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Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 69 of 114

Official Crop Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 29

The Commonwealth Meteorologist supplies the following summary of the condition of stock, crops, pastures, etc, at the end of July, 1914, gleaned from reports…

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Wagga Farmers' Offer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 47

Following on the offer of the Wagga District Council to organise the fodder supplies for the Australian forces by sales of oats and chaff to the Defence Department on the…

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Henty Farmers Offer Fodder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 47

Mr. H. W. Smith, president of the lied Cross Society, Henty, has written as follows to Captain Fitz-Gerald, area officer at Albury :-"A movement has been initiated…

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Canadian Weat Crop Below the Estimate. Ottawa

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 6

The Canadian wheat crop has shown to be far below the estimate…

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The Wagga Farmers. Appeal for Donations of Stock. Defence Department Accept Offer

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 1

The offer made by the Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association, through the Secretary (Mr. Kelsey), has been favorably…

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England's Hop Crops. Above the Estimate. London, Tuesday Night

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 6

The Board of Agriculture estimates the hop crop in Kent to be well above the average…

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Wool Is King

The Corowa Free Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 3

"New Zealand's greatest industry is wool growing, since this staple constitutes, more than a third of the Dominion's export almost equalling in…

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Suggested Bonus to Wheat Growers

The Corowa Free Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 1

In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly recently Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A. for Corowa, moved the following motion, the debate on which was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 172…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. a New Manure

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 4

As every farmer knows, one of the vital constituents of plant life is phosphate of lime which for general agricultural purposes is widely…

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Corriedale Sheep Association

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 3

Following up the action taken by Corriedale sheep breeders during the recent Sydney sheep carnival, a meeting of those interested, held in Melbourne…

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Melbourne Wheat Market Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 2

The Melbourne wheat market was firm today at [?] for september delivery, but there was no business of any volume to report, sellers being…

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A Billion Bushel Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 August 1914 · page 1

Concerning the wheat harvest in the United States, the "Breeders Gazette," under date May 21, writes:-- "The prediction now is for a billion…

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Wool

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 3

The first wool of the season to reach Balranald came from Paika and Moondyne last week. Yanga station is storing all their wool in the store on the…

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The Butter Industry

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 3

The butter industry is now beginning is feel the influence of the war. The market in London is worker on intest reports than at the corresponding period of that year…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 2

Buyers made keen inquiry for wheat this morning, but sellers held out for 4/7 a bushel, which is an advance of id, on yesterday's quotation.Even at the…

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Dutch Government Setzes Wheat. i

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 2

A message has been received in Oltawn from the Trade Commissioner at Rotterdam that the Dutch Government had seized the wheat in all the warehouses…

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The Wheat Market Old Wheat 4/0. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 3

The wheat market is advancing rapidly Vigorous efforts were made to-day to [?] big parcels of old gralu. Bayers of…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 August 1914 · page 3

The nominal quotation for wheat to-day was 4/71/2 a bushel being a rise of 1/2d. since yesterday, and there is a continued firming tendency. There are many buyers,…

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World's Wheat Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 41

"Broomhall," in the Liverpool "Corn Trade News" of June 30, referring to the world's wheat crops, said:-"U.S.A.-Winter wheat harvest progressing favourably…

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