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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

1,834 stories in Murray's papers · page 60 of 92

Farmers Will Shear Their Own Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the Farmers' and Graziers' Association held at Harden decided to accede to the shearers' claims for £410- per week for shed hands…

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Price of Butter

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 4

There is every prospect of a further increase in the price of butter. A full meeting of the Federal Fool Committee will be held in Melbourne next…

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The Wheat Problem. Views of District Member

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 3

In discussing the problem of handling the coming harvest, Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., bad something interesting to say…

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Farmer Takes Wages. Profit Sharing Scheme With His Laborers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 4

While farmers are wondering how to solve the difficulty of paying the increased scale of wages to their employees a solution has been found by…

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To Help the Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 3

The secretary of the local Rural industries Board (Mr. A. Campbell) has received the following letter from the Department…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Sir J. Carruthers Proposes New Management

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 4

Sir Joseph Carruthers writing, concerning the wheat position, makes the following observations :— It is proposed to have a State wheat pool…

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Wool and Sheep Skins

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 41

In connection with the exportation of woll and sheep skins the Minister of Trade and Customs announces that the proclamation of 23rd and 28th October…

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Butter Shortage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 32

The prevailing butter shortage, which is ascribed to the unfavourable season, has, in the opinion of those interested in the trade, reached its worst, and there is…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

"Huge" is the proper word to use in connection with the Special Cattle Sale which Messrs Meurant Blake, Watts Clark Ltd. advertise…

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Burrawang Sheep Sale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 18

On Friday, 27th August, Mr, W. K. Garnsey, in conjunction with Mr. W. H. Wheatley, of Goulburn, will hold a big dispersal sale of Mr. F. Edols' stud…

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Next Wheat Harvest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 33

Mr. W. F. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, speaking at Gulgong in reference to the coining harvest, said he was not in a position to say whether there would be…

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Wheat in Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 28

The State guarantee of 7/6 per bushel for the coming season's wheat has had a remarkable influence upon farming operations in Riverina this year, and the…

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Payment for Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

In reply to an interrogation in the House of Commons, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions (Mr. J. F. Hope) said that no real ground…

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Butter Shortage Gradual Improvement Likely

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 1

The prevailing butter shortage, which is ascribed to the unfaverable season, has, in the opinion of those interested in the trado, reached Its…

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Melbourne Sheep Show. Riverina Awards

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 3

At the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association exhibition in Melbourne share from the .rate of the late Sir Samuel McCaughes, Deniliquia, carried…

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The Slump in Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 32

The high cost of wool materials and the continued intimations from abroad of poor prospects of a reduction in standard qualities, seems, when considered in…

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United States Using Less Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 20

The Department of Agriculture at Washington has announced that the June consumption of wool was 46,000,000lb., which, was 17,000,000lb. below the average…

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New Wool Scheme. Mr. Falkiner's Comment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 30

Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, who is one of the two woolgrowers' representatives on the Central Wool Committee, has definite views upon the ownership of the profits…

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A State Wheat Pool Advantages to Producers Mr. Trethowan in Support

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

While the representative organisations of the producers whole-heartealy support the continuation of wheat pooling, there are many…

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Coarse Grade Wool. Vast Quantity in Argentine. New York, August 1

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

Buenos Ayres report 200,000,000 lbs of almost unsaleable wool is available in the Argintine, due to the cessation of the demands for coarse…

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