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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

1,390 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 70

Butter in Hot Weather

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 14

If no ice is to bo had a little butter can keep cool through a. hot day by putting it in a bowl, then setting the bowl into a larger dish containing as much…

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Novel Sheep-shearing Device

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 17

An ingenious yet simple device for expediting machine shearing (states the "New Zealand Farmer") has been invented by a Napier woolclasser. Hitherto…

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Wheat Pool Opposed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 31

A meeting of farmers who do not favour a compulsory pool was called to take place in Melbourne on Monday. It was proposed to form an association of…

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The Wool Sales

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report: Sales were resumed in this centre on Monday, the 9th inst., when a moderate selection of rather…

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Items of Interest. The Butter Market

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 3

The collapse of the London market for Australian butter has, states a recent cable, resulted in agents selling at 2 a lb., and a…

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Wool Situation Not Desperate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 44

Sir John Higgins, Chairman of the B.A.W.R.A., joined the glooms on Anzac Day. He is in "good" company. The Prime…

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Wheat Silos in Western Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 33

In the House of Representatives the Acting Prime Minister obtained leave to bring a bill for the purpose of varying the agreement between the Commonwealth…

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Resumption of Wool Auctions. Excellent Clearances Effected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 46
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The secretary Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co. writes:— "After many disappointments, much futile work, and also expense to the…

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Resumption of Wool Auctions Excellent Clearances Effected

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 4

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co., writes:— "After many disappointments, much futile work, and also expense to the…

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The First Australian Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 16

Mr. C. T. Burfitt. F.R.H.S., writing on the man who first blazed the farm track in Australia, and how he managed it (remarks "Dalgety's Review"), says:—The…

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Better Farm Homes Beauty, Shade, and Fruit

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 20 May 1921 · page 1

If you would soften some of the uglier outlines of your home, you cannot do it better than with leaves, and of climbing decorative and shade…

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Apple Butter

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

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

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Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 3

A meeting of the council of the above society was held on Thursday afternoon at the Royal hotel. Mr. R. A. P. McLeod (president) and…

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Deniliquin and District History Extracts from the “Pastoral Times.” March 11, 1882

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

We hear that Mr C. L. Stewart, manager of the London Chartered Bank at Deniliquin, will shortly proceed to Hay to take the management…

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Warwick Armstrong. Might Have Been Farmer. Stories of Boyhood Days

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 May 1921 · page 4

The fact that as a boy Warwick Armstrong preferred cricket to early rising on a farm, where he had been sent for experience, at a salary of 5/…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

At the Corowa Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. A. H. Gelding, J.P. Gara Diffith Jones aged 28 years, was charged with stealing about 300…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Approved by Farmers' Meeting at Wagga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

A meeting of farmers was held in the Masonic Hall, Wagga, on Wednesday afternoon last to hear addresses by Mr. A. R. Trethowan, M.I.C…

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Resumption of Wool Auctions. Excellent Clearances Effected

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:—"After many disappointments, much futile, work, and also expense to the…

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Dairying. Insure Your Good Milkers. The Protection Offered by Silage

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1921 · page 3

Silage is a great stand by and insurance, not only against diminution of the products of dairy cows in lean periods, but against the loss of…

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