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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 69 of 102

Export of Butter. Minister May Permit

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 3

As Australia is now producing nearly sufficient butter to satisfy the requirements of consumers, Mr. Tudor, Minister for Customs, thinks that the time is…

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Jerilderie Butter Factory

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 6

A meeting of the Directors of the Jerilderie Butter Factory was held on Saturday last. Present: Messrs. Sleeman (chair), Theaksto[?]…

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Wheat Prospects

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 16

A correspondent to a Sydney paper says: —A large operator in Wagga district told me that lie had 1000 acres less under crop this year than in 1915-16. and he also…

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Sheep's Ace and Teeth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 18

An interesting point bearing upon the age and dentition of sheep cropped up in connection with the recent Gilgandra show. Mr. O. J. M'Cutcheon entered two…

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The Wheat Bonus

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

With reference to the discussion in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last. On the question of wheat grown on excess areas, the Sydney "Morning…

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Wool Freights to London

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

In January last the oversea shipping companies announced that in order to attract tonnage to Australia they found it necessary to…

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Wheat In Second-hand Bags

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 4
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Grahame) gives a warning note to farmers who may be arranging for their supply of cornsacks for the…

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Agricultural. Wheat-bins. Estimates of Cost

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

An estimate of the cost of constructing wheat-bins on the farm was put before the Tallawang branch of the Agricultural Bureau at the June…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

These Notes, are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister or Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 277…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Opening of Season

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

The Australian Estates & Mortgage Co., Ltd. report:—The first sales of the 1916-17 wool season were held on 29th August, aud we…

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The Wheat Market. a Decline in Price

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

The entrance of Roamania into the war has been responsible for a slump the world’s wheat market, the opinion being that the opening of the…

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The Wheat Bonus. ("Sydney Morning Herald," August 23.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 32

Mr. Ball was fully warranted in moving the adjournment of Parliament last evening in order to absolve the wheatgrowers of this State from an unjust imputation…

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Wheat Sensation in Chicago Turkey's Collapse Foreshadowed. Prices' Sudden Fall

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 6

At New York and Chicago there were frenzied scenes in the wheat pits. The bears made a sensational raid. The reason is based on the reports of Roumania's entrance to the war, which means Turkey's speedy collapse, and the exportation of Russian…

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Correspondence. Sheep Dog Trials. 1916. To the Editor of the "Albury Banner."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 46

Sir,—For a piece of downright impudence and incorrect statements that of King and M'Leod's. in a recent issue of your paper, surpasses anything I have…

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When to Cut Lucerne. Effect on Next Crop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 17

The Wisconsin experiment station, U.S.A., has shown, by actual trial, that where lucerne was cut on September 2. 1914, the stand on May 12, 1945 (which…

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Learning to Dance. Rock View Farm, Dellwood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have had a lot of heavy rain lately, but it is not badly needed, as the crops are all coming along splendidly. Some of the fanners have…

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Agriculture. Cultivation and Crops. How to Obtain the Best Results

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

Practical experience teaches 119 that wintor cultivation for spring crops la one of the most remunerative pratices that any farmor can adopt. All…

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Harrowing Growing Crops. Good Practice

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

One of the chief objections urged by farmers against the practice of harrowing young wheat crops is that it destroys so many plants, but that it has…

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