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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

1,390 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 70

Dismal Outlook for Wheat Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 39

The secretary of the Cowra Farmers and Setters' Association in his annual report referred to the "Nationalists' frantic efforts to undermine the farmers' political…

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Wheat Deliveries

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Nearly 1,00,000 bags of wheat have been received at the Boree Creek Station. On Friday last, over 8000 were delivered, which…

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Varying Wheat Dockages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 31

A crowded meeting of wheat growers this week carried a resolution protesting against the secret manner in which wheat dockages are made, and demanding to…

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The Wheat Commission

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 40

According to a statement made by the manager of the Victorian Wheat Commission (Mr. H. J. Baker), the work of assessing owners and bailees of oflur held on…

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Payment for Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 31

The Minister for Agriculture speaking at Gulgong, said it was certain that arrangements would be arrived at whereby the Government could fulfil at promise…

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The Wool Sales

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Sales were resumed in Melbourne on the 1st. February, when the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. offered a catalogue…

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Removing Wool From Sheepskin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 17

The best way is to cover the flesh side of the pelt with a layer of hard-wood ashes about an inch in depth, fold and weight lightly, or, in case there are two…

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Mathoura Notes. the Wheat Yield

The Independent · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The wheat harvest is nearly finished, and to date 100,000 bags have been received in Mathoura, which is far under the estimate. There are several thousand bags to come…

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Foreign Offers for Australia's Wheat Rejected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 6

Addressing a mass meeting of farmers at Young, Mr. H. Main, M.L.A., condemned the methods employed by the Central Wheat Board in Melbourne. All sales…

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Items of Special Interest. Wheat Freights Falling

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 31

It will be a source of satisfaction to Australian wheat growers to know that while quotations for wheat in London are on the decline freight rates are also…

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Albury and District. Fine Oats Crop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 28

Many remarkably good, wheat and oats crops have been gathered in the Albury district this season. The best so far reported is a yield of over 900 bushels of oats…

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Farmers and Dockage Ministerial Statement Gulgong

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

The Minister for Agriculture, Captain Dunn, has been gathering information as to how wheat is being received at the Depots…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. owned on Thursday: “We offered 3100 bales of wool. Competition was more spirited throughout the market. As…

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Why Money is Tight. Missing Wool Cheques. Faced. Facts That Have to Be

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

The slowness of the sale of our wool is gravely concerning graziers and men who speak for them would warn the public m general and the…

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Dairying. Milk Records. Their Effect en Dairy Cattle Values

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 4

In recent years, says a writer in the ''Scottish Journal of Agriculture," milk recording in Scotland has bad a remarkable effect on the prices of good…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. the Wool Sales. Monday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

The sixth series of Sydney wool sales was continued before a large attendance of buyers. The offerings totalled 4388 bales. Competition…

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Shifting the Wheat. 2,418,843 Bags at Seaboard

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 3

Harbor at the rate of 350 truck's daily, On Wednesday a record for the season was put up by shipping 88,872 haga of wheat from trucks and she at Darling…

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Wheat Payments. "Not Less Than 76." Statement by Mr. Denn

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (M. W. F. Dunn) visited Dubbo on [?] and in the course of a statement is a large deputation of wheat growers,…

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Homestead Farm at Quat Quatta

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 3

Mr. John D. Fraser announces in our business column that he is prepared to lodge applications for the above valuable homestead farm,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 4

Sales were resumed in Melbourne last week when the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., offered a catalogue of 3,322 bales…

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