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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

1,015 stories in Murray's papers · page 39 of 51

Proposed Wheat Areas. Mr. Brunskill's Views

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 28

Mr. Anthony Brunskill this week mentioned to the Premier and Sir Joseph Carruthers that he did not want to make a separate report on the Murray River…

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Wheat Payment of 6d. Per Bushel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 4

The Voluntary Wheat Pool will next month pay 6d. per bushel on last season's wheat. If the pool be not then wound up, this will represent a payment of £100,000…

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The Wheat Silos. Leased to Voluntary Pool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 1

Mr. Butte[?]shaw, M.L.A., chairman of the Voluntary Wheat Pool, says: So far from being exceptionally favorable terms which the Government has…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 3

The farm and dairy produce classes were judged by Mr. T. M. Gibson. There were some splendid samples of home-made bread, and Mr. Gibson…

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Country Party Platform. Farmers' Fourteen Points

The Independent · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 3

Adopting for its slogan, "Production, scientific marketing, and a fair deal," the Australian Country Party has issued its election platform in the form of 14 points…

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Care of Farm Machinery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 17

Mr. A. W. Cornish, contributes a paper dealing with the above subject. The high cost of implements, he said, made it necessary for the farmer to take every care of…

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Farm Book-keeping

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 17

Without accurate booking-keeping no farmer can tell exactly how he stands or how much he has made or lost over any period. It may be argued that with the…

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Soil Analyses for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 17

It must be pointed out that, as a rule, the analysis of an isolated sample of a soil that has been variously cropped and manured for a number of years is of little…

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Prophets of the Farmyard Birds of Good and Ill Omen

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 1

Farmer folk who get a crowing hen among the brood in the yard look upon it as an evil omen. A superstitious farmer looks upon…

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Lice in Sheep. New Species in Australia

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 4

At the Bogan Shire Council meeting, at Warren last week, Cr. A. E. McLeod exhibited a sample of wool badly affected with sheep lice, which…

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Wool Values Higher. Keen General Demand

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Co. reports: At our sale on the 3rd inst, oud catalogue was composed of clips from…

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Murray Lands. Dried Fruits, Oranges, and Wheat

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 October 1922 · page 3

Besides recommending gradual development of the Morray lands, the Export Committee declarer that the success of the irrigation settlements…

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Wool Values Higher. Keen General Demand

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Company, Limited, reports :—"At our sale on 3rd inst. our catalogue was composed of…

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Wool Values Higher Keen General Demand

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1922 · page 3

The Farmers sod Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports :— At our sale on the 3rd inst., our catalogue was composed of clips from…

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Swab for Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 17

Oil and arsenic can be combined to make a very good swab for dressing sheep. The formula recommended by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture…

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Rustless Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 39

A material advance in the development of a rust-resistant wheat was announced by Professor Watt, dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, at Sydney University. Mr…

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The N.s.w. Wheat Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

Although the area under wheat this year in New South Wales is 179,190 acres in excess of the area sown last year, returns prepared by the…

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Australian Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

A message from Ottawa states that the committee of Canadian woollen manufacturers has urged on the Government the necessity for importing…

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The Dipping of Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 1

Mr. J. G. Johnson, stock inspector, in a report to a meeting of Albury Pastures Protection Board on Tuesday, sa[?] that, having noticed lice and tick…

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"Wild Tomato" Poisons Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

Muswellbrook message states that a plant known as "wild tomato" was responsible for the death of 45 sheep on Terregoing Station from a flock of…

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