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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,919 stories in Murray's papers · page 40 of 96

Work on Wheat Stacks to Be Permitted Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

In connection with the trouble at Brooklyn between the unionists and the loyalist workers, Mr. H. J. Baker, manager of the Victorian Wheat Commission, got on…

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Wheat Board Overdraft. Getting Rid of the 1916 Grain Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 3

The overdraft of Wheat Board is now £17,134,000 or £13,000 less than last year. One million and fifty-one thousand bushels of the 1916-17 pool, mainly for…

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Wheat As Feed for Swine. An Experiment

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

A bulletin of the Kentucky agricultural experiment station, U.S.A., records an experiment conducted at the station to determine the value of wheat alone,…

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Taint[?]d Wheat. Government Tests. Newspaper's Pointed Comment

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

Sir Samuel H[?]rder[?] and Messrs. Sheldon and Walker, who were appointed by the Government to attend the Ultimo flour mill to report upon the…

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The Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. St. John's Wort. An Insect Parasite

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

The Government Entomologist has reported to the Minister for Agriculture that the weed St. John's Wort is being attacked in the Mudgee district…

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Wool Appraisements

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 2

Dalgety and Company Ltd, submitted a catalogue of 2830 bales on the 16th inst. comprised mainly of Gippsland wools. The highest prices for the day…

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The Wheat Board Results of Deliberations

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 4

Members of the Australian Wheat Board again conferred at Equitable Building, Melbourne, on Friday, under the chairmanship of Senator Russell. The…

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Wheat Serin Depreciation of All Classes

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 4

Messrs Joseph palmer and Son, of Sydney, in their monthly share list, complied to 20th May, write as follows:—…

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Profit From Wheat Stacks £100,000 to Be Handed to Wheat Pools. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. Massy Greene stated that the Governments purchase of wheat bags required for the harvests and selling them at fixed prices to farmers had resulted in…

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1916-17 Wheat Who Are the Public to Believes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 1

The controversy and disputes between the Government, the wheat beard and the growers on the one side and the Millers, their employees and…

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Farmers and Settler’ Association. Corowa District Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 1

In the report in the “Advocate” last weeks of the morning of the Corowa district council of the Farmers and Settler’s Association at…

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[?] Two Finley Farmers Fined

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 2

At the Berrigan police court yesterday, before Mr. Longfield, P.M., and Mr. T. E. Crowther, J.P., four farmers of Finley appeared to…

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Red Poll Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 16

At a meeting of the council of the Red Poll Cattle Society, held recently at Norwich England, Mr. R. Harvey Mason presiding, reports of committees both from…

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The Wheat Scandals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 39

The committee appointed by the Government to make a test of the 1916 wheat has made its report available. The report states that a representative from the Department…

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Federal Wheat Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 33

The Australian Wheat Board met in Melbourne. In a statement Senator Russell said that it had been decided that an allowance if four guineas per day for each…

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Cattle King Retiring. Romantic Career

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

It may be safely stated that Mr Syd. Kidman, the cattle king of Australia, is a millionaire. He began life with nothing, and to-day he probably does…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 33

Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, stated that he had received inquiries regarding the operation of the wheat elevators where they sue completed. After…

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Wheat Losses and Control. "Enormous Discrepancy."

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

The annual report of the executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association contains the following paragraph:--…

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The Sheep-Fly Pest. Reported Preventive and Cure

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 1

It is reported that two young stockowners of New South Wales—one of them a returned soldier—have discovered what they claim to…

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Dairying Notes. Milkers' Hands. Their Care in Winter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 17

Many people in this district suffer from sore hands, brought on by milking; no doubt carelessness and dirt contribute, but could you suggest a remedy?…

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