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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,788 stories in Murray's papers · page 83 of 90

Licensing Skin and Wool Buyers Proposed. Albury P.p. Board Approves

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 3

At the meeting of the Albury P.P. Board yesterday a letter was received from the Warialda P.P. Board, asking co-operation in the following resolution "That…

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Removal of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 2

The huge wheat stacks which were so much in evidence at all the stations along the Corowa-Culcairn line during the past two or three years have all…

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Wool Market Official Statement

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 1

Sir Arthur Goldfinch, Director of Raw Material, in an address, to Representatives of the wool industry in London, said that Government orders…

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Albury Second Wool Appraisement

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 3

The Albury woolbrokers are now busy preparing for the second appraisement, which will take place in the middle of December. The appraisers are to arrive…

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Mr. Watt and Wheat Questions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 32

The reports of a sale of wheat to Great Britain were referred to in the House of Representatives. Mr. Piggott asked Mr. Watt if a sale had taken place, and if…

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Was There a Wheat Sale?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 44

Interviewed in regard to the denial by Mr. Watt of the statement that a sale of 1,000,000 tons of wheat at 4/9 a bushel had been made by Mr. Hughes, Mr. Grahame,…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Alleged Wheat Frauds

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 2

Seven men have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the State Wheat Board of large quantities of wheat. The value of the wheat…

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The Wheat Stacks. Britain Not a Buyer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 47

The Acting Prime Minister indicated in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the possibility of effecting further sales of wheat to Great Britain has become…

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The Wheat Deal an Offer, But No Sale

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 1

Mr. Graham made a statement regarding the wheat pool to a Conference of the Primary Producers' Union to-day explaining that the…

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Agricultural and Dairy Notes. Condobolin Experiment Farm. The Results of Dry Farming Methods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 17

"There is nothing to touch it between Parkes and Condobolin," said the Under Secretary and Director of Agriculture, of the crops on Conodobolin demonstration…

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The States Wheat Harvest. an Estimated Yield of 13,000,000 Bushels

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 3

For New South Wales. Mr. R. S. Drummond, manager of the State Wheat Office, estimates that not more than 15,000,000 bushels will be placed…

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Canadian Women As Farm Workers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 14

Owing to the men in Canada having gone to the war and the call from, England for foodstuffs, the University of Toronto organised summer camps to which…

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Dairy By-products

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 16

Mr. G. E. Frovert, an officer of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, in a recent review of the dairying industry in America,…

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Stock and Crops on the Murrumbidgee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 17

On a buggy drive, which extended over 150 miles, Mr. C. Lyne. stock inspector, Wagga, visited the parishes of Marrar, Merrulehale, Rickett. Tara, "Wallaroobie,…

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Poor Crops. Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I have a little galah, and will you please give me a name for it. I don't think we will have much of a crop this year, as we have not had any…

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On the Soil Extraordinary Hay Returns 100-Acre Crop Yields Over £800

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 3

Farmers in the Albury district are still, busy hay-cutting. In some parts carting in has commenced. The yields on wellfarmed lands are proving highly…

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Foe the Farmer. Green Manuring

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 4

Green manuring is an agricultural operation that is as old as history, yet scientists are still at variance in their opinions as to the cause of the…

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Conserving Fodder Stocks. Schewe to Assist Farmers

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 29 November 1918 · page 4

In view of the possibility of drought conditions it has been decided, by the Co[?]mo[?]w' a[?]th G[?]yer ment to make advances by way…

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Wool Appraisements

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 November 1918 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.’s appraisement covered a good selection of Riverina and northern clips. Prices included : Menno —Mathoura, 24½d. Crossword…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 November 1918 · page 4

August 25, 1877 .— The annual meeting of members of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held on Thursday. Mr R. H…

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