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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

1,407 stories in Murray's papers · page 62 of 71

Poetry Leaving the Farm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 3

Wiat hopeful hearts they packed then goods, The farmer and his faithful wife, There thoughts to rd to the city great…

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A Dairy Feeding Test

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 6

In the Iowa station a-thorough test of feeding beets and turnips to dairy cows demonstrated conclusively that cows den[?]tonstrated conclusively…

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Great Feats by Farmers. Some Fecord - Achievements

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 6

Lincolnshire is noted for its immease tields and huge haystacks. Thue[?] years ago a farmer near Spalding bult a has[?]aek whien he proudly…

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Dairying. Watering Milk

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 6

When prosecuted for selling milk contain? what is termed added water, vendor baye sometimes snotnosed, in defence that the milk runst have been watered indirectly…

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Official Wheat Quotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has received by cable the following official report of the English wheat market, dated 9th inst.—Wheat market very dull…

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Victorian Wheat Supplies. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 2

During the week ended last Thursday 51,463 bags of wheat were loaded at country railway stations in Victoria, against 54,534 bags for the previous week, and…

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Closer Union of Slaughtermen and Wool Workers

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 2

The Amalgamated Slaughtermen's Union of Australia has absorbed the Wool and Basil Workers' Association of N.S.W. The amalgamation takes effect from the…

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United States Wheat Crop

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

The report of the Washington Bureau of Statistics, issued in October, indicates an out-turn of winter and spring wheat, together of 655,000,000 bushels, against…

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Wheat Supplies Afloat. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

The quantity of wheat how afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,950,000 quarters, as against 2,860,000 quarters a week ago…

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Wool Sales. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

Dalgely and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our seventh wool sale of the series to-day, offering a large and representative catalogue to a full attendance of buyers…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest. 12,000,000 Bushels Short. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

The inquiries made by the railway district officers regarding the coming harvest indicate that there will be a shortage of about 12,000,000 bushels of wheat as…

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Labor Troubles in N.S.W. Botany Wool Scourers. Decide to Resume To-day. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

The strike of wool scourers at a number of Botany works had an influence at Homebush sales to-day. When everything was in readiness for starting the fat stock…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Nov. 7

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 4

Younghusband, Row and Co. Proprietary Limited continued their wool sales yesterday, when they submitted to buyers a catalogue of 2831 bales…

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Wool Sales at Night. Albury Auctioneers Fined

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 1

The auctioneers concerned in the Albury Wool Sales last Thursday night were proceeded against at the Albury Police Court yesterday for having committed a breach of…

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Botany Wool Scourers Partly Resume. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 2

Work was partly resumed at the Botany wool scouring and fellmongering works this morning. The men's ballot last night (as reported in to-day's "Border Morning…

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Snowstorms in Canada. Effect on Wheat Crops

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 2

REGINA (Assiniboia), Wednesday. Snowstorms have been raging here during the past few days. These storms are having a serious effect…

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Official Wheat Quotation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has received by cable the following official report of the English wheat market, dated London, 13th inst.—Wheat market very…

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New Butter Factory for Springhurst Dairy Coy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 2

The directors of the Ovens and Murray and Dairy Company Ltd., Springhurst, have decided on the erection of a new factory, and have engaged Mr. A. C. MacKnight,…

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Official Wheat Quotations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 2

The Victorian Department of Agriculture has received by cable the following official report of the English, wheat market, dated London, 14th hist. "Wheat market very…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., Melbourne, report—We offered another good catalogue at our sales on Tuesday, totalling 4,382 bales…

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