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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

1,834 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 92

Hand-feeding Sheep Out West

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 28

Many graziers from the drought-sticken districts in the West and Lower Riverina are at present making arrangements for the removal to their home paddocks of the…

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Sale of Inferior Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 20

The Minister for for Agriculture, Dunn confirmed the statement that a quantity of inferior wheat from the pool had been sold to Georgeson's bill. "I have found the…

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Millions for Marquis Wheat

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

Sir Josph Carruthers has been advised from Ottawa of an announcement by the Minister for Agriculture that, from figures obtained in a long series…

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London Wool Sales London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

Ten thousand bales were offered today. Greasy New South Wales merinos were most favored at from 40d. to 78d. Queensland reached 66½ d. Best greasy…

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Important Sheep Case. Sub[?]tan[?]l Damages Awarded

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

At the Supreme Court sittings at Ha[?], Sir Charles Wade, and a jury of four, heard an action brought by William Augli s and Co. (NSW)…

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Wool Contract. Details of the Scheme

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 17

Further information regarding the Imperial wool contract was tabled in the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, in response to…

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Wool Prices Abroad. Protecting Faulty Wools

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: At last week's London wool sales best merinos continued in demand at prcatically unchanged rates. But…

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Primary Producers' and the Price of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 28

At the recent session of the Primary Producers' Union Central Executive Council, the secretary, Mr. M. P. Dunlop, reported that as a result of his efforts to…

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Wool Millionaires. How Fortunes Are Made. Sweated Workers

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

In the course of the outery about the enormous profits being made in the Bradford and West Rid [?] wool trade a "Gossiper" in a London paper…

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Crop Competitions in Victoria. a Stimulus to Better Farm Practice

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

The following extract from the report of the judge (Mr. A. H. Mullet, B.A. [?]., Chief Field Officer, Victorian Department of Agriculture) on the…

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The Australian Wool. Over Half a Million Bales Unsold

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

It is stated that the British Government's unsold stocks of Australian and New Zealand wool total approximately 527,000 bales…

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Tractors on California Farms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 16

It is claimed that fully 65 per cent, of all the acreage farmed in California is now being cultivated by gasoline or steam propelled tractors, find it is estimated…

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Farmers' View of Labour Government

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 32

In a general circular to branch secretaries, Mr. T. I. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association after advising all branches as to the…

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Farmer's Terrible Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 23

Mr. Ralph A. Hancock, who was badly injured on his farm near The Gap, Wagga, on Monday afternoon, died the same night. It appears that Mr. Hancock and a farm…

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Farmers Waiting for Rain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 28

After the shower that fell in the district three weeks ago the farmers thought they would be able to get to work with their ploughing and sowing, but found…

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Twenty Years' Good Medicine. Melba Farm, Boree Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner," and I hope you will accept me as one of your many nieces. I am in the sixth class at school. I like…

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Unemployed Demonstration "Tucker" at State Farm. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

The unemployed gathered in force at the Trades Hall this morning, when several declared that. the "tucker" provided at the State farm was not fit to eat,…

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Miscellaneous. Is the Farmer a Profiteer? An Interesting American Experiment

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The amateur student of the problem of "H.C.L."--the unpleasant symbol that stands for the high cost of living--is as active in this. State as…

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Live Stock. What Every Farmer Ought to Know. How to Prevent Digestive Derangements in Horses

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The methods used in watering and feeding the horse largely determine the state of the animal's general health. Advice an the former process…

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Dairying Notes [?]Herilan's Clover. a Remarkable Fodder Plant

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

The [?] grain of fodder plant may not make the same sudden dram[?] appearance as the accidentally up[?]ed gold nugget, but it value may…

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