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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 65 of 90

Export Butter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 19

Under the Customs Act a proclamation was issued which prohibits the exportation of batter unless it is graded by a Customs officer in the prescribed way. The Minister…

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Wheat Dockages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 16

The question of dockage on their wheat has been always a sore point with growers, under the f.a.q. system, and this has been accentuated since the formation of the…

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Wheat Pool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 20

This subject was referred to in the Legislative Assembly last week. Mr. Manning: I desire to ask the Minister for Agriculture a question having…

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Surplus Wheat Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 32

The failure of the Australian Wheat Board to dispose of the surplus grain has given cause for grave-concern, and, as the outcome of a meeting of the board, farmers…

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Has Wheat Been Sold?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 19

Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in an interview, said he would like the Acting Prime Minister to say definitely if the…

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Disposal of Australian Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

At Saturday's mooting of the Yarrawonga and Border A. and P. Association a discussion, Initiated by Mr. Bradly, took place on the question of…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. Agricultural. Keep the Plough Going. And Increase the Fallowed Area

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

The month of September is the last in which many farmers will be able to comply with the conditions covering the Goverment's offer of an advance…

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America and Our Wheat How a Sale Was Missed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, Victorian Superintendent of Agriculture, who recently returned from an investigation tour of the United States, tells how…

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Butter and Cheese to Be Commandeered New Pool Proposed. Traders to Act As Commission Agents

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Mr. W. M. Greene, Minister for Price Fixing, has unfolded to the inter-State conference of representatives of the co-operative butter and cheese producing…

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Batlow Soldiers' Farms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 16

Those who have seen the forests in the Batlow country realise what a costly business it is to clear the virgin bush, for cultivation. This is one of the drawbacks…

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Farmers and Settlers' Deputation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 32

Members of the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association waited upon the Premier and presented a number of resolutions adopted at the association's…

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Farm Produce

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 23

The display in this class was, as usual, below what might reasonably be expected in a district where agriculture is a staple industry. In some respects, however, it…

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Dairy Produce

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 24

The entries in this class were, almost without exception, of the most excellent quality. The samples of butter, fresh and powdered, were remarkably good, both in…

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Treatment of Prisoners South Australian Farmer's Experiences

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Nykiel, a farmer of Clare, South Australia, has arrived in London after four years of terrible experiences during his internment in Germany. He…

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DAIRYING. Take Care of the Cans. A War-time Economy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

The high price of tinned goods of all kinds is a subject in which the farmer has a real interest, and an American professor suggests that…

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Sales of Stud Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 2

“Bendelby” writes in the “Australasian”: Details which have reached me indicate that there is still much money about for stud merinoes. Mr H. S…

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Wheat Stack Fire at Walla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

A fire broke out in a wheat stack at Walla at 3 a.m. yesterday, which was in the care of Messrs John Darling and Sons Ltd. The blaze was observed by…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

January 13, 1877 :— At a meeting of members of the Church of England, held at the court house on Tuesday, the Ven. Archdeacon…

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Second=hand and Inferior Wool Packs

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

The purchase of the wool clip by the Imperial Governmentis conditional on the wools being packed in the usual packages,— thus ensuring…

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World's Wheat Supply Effect on Australian Prospects

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 4

A doubtful note in regard to the prospects of selling large quantifies of wheat to Britain is struck in a survey of the general wheat position abroad, made…

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