ‘C,’ 1917 18, wheat scrip improved a little to 43…

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Seed Wheat Sales. Price to Be Charged

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

There being some doubt respecting the position of farmers who may sell to seedsmen wheat that will be suitable for seed at the next season’s…

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Wheat Quality. Average F.a.q. and Hard

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 3

The president of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association (Mr W. W. [?] on Thursday last interviewed the State Wheat [?] and…

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Sudan Grass. a Heavy Crop at Corobimilla

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 3

An excellent crop of Sudan grass has been raised by Mr J. A. Broad, bent, of “Windella,” Corobimilla, near Narandera. the sowing of…

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Sceptical Farmers. Will Not Usb Silos

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 2

If the farmers generally adopt towards the bulk handling of wheat the same attitude as is now being done by farmers at Walla Walla difficulties…

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Dairy Cattle Feeding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 18

Of the various kinds of food which u ay be made use of when conditions are no longer favourable to the plentiful and rapid growth of grass there is none more…

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Farmers' Sheep Dip

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 17

Co-operatively-owned sheep dips are fairly common in Victoria (writes the organising inspector of the New South Wales Agricultural Bureau), but one…

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Wheat Certificates Warning to Farmers

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 1

Farmers are warned against allowing themselves to be exploited through the medi[?] of the wheat certificates which are now being issued…

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1920-21 Wheat, Wheat Certificates

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 2

The State Wheat Board at its last sitting considered the matter of the transfers of the wheat certificates for the 1920-21 season. They decided…

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Sheep-fly Ravages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 17

According to reports received in pastoral circles in Sydney the blowfly best has been phenomenally bad in parts of the north-west. One report going the rounds is that…

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Wheat Trials

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 17

The highly satisfactory reports of the general harvest in the West Wyalong district are to some extent corroborated by the yields obtained in the departmental…

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The Wheat Silos

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 28

Statements have been published to the effect that farmers in some of the Riverina wheat areas are disinclined to allow their grain to go into the local silos…

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Great Wool Purchase

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 20

It is reported that the British Government has purchased from the South African Government 100,000 bales of wool for £2,000,000 which will be applied to the…

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South African Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 22

The "Morning Post" states on high authority that the British Government is paying £15 a bale for the 100,000 bales of wool, which it has purchased from South…

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4000 SHEEP. Sunnyside, Mount Alfred

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,-I have never written to the "Banner" before. Would some of my cousins send me the song, "In a Neat Little Cot on the Banks of the Murray,"…

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Boiled Wheat for Poultry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 16
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The palatability of wheat is increased by boiling, steaming, or soaking in hot water, but this treatment does not increase the food value in any way, nor…

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Murgha Merino Stud. a Rare Opportunity For Sheep Breeders

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 2

One of the most important stud sheep sales conducted in Australia will take place at Murgha Station near Deniliquin on Thursday, 3rd…

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Royal Easter Show, Sydney. Enlarging the Showground. Monster Cattle Pavilion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 3

Easter comes very early this year. The Royal Show opens on Monday, March 21, which is the special day for judging the cattle. It is anticipated…

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Agricultural, Vegetable, and Poultry Notes. Flag Smut of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 16

The spores of flag smut (the fine black dusty matter which is observable on crushing a leaf of an infected wheat plant) can reach the wheat grain in two…

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