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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 47 of 102

Motor Car Kills Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 3

Shortly before 7 o'clock on Friday evening, in Corio-street, Shepparton, Mr. R. Young, a visitor from Berrigan, N.S.W., was run over by a motor car…

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Butter Shortage in Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 3

Yesterday and the previous day there was a shortage of butter in Albury alleged to be due to the cornering of supplies in Sydney When the shortage was first…

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Butter Economy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 15

Winter fowls are very fat. Before roasting or stewing them remove all "leaves" of fat that are hot necessary to their successful cooking. Render as you…

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Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

The directors of the local butter factory held a meeting on Monday last to receive correspondence and to further consider matters in connection…

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Stacked Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 33

Efforts have recently been made by the Railway Commissioners to induce the agents controlling wheat stacked in the country to bring it near to the shipping…

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Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. report;--Our London office cables:--Wool.--Merinos show an advance of fully 10 per cent. compared with last series, and…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 3

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of the following moneys in connection with wheat promises made to the Corowa hospital last…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

Goldsborough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report that their London office cables:—"Wool—Merinos show an advance of fully 10 per cent. compared with last series and…

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Sydney Wool Report

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report:—The notion of the Federal Government in prohibiting the export of wool to countries other than…

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Pastoral. Cross-breeding Experiments. The Cowra Results

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

The termination of what might be called the first stage in the Department's cross-breeding experiments with sheep at Cowra experiment farm,…

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Why Cattle Chew Bones. Reason for Unproductiveness

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 3

Mr. F. W. Clarke, who has just arrived from New Zealand, gives an interesting account of some of the difficulties experienced by dairy farmers in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4
Also in The Berrigan Advocate

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefic, Minister of Agricultural and are based mainly on the experiments of Departments. No. 265…

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Drastic Wool Embargo. "John Bridge's" Attitude

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 5

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday last that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to any place…

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[?] Wool Embargo. “John Bridge’s” Attitude

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 1

The announcement in the newspapers on Monday of last week that the Minister for Customs had prohibited the exportation of wool to…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday Evening. the Queensland Cattle Case

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

The High Court has decided that it could not exercise its discretion, and grant an interim injunction against the Queensland Government in respect…

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Export of Wool. Effect of Embargo in Sydney

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 6

The wool sales have been disorganised as a result of the embargo place upon tho export of wool to ports outside the United Kingdom…

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Wheat Pool Operations. Overdraft £10,363,000 MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 3

Up to June 5, 14,477,000 bags of wheat had been shipped, sold locally, or otherwise disposed of by the Wheat Pool. The total quantity of wheat received…

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General Cables. London Wool Sales. Rumored Home Rule Arrangement

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 1

At the London wool sales there is a strong market for merinos, and recent prices are fully maintained. Crossbreds continue to be in sellers' favor…

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Not Enough Rain for the Crops. To Pte. A. Cameron, D. Company, 3rd Battadion. 1st. Infantry Brigade, A. E. Forces, Egypt. French Park, The Rock. May 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 13

Dear Alex,—I hope you and all your fellow soldiers are enjoying the best of health. We have moved to French Park since you left, and like our new home…

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