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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

2,273 stories in Murray's papers · page 85 of 114

State Wheat Growing. Mr. Ball's Opinion. Berrigan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 October 1914 · page 4

At a show social held last night, Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., in referring to the attitude respecting wheat growing by the Government, side, according to the…

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New Zealand Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 3

New Zealand is fast gaining an enviable reputation for the high quality of its wool and mutton sheep, Representative of the United States…

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The Farm. the Income-bearing Value of a Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 4

To ascertain what a sheep will return annually to a farmer is not an easy matter, for there are so many considerations involved: The…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 1

The leading Wool Brokers of Australia, representing Brisbane, Geelong, Melbourne, and Sydney, met in Melbourne on Friday, 9th inst, to discuss…

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The Drought. District Seed Wheat. MR. R. Scobie's Reply

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Wakool branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Associations two resolutions were adopted dealing with the drought…

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Sydney Wool Sales. German Bids Not Accepted. Crossbred Reaches 13d.; 12½d. for Merino. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

The wool sales which opened thin afternoon were historic wan There was an enormous attendance of spectators, who cheered the auctioneers' announcement that only,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Burrawong Branch

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 5

A meeting of the above was held at the Burrawong Hall on Saturday, 17th inst., the following members being present:—Messrs T. Grace (President). J. Jones, J…

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Culcairn Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 4

A committee mooting who held at The Waverley to receive a financial statement from the hon. sec. (Mr. J. P. Orr) regarding the recent show. The society will come…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., report: We offered to-day 900 bales. There was good competition from Yorkshire, America, and Japan for good stapled merino…

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N.S.W. Budget. the Premier's Financial Statement. to Avoid Wholesale Reterenchment. Supertax on Income Taxpayers and Tax on Motor Cars. Farmers Encouraged to Increase Wheat Areas. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly this evening the Premier, Mr. Holman, delivered his financial statement. The Premier said the financial year,…

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Price of New Wheat. How Shall It Be Fixed? Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 4

At the sitting of the Necessary Commodities Commmission to-day it was intimated that the commission proposed to go into the matter of fixing the price of new…

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Sheep on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 16

"The Beastie of the Golden Hoof" was the title of a paper submitted at the Fanners' Congress, Adelaide, by Mr. Henshaw Jackson (wool instructor at the…

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The Wheat Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 2

The vicissitudes attendant on the great industry of wheat growing are unpleasantly manifest this year. Encouraged by previous success, cultivators…

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Sheep Specials

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 7

During the last few weeks large flocks of sheep have been passing through the town, some in very good condition and some otherwise, prior to being trucked…

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The Wheat Crops. Mow They Are [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 1

The Daily Telegraph “ [?] day last published a big list of reports from its correspondent [?] condition of the wheat crop in the…

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The Wheat Crop. a Disastrous Season

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 17

ALBURY.—The drought is considered a record for forty years. There are a few places at which even now a fall of rain within a week would give a 20-bushel crop…

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Sheep Driven on Trenches

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 19

The "Daily Mail" correspondent, in a daring exploit, penetrated East Prussia He witnessed the Augustowo fighting. In one case a troop of Cossacks, which was…

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Crossing Sheep for Fur

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 16

It seems highly probable that in the near future home-grown astrakhan fur will be competing with that which, till now, has come to us from Russian Turkestan, says…

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Next Year's Wheat Crop. Increased Area -- Early Cultivation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 4

There has probably never been a time in the history of wheat growing in New South Wales when such strong reasons as present themselves just now could be…

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The Wheat Harvest

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 1

The prospects of the harvest are by no means encouraging around Wagga, and the warm weather of the past fortnight has had very noticeable…

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