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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 76 of 114

The Commandeered Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 4

Only a conrparatively small quantify of sized wheat has been sold in Sydney up to Tuesday by the Government.It is explained that owing to the delay in…

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Fixing tho Price of Wheat. Action By N.S.W. Government. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 2

The grain merchants of London have stated that the fixing of the price of wheat by the Victorian Foodstuffs Board at 4/3d. a [?], is equivalent to an embarge on…

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Price of Wheat. Farmers Protest

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 5

There was a discussion at the monthly meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association on the maximum price of wheat declared…

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Price of Wheat. Protest by Wagga Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

Wagga farmers, after discussing the action of the New South Wales Government in fixing the price of wheat at 4/2 (maximum), as recommended by the…

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The Wheat Seizure

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2

No one wishes to judge too harshly the action of Ministers who, in trying circumstances, are endeavouring to do what in them lies to minimise the…

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Seed-Wheat for Farmers, the Government’s Assurance

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4

At question time in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday of last week, Mr It. T. Ball asked the Minister for Agriculture (Mr Ashford), in view of…

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Checking Wheat Gamblers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 33

The Attorney-General, Mr. D. R. Hall, referred to the proclamation fixing the price of wheat, said that it was to protect We people of New South Wales from the…

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Wheat Land Important Resumptions

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 1

The Minister for Lands (Mr. J. L. Trefle) has decided to resume the Woodlands scrub lease, No. 64, containing 27,980 acres. Resumption will…

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Resumption of Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 8

A conference of representatives of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, and the Sydney and Brisbane Wool Buyers' Association was held…

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The Fixed Price of Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4

The State Government has issued a proclamation fixing the selling price of wheat in New South Wales at 4b 2d, per burhel; the price of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 6
Also in The Riverine Grazier, Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal [?]perviston of the Hon. W. G. A[?]ford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 177…

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Wheat Seized by N.s.w. Government

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 33

Following on the report received from the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, it was announced by the Attorney-General (Mr. Hall) that the Government…

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A Wheat War. London Merchants and Australian Prices

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2

Grain merchants in London are taking the stand that the fixing of the price of wheat by the Victorian Foodstuffs Board at 43 a bushel is…

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The Price of Wheat. the Position in New South Wales and Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 25

A meeting of the Victorian Cabinet was held on Wednesday evening, when the report of the Prices of Goods Board, recommending the fixing of the highest…

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Wheat. Left Over From Last Harvest Quantities at Railway Stations. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 1

There is still a large proportion of last season's wheat crop in New South Wales not disposed of. From the various railway stations last week…

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Agricultural Notes. Maize Trials. The Farmers' Experiment Plots

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 16

The next few weeks will give growers of maize in coastal and tableland districts opportunities of putting into practice the lessons learned from last year's farmers'…

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Crops for Green Feed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 17

Green feed suitable for poultry has exercised a number of poultry farmers this spring, and lately suggestions were made by the poultry expert for growing…

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Anxious About the Crops. Stockinbingal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—There has been shower of rain here, the first for a long time. The last few days have been hot and sultry. Many crops were withering…

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