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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,501 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 76

Bulk Handling of Wheat. Riverina Farmers' Objections

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

The Corowa district council of the Farmers and Settlors' Association has discussed the bulk handling of wheat Most of the speakers…

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"John Bridge." Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

From the financial columns of the Sydney Morning Herald of the 16th instant, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the…

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"John Bridge" Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Chairman on Wool Clip and Wheat Pool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

From the financial columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 16th instant, we extract the following interesting remarks made by the…

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Wheat Stackers Wages

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

The trouble between agents representing the wheal pool and the men engaged re-bagging and lumping the wheat a the railway yards was settled on…

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Wheat Pool Ballot

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

Mr. H, B. Argus, J.P., of Boree Creek, solicits the support of the district farmers in connection with the Wheat Pool ballet. Mr. Argus…

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Something About Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 16

I do not profess to be a scientific breeder of wheats, nor am I an export farmer. I leave the breeding of wheats to men like Mr. Pridham, of the Agricultural…

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Wheat Lumpers' Wages

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

Mr Justice Heydon has further considered the question of wages to be paid to men handling wheat. His Honor made an award for two…

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Walla Wheat Plots

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 17

Wheat experiments are being continued by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Mr. E. G. Wenke. "Sunnyside," Walla Walla. The plots were sown on…

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Important Proposal by Wheat Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 33

It is understood that the Australian Wheat Board at its last meeting had under discussion a proposal to divert shipments of wheat and flour from…

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Something about Wheat II. (Concluded)

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

Gedar and Marquis wheats are twin brothers, both from Calcutta hard red out of Red Fife. One brod by Farrar, and the other by Dr…

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The Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 44

At Friday's meeting of the Corowa District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the following resolution was dealt with:—…

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German Trying to "Corner" Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 22

It is reported from Buenos Ayres that the German Minister to Argentina is attempting to buy 100,000 tons of wheat in order to decrease the exports to the…

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Walla Wheat Plots. the Experiments Continued

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3

Wheat experiments are being continuance by the Department of Agriculture on the farm of Mr. E. G. Wonke. "Sunnyadle," Walk Walls. The plots were…

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Wheat Lumpers' Strike a Pound a Day Asked

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

The administrators of the wheat pool are faced with a serious problem in connection with the rebagging of wheat in the stacks at…

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John Bridge & Co. Meeting of Shareholders. Wool and Whhat Problems

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

The subjoined report of an address delivered by the chairman of John Bridge and Co., at the annual meeting of the company's srareholdora, is…

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State As Share-farmer Mr. Ashford's Scheme

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, has in hand a scheme of general land resumption, by means of which, subject to Cabinet approval, he hopes to…

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We Must Improve. British Farmers Ought to Lead

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 4

In estimating the pressure of our blockade on Germany, we are apt to overlook the fact that Germany continues to produce much more from…

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Fox Farming in the United States

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 4

Much has been written during the last three or four years regarding the remarkable development of fox farming in Canada, especially in…

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Aged Farm Horses

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

A paragraph appeared in a London paper recently in which it was stated that an American farmer had a draught horse working at the age of…

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Tobacco Crop a Failure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 17

The tobacco crop in New South Wales this year can be written down a failure; in fact, practically the same conditions obtain in all the producing States…

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