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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,919 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 96

Seed Wheat Advances. Method of Application

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

Farmer who desire to take advantage of the Government's decision to give assistance to necesstions farmers in the way of advancing seed wheat…

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Widgiewa Stud Flock. Average Wool Yields

The Independent · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

Saving given the particulars of the various introductions of the Vermont blood, and noted how Mr Horsfall's stud came so rapidly to the front, it will…

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Colonial Wool Combing Works Closed Down

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 33

The works of the Colonial Wool Combing Company at Botany crosed down owing to a dispute between the Central Wool Committee and the company. Nearly 250…

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Letter-box. Hay Better Than Wheat. Daysdale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—Once again I take the pleasure of sending you a few lines. What a lovely letter of Cousin Syd. Gibbons, of "H.M.L.S. Sydney." Won't he have…

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British Wool Supplies, SALE of Australian Clip

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

The Director of Raw Materials, Mr Arthur Goldfinch, addressing the Wool Council in London on Saturday last, sa[?] that the danger…

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Race Horse and Dairy Cow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 17

"Just been down to the fair ground watchin' the bosses work a little. Some good ones down there this year. Sile Hawkins is there tryin' to make a…

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Childeren's Crop Competition

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

The Tingha branch of the Agricultural Bureen is showing a lively interest in the Younger generation and has get out to [?] agriculture production. Xh) Tlruha l.rnncli of llio AgrieuUi.ra! Uureiii ia tliowlnx o l'vcly interest in tin youmcj itiiienillou, Mid lias tot out t) onoi'iri^a aarlcnHi'in prodiictun, al-…

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Sea of Rabbits Farm Becomes Island. "Sit Up and Beg." Molong

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

Rabbits, which sit up like standing lemonade bottles around a farmer's gate in the anticipation of gaining access to a cultivation paddock and…

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Poultry. Laving Out a Poultry Farm. Some Governing Factors

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

At a time when many poultry farmers are contemplating the extension of their operations or removal to new and larger properties, some…

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Soldiers As Grape Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

The following letter appeared in last Thursday's Melbourne "Age":--Sir,--My association desires me to express its unbounded indignation at…

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Apple Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

Sweet apples are needed for this purpose. Some housekeepers, however, use half sweet and half sour [?] Boil a gallon of fresh, sweet…

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Albury Wool Appraisements

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 2

Tho fourth appraisement of this session's wool will take place at Albury on February 20 and 21. The selling agents are younghusband, Row and Co., Pty. Ltd…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

March 2, 1878:— A two days’ race meeting will be held at Moulamein on April 4th and 5th. The prize money totals £205…

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Seed-wheat Advances. Method of Application

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

Farmers who deal[?] to take advantage of the Government's decision to give assistance to [?] farmers in the way of advantages [?] wheat, should make…

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Mystery of the Wheat Pools One Million Bushels Disappear

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 1

Mystery surrounds 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, transferred from the "wheat sold" column back into the "wheat held" column n the figures published in connection with…

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A Wheat Scheme Mystery. Accounts System Adversely Criticised

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

Mystery surrounds 1,009,000 bushels of wheat, transferred from the "wheat sold" column back into the "wheat hold" column in the figures published…

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The Land. Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Bees Amp Honey. Do Bees Damage Fruit? a Popular Fallacy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

Complaints have been common this season that bees have attacked ripening fruits, especially those with comparatively thin skins, inch as plums,…

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More Wheat Sold to India 9000 Tons at 5/6 Per Busilel. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

It was announced this afternoon by Senator Russell, chairman of the Wheat Board, that the reference to the recent sale of 30,000 tons of wheat to the Indian…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association Walla Walla Branch

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 4

The usual meeting of the above was held in the Literary Institute on Saturday when the following were in attendance. Mesure R. P. Shipard chair),…

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Adelaide Wheat Pool Allegations Against Wheat Minister

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 1

Giving evidence at a meeting of the Wheat Commission at Adelaide on Tuesday, Mr. O. G. Nicholls, manager of the South Australian Wheat scheme, made…

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