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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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More Farms Available

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Lands announces that 70 farms will be gazetted on January 21 for ballot on March 2. They are on the…

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Find of Old Coins on Farm

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

The Crown has been informed of an interesting find on the farm at Oraigenzillan, in the uplands of Galloway, not far from the Ayrshire border…

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Homestead Farms

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

[A. Homestead Farm is a lease in perpetuity. The principal conditions which attach there to being perpetual residence and payment of rent and the carrying out…

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Dairying. Some Irrigation Settlements. Comparisons of Rents and Water Charges

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Comparisons made by the Dairy Expert between the rents and water rates on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and those on other areas serve to…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Balldale Branch

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

The monthly meeting of the Balldale branch of the above association was held on Saturday last, the president, Mr G. C. Morphett, occupying the chair,…

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Attractive Farms in Wagga District

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

Messrs. A. A. Piggin and Co., land agents, Corowa, New South Wales, announce that they have particulars of some attractive homestead farms in the…

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Rural Workers Demands. Henty Wheat Lumpers' Strike Settled

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 1

The strike of wheat lumpers at the Henty yards was. to all intents and purposes, brought to an end on Thursday. Earlier in the week Mr. Macintosh organiser of the…

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Farm Jottings

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 1

Ignorance is the dairyman’s worst enemy. Dairymen who do not read and learn something every day are not living up to their opportunities…

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Hard Crop

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 1

Sometimes a good hen—one that is very valuable—will become crop-bound. The crop will get larger and larger, until seemingly ready to burst,…

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Wheat Lumpers' Trouble at Coolamon. Chaffcutters Closed Down. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

A meeting of Wheat Lumpers; and Carriers Union at Coolamen decided not to lump or carry to non-unionists after Tuesday, and all consignments handled by…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of 10 from Mr. Wm. Tait, of Ringwood, and 12 from Mr. John Norman, of "Linden,"…

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A Wheat Pest

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 4

Not a few of the farmers in Wagga district are inclined to ascribe the absence of grain from a great deal of the heads of wheat this season to the presence of a…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 4

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co. Ltd. report.-- We held our opening sale of the series to-day (Wednesday), and brought forward a…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

Dalgety & Co. Ltd. report: We offered a large and attractive catalogue to-day of over 6500 bales of wool. There was large attendance of buyers, and competition was…

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Rural Workers' Demands. Riverina Farmers Meet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

A largo meeting of farmers was held at Coolamon on Saturday to consider the demands of Rural Workers' Union for chaffcutting, rates of pay and hours. Over two…

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Culcairn Farmer's Legacy. Windfall From America

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. John Maher, a Culcairn farmers, who is waiting developments in connection with a fortune that has been bequeathed him in America, has decided…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 4

After an interval of four weeks, the second series of sales was opened in Melbourne on 19th inst. The A.M.L. and F Co. Ltd. offered their first…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

Younghusband, Row, and Co. Pty Ltd. continued their wool sales to-day, when they submitted a catalogue of 1080 bales, to a full attendance of buyers. The catalogue…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 2

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co. Ltd. report: At our sale to-day, in addition to a useful display of greasy wools, we offered a good selection of…

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