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Farming & the land, 1920

1,834 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 92

COMMERCIAL. (Continued from page 21.) W. H. Wheatley. Goulburn Special Cattle Sale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 46

W. H. Wheatley report having, held a special cattle sale on Thursday, 5th February, when over 2500 head of cattle were yarded to a large attendance of buyers…

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Victoria Buys Wheat. 7/8 a Bushel Paid. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

Nine million bushels of wheat, it is understood, has been purchased by the Victorian Government to meet the requirements of this State for the year. The…

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3,900 Per Cent. Wool-spinner's Profit. an Extraordinary Report

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 6

The report of the Profiteering Act Committee on wool-spinners' profits has been issued by the Board of Trade. It shows enormous profits…

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Bonus for Wheat Growers. a Million Pounds From Britain. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

At a meeting to-day the Australian Wheat Board decided on the following at location of 2,200,000 bushels of wheat for which allowance was made by the British…

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Wool Tops. Anti-australian Policy Alleged. Prime Minister to Make Inquiries

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 1

Following upon a dispute between the Central Wool Committee and the Colonial Combine, Weaving and Spinning Company, which is now the…

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After Wool Control Ceases. What Is to Take Its Place. Bathurst

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 2

The system of selling the Australian wool c[?]p, after control ceases in June next, is being debated actively in the West. Opposition to the scheme…

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Farmer Fined for Sunday Work

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 32

Alexander Ellis, a small farmer, was fined 5/, with costs, in the Wellington Police Court, for having worked in his paddock, adjacent to the Kaikorai Valley…

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Ukrainian Farmers Resist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 22

The representative in Vienna of the Ukrainian commander, General Petlura, says that foreigners are not tolerated in Ukrainia where all Russians—Czarist and…

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Dry Season Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 17

The results obtained at Nyngan experi­ment farm during the past season with Sudan grass and grain sorghums have completely eclipsed all previous…

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Mr. Kilpatrick a Practical Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 18

Mr. Kilpatrick said that he had had over twenty years' practical experience as a farmer in the Oaklands district. If the Progressives were returned with the [?]…

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Farmers' & Graziers' Co. Remarkable Growth. Triumph of Co-operation

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 6

The secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insur ance and Agency Co., Ltd., writes:— "The completionu, at the end of…

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Farm-hands First

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 4

"The summer boarders say they don't get enough to eat," remarked Mrs. Corntossel. "That doesn't bother me," rejoined…

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On the Soil the Dairying Industry. Milk Yields Around Bonegill. Introducing the Red Polls

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 3

Bonegilla is a dairying district with [?]d reputation for herds and production that may yet become a suburb of Albury By its present round-about…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co. Remarkable Growth. Triumph of Operation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 1

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., writes:--"The completion, at the end of December last,…

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Wheat Sold to 9/3½. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 5

Though the State Wheat Office has fixed the price at milling wheat at 8/10 per bushel, the record rate of 9/3½ was obtained at auction at Alexandria to-day…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. the New Potash. What Is Its Fertilising Value

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 6

The first consignment of potash-manure from Alsa[?] has recently been landed, and as now on the market. This fact is of such considerable moment to farmers that an…

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Banging Adelaide Wheat Scrip. a Record Set Back. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 5

The Sydney market was flooded with selling orders for 1918-19 South Australian wheat scrip to-day. Values dropped from 2¼ to ll 5-8d. No fewer than 60,000…

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Russia the Granary. No Transport for Wheat. London. Feb. 10

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 5

In the course of his speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister, said that Europe needed what Russia could give…

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Farmers’ Association. Local Branch Formed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 2

A meeting was held at the School[?] Arts on Thursday afternoon to for a [?] branch-of the Farmers and Sett[?] Association at Deniliquin. Messra[?]…

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Profiteering in Wool. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. MeCurdy, in a speech at Bradford, dealing with profiteering in wool, stated that a further official investigation of the costs of prices and tops will commence…

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