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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Monday's Storm. Damage to Crops and Houses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 22

Information received from The Rock on Tuesday gave details of Monday's storm. The visitation was more severe there than elsewhere. During the storm…

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Getting the Crops Off

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 28

Speaking at Wagga upon the apparent prospects of the season, judging from a trip wound parts of the country, including Albury, Urana, Culcairn, Wagga and…

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On Practical Lines: Marketing Farm Produce

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 4

The State legislature of North Dakota, (U.S.A.) has recently passed a law known as "the Mill and Elevator Association Act" which…

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Record Chaff Prices Nine and Tenpence Per Cwt. Farmers and Graziers Again

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 4

The Secretary of the Farmers and Grazlers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. writes:— "Arrivals of chaff (here have been…

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Burrangong Homestead Farm the Ballot

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 2

Considerable interest was manifested in the ballot for a splendid Homestead Farm of 1240 acres, parish of Burrangong, county of…

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Saturday Half-holiday.! Discussed by Farmers' Union. Strongly Opposed to the Movement

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 4

At the meeting of the Yarrawonga branch of the Victorian Farmers' Union the proposed alteration of the weekly half-holiday from Wednesday…

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This Week's Sales. Property, Horses, Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 1

Quite a number of auction sales are advertised to take place this week, and particulars thereof are to be found in our advertising columns…

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Money in Tobacco. More Profitable Than Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 3

Captain Chaffey, M.L.A., gave evidence recently before the select committee of the Legislative Council, which is inquiring into the prospects…

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Wheat for Hay. The Best Stage to Cut

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 4

Wheat is at the best stage to cut for hay a few days after it is in flower, because at this stage the plant contains the maximum amount of nutritive…

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The Land. Wheat Mildew. a Fungus Disense That Sometimes Causes Unnecessary Alarm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 4

In a season such as the present the appearance of wheat mildew need not be unexpected. The mildew appears particularly in wet seasons if the wheat…

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The Farmer's Blind Spot. Will It Make Him Some Day Talk of the "Grass Pest?"

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 4

Farming has its share of pitfalls, but there is one of which the average farmer in this State is perversely wary [?]it is that kind of fall which lands an…

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Helping Farmers. Finance and Wheat Sacks

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday last Mr Wearne asked the [?] that many email graziers, owing to…

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Wheat Pool Dividends

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 1

Evidently there was some misunderstanding over the letter sent by Mr T. I. Campbell, secretary of the F. and S Association, to the branch…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 4

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd. offered at auction recently a catalogue of 1900 bales of wool which comprised one of the best displays this season…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Merchantile Agency Coy., Ltd. Melbourne report:—The second series of sales opened in the local market on 1st…

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Wheat Pool. the Victorian Accounts

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 4

Victoria is the only member of the Commonwealth wheat pool which publishes details of its accounts, and whereas some of the other parties to…

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Australian Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 20

It is stated in London that a Sydney firm, the International Traders. Limited, has offered the Italian Government 200,000 tons (7,400,000 bushels) of wheat at…

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Nine Shilling Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 19

In the House of Representatives, on a motion to go into Committee of Supply (Postal Estimates), Mr. Catts protested against fixing 9/ per bushel as the price…

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Stocks of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 33

Senator Russel stated, in reply to a question in the Senate that the following were the stocks of wheat in the various States on November 8, 1920:-Victoria…

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The Wool Sales

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 3

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. held their second sale of the season on Monday, 22nd. inst., when a good…

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