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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Deniliquin (and District) History. [Extracts from the “ Pastoral Times.”]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

September 4, 1875:— North Yathe[?]g Station, near Jerilderie, with purchased land, 5340 sheep, 130 head of cattle etc., has been sold…

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N.Z. Wool, Skin and Produce Bought by Great Britain Wellington

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

This season's wool is now reaching the stores in large quantities, and the valuation in connection wth the Imperial purchase is proceeding rapidly…

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Australian Wool New Appraisements Commence To-day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 2

The valuation of wool will be resumed in Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide, on Monday. For this round Victoria has…

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Food Shortage in England. a Serious Position Meat, Butter, Margarine and Milk. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 3

[?] has been intensified, and butchers' sales will shortly be compulsory reduced by 25 and ultimately 50 per cent. Rationing is inevitable…

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Wheat Sacks

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

The Honourable R. T. Ball, Minister for Works and Railways, has had under notice the trouble experienced by farmers in obtaining wheat sacks,…

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Patriotic Wheat Crop Beturns Over £200

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

The Goombargana Patriotic Fund was advanced another step last week. This fund originated through the patriotic action, of Mrs. J. E. Shipard and her son,…

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Goombargona Farmer's Effort. Patriotic Wheat Plot

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

On Tuesday, January 1, the farmers of Goombargana and others interested in the patriotic wheat plot, had the satisfaction of estimating pretty…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. (Issued by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture.) Cost in Wheat Production. a Basis of Calculation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

About no subject connected with agriculture has there been more controvery in recent years than about the cost of producing some of our [?]…

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Wheat Sent to Seaboard Bendigo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

To guard against damage by mice and against deterioration from other causes, this season's wheat is being sent direct to the seaboard, instead of being stacked…

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What Should Be the Price of Wheat?

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlors' Association has approached the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) in an endeavour to obtain a higher guaranteed price for…

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Purchase of Australian Wheat. Comment in England

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 2

Amongst the various charges of extravagance referred to by the Select Committee on national expenditure, states the "Pall Mail Gazette" of 9th…

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—Big Loss of Wheat in Victoria by Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 1

Fires in the North-western wheat belt of Victoria, destroyed 300 acres of standing wheat, estimated to yield 15 bushels to the acre…

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Wheat of 1917—1918 Second Hand Bags and Smutty Samples

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 1

Messrs. Lindley. Walker and Co. have forwarded the following letter to their agents:— We recently instructed our agents, that…

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Sale of 10,000 Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 2

By the Gippsland and Northern Co-operative Selling and Insurance Co. Ltd., at Wodonga, on Thursday, January 10, at L30, after arrival of the Melbourne train,…

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Britain’s Wheat. Experts From England

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 3

Professor H. Maxwell Lefroy, who [?] the chair of Entomology at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, and formerly…

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State Wheat Board. New Agreement with Shippers

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

Mr Grahame, Minister of Agriculture, on Monday last presided over a meeting of the State Wheat Board to complete the agreement with…

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[?] of Wheat. a Higher Guarantee Asked For

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 1

The New South Wales Farmers and Settlers’ Association [?] approached the Prime Minister in [?] to obtain a higher…

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Sale of 10,000 Sheep at Wodonga To-day

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 2

By the Gippsland and Northern Cooperative Selling and Insurance Co. Ltd., at Wodonga, on Thursday, January 10, at L30, after arrival of the Melbourne train,…

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The Wheat Sa[?]k Shortage. Delay on Railways to Be Prevented

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 3

The Hon. R. T. Ball, Minister for Public Works and Railways, has had under notice the trouble experienced by farmers in obtaining…

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Goombargana Patriotic Crop

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 3

No more fitting start could have been made to the New Year than by the patriotic gathering which took place on Mr. E. W. Shipard's Fairfieid Estate,…

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