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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 68 of 90

Special Cattle Sale at Walwa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 2

Younghusband, Row and Co. Pty. Ltd. will offer 400 store cattle at a special cattle sale at Walwa on September 25, account estate late J. MMeekin, Ournie…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 4

February 17, 1877:— At the Municipal Council meeting on Monday, Mr James Gall was, appointed poundkeeper…

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Wheat Agents Fees Said to Be £5,000,000. MELBOURNE

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 3

Mr. Nicholls stated in the House of Representatives this morning that over £5,000,000 had been paid to agents for handling wheat, and he asked Mr. Watt,…

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Farmers on Wheat Board Fluctuations of Scrip Values

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 3

By way of reply to a question by Mr. Sampson, the Acting Prime Minister announced in the House of Representatives that the Federal Cabinet had decided to…

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Work of Science Bureau Standard Types of Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 September 1918 · page 2

The Bureau of Science and Industry, in its annual report, mentioned that 34 special committees have been appointed, and that the total grants made during the…

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Wool Appraisements

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report holding their first appraisement on Thursday, 19th inst., in which scoured skin wools were the predominating…

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Branding Bags of Wheat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 1

The man who moves this motion would not put stones in his bag was the sentiment with which Mr. W. C. Hill (president; greeted the appearance at…

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Wool Appraisements. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Ltd. report as follows:--The first round of appraisements under the 1918-19 wool scheme was…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes. the Orchard, Pruning Demonstration at Wellington

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 3

At a pruning demonstration recently held under the auspices of the Wellington branch of the Agricultural Bureau. the Assistant Fruit Expert…

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The Next Wheat Crop. Views of Farmers' Union

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 4

At a special sitting of the wheat section of the Farmers Union Conference, held in the Temperance Hall, in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, Mr. W. C. Hill…

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Wool Appraisement

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 September 1918 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. report:—The first round of appraisements under the 1918-19 wool scheme was…

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Wheat Scrip. Position Discussed

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

Messrs Joseph Palmer end Sons, of Sydney, in their monthly share list, compiled to 19th September, write as follows concerning the…

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Auctioneers’ Report. Private Sales Of, Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 2

Messrs Kilpatrick, M’Lellan and Co., Pty„ Ltd., report that the private sales of sheep, effected by their Urana, Berrigan and Numurkah…

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The World’s Wheat. Australia’s Contribution

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

Mr G. W. Waker, managing director of the firm of Messrs Lindley, Walker and Co., of Sydney, writes as follows :—…

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Sheep Dip in Albury. Albury Council to Be Asked to Erect

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

During general business, Mr. Smithen-becker said that in view of the decision of the board to recommend the Minister to introduce compulsory sheep dipping, he…

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Wheat Grown at Berrigan. Scores at Narandera and Melbourne Shows

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 3

M. J. Darcy, of “Dandaraga,” Berrigan, “scooped the pool” in the grain section at the Narandera shows last week gaining first prizes for…

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Compulsory Sheep Dipping. to Be Urged by Albury P.p. Board. Vermin on the Increase. Present Regulations Inadequate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 4

The suggestion of compulsory sheep dipping which has been discussed in every corner of New South Wales for the past three years, but which seems to have never…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Classing Merino Wool. Farmer's Flocks and the Appraisement System

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 17

In pursuance of the suggestions made by the sheep and wool expert about the classing of wool from farmer's flocke of merino sheep for the requirements of the…

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Wool Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 2

During the past few weeks the wool traffic has been somewhat extensive through Corowa, the bulk of the clip arriving crossing to Wahgunyah for…

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The Wheat Scrip Should Wheat Be Sacrificed?

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 1

The current issue of "Palmer's Monthly Sharo List" deals with, the Wheat Scrip Market, as follows:— The pessimistic ministerial…

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