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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

1,501 stories in Murray's papers · page 41 of 76

The Wheat Stacks

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. G. W. Grahame, and Mr. Harris, secretary to the Wheat Board, visited Henty, yesterday morning on their…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

The secretary to the above is in receipt of a cheque for £23129 from Messrs. Teague Bros., of the Netherby flour mills, Corowa, representing the…

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Stacking Next Season's Wheat. Silos on the Farms

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 6

Speaking at Urana during the week, Mr. A. K. Trethowan stated that consideration is being given to the harvesting of the next season's…

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Protection of Wheat Stacks

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

The Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association has inspected the wheat stacks in that part of the State, and intend to organise the farmers to…

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The Wheat Stacks Trouble

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 44

A special meeting of the Lockhart branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held to receive the report of the delegates appointed to personally…

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Serious Menace to Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 3

Unless immediate measures are taken by the authorities it is (says the "Telegraph") not improbable that the weevil will ultimately take a larger toll of our wheat…

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Payment for Wheat Scrip

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 33

A warning to farmers not to dispose of their wheat scrip to a syndicate which is said to be in existence for the purpose of buying it was uttered by the Prime…

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July Sheep Sales. "John Bridge" Invitation

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 1

John Badge and Company Ltd., looking forward to the presence in Sydney of many country clients a friends on the occasion of the Sheep…

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July Sheep Sales 'John Bridge' Invitation

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

John Bridge and Company, Ltd, looking forward to the presence in Sydney of many country clients and friends on the occasion of the…

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July Sheep Sales "John Bridge." Invitation

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

John Bridge and Company Limited, looking forward to the presence in Sydney of many country clients and friends on the occasion of the…

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Embargo on South American Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 22

Buenos Ayres reports state that Paraguay and Uruguay have placed an embargo on the export of wheat…

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Wheat Re-bagging. Farmers Take a Hand. Minister Visiting District. F. and S. President's Appeal

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 6

Follow Farmers.— Owing to the continued serious wastage of wheat through the mouse plague and unsatisfactory handling…

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Saving the Wheat in Miceinfested Areas

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 17

The following circular has been issued to the branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association:— "The Minister for Agriculture and the…

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Minister for Agriculture on Tour. Trouble with Wheat and Mice

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Grahame, was waited upon at Wagga on Wednesday by the erecutive of the Wagga branch of tho Farmers and Settlers'…

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Crops, Stock and Pastures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 17

The Central Weather Bureau reports that for May, except in the southern districts, the rainfalls was again very, light, and so much below requirements that…

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Farmers' Granaries

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 16

In reference to the recently-published statement of a correspondent in regard to bulk handling of wheat, that "farmers could not afford to put up granaries," Mr…

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Demliquin (and District) History [Extracts from the pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 6

April 18, 1-874 — A special meeting of the Deniliquin Municipal Council took place on Thursday night, but Aldermen Rosenfeld…

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Farm and Held. Original Articles Intensive Cultivation

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 3

The problem of successful farming now a days and particularly the problem of small holdings must depend for its solution on intensive culture which…

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Sheep Share-farming

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 3

At the present time there are a large number of land holders in this State unable to arrange the necessary financial accommodation for the purchase of…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. No. 320. Agricultural. Infested with Thrips. French Bean Flowers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 4

In April of this year information was received by the Department of Agriculture from Mr. F. Ruff, Wamberal, that thrips were attacking the flowers of…

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