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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

2,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 82 of 102

Butter Cakes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 6

You require four cups of flour, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1 quart of milk, [?] oz. yeast, 1 teaspoonful each of soda and salt. Mix the salt with…

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Cattle Sale

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

We would draw attention to the special cattle sale, which will be conducted at Donkin's Yards, Tocumwal, on Thursday next, 2nd…

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The Wheat Crop. District Reports

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 44

ALBURY. — The area, under wheat in this district will be less than that of last year. Excessive moisture at sowing time, and uncertainty as to the results of the…

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Cross Breeding Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 16

Following are notes of a lecture by Mr. J. H. Mathews, before the Holbrook branch of the Agricultural bureau at the school of arts:—There is now no room for…

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Our Desert Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 11

The subject set for composition was "The Camel." This is the essay that one small boy wrote:— "The cannimal is a sheep of the desert…

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Wool Sales

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mortand Co. Ltd., report holding their first regular sale of the main wool series of 1916/17 and offering a compact…

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Branding Wheat Bags. Farmers Without Registered Brands

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 1

A share-farmer asks: “Will it be necessary for a [?]farmer who has no registered brand to get one to brand his wheat bags, or would his…

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Price of Butter Fixed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 33

Following upon interviews which Senator Russell, the Minister representing tho Federal Government, has had during tho past few days with interstate…

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High Wheat Prices

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday. Chicago wheat futures are quoted: —December, 171¾ cetns, 169¼ cents; May, 171[?]/8 cents, 1687/8 cents per bushel…

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Australian Wheat Steamer Sunk

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 2

The s.s. Midland, which left Melbourne in August with 77,741 bags of wheat, has, been sunk at sea…

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World's Wheat Crop. 25 Per Cent. Below Last Year. Rome

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 6

The International Agricultural Institutes estimate the world's wheat crop at 25 per cent, below 1915…

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The Sydney Wool Sales

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 1

At yesterdays wool sales the market ruled firm for best descriptions…

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Auctioneers’ Reports. Special Sheep Sale at Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

Messrs Kilpatrick and Co., Pty., Ltd., and Messrs M’Pherson, Thom and Co., auctioneers in conjunction, report having held a most successful…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal of the Hoe. W. G Ashford, Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiences of the Department. No. 285…

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Australian Wheat for Allies. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

In commercial circles in the city it is understood that negotiations are proceeding between the Australian Wheat Board and two or more of the Allies for the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 285…

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Where Wheat Is Grown. District Area Fluctuations

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 3

Of the 4,524,000 acres which the Government statistician (Mr J. B. Trivett) estimates have been sown to wheat this year in New South Wales,…

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Wheat for Export. Over Million Tons Remain. Profits Go in Freights

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 4

Wheat growers in Victoria gather from a mass of official statements that after the British Government has been supplied with the 500,000 tons of grain…

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Trail of the I.w.w. Fires in Wheat Stacks. Tnquiry Into Lookhart Outbreaks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 32

An inquiry was conducted at Lockhart court-house on Friday into the circumstances connected with the fires at wheat stacks in the Lockhart railway yard. The…

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The Referendum. Farmers' MAlFESTO

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 6

"Are you in favor of the Government having, in this grave emergency, the same compulsory powers over citizens in regard to requiring their military…

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