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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

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Wheat Ready Reckoner

The Independent · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 1

The following shows at a glance how farmers may arrive at the number of bushels of wheat contained in a given load. It is a…

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Voluntry Wheat Pool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 33

The voluntary wheat pool had to January 2 received 3,000,183 bags of wheat of which nearly 500,000 bags went into country silos. This represents a total of about…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 21

The tenth series of Sydney Wool Sales was commenced on Monday, before a big attendancePORT OF FREMANTLE. of buyers. Business was brisk from the outset, all classes of buyers…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 21

Younghusband Limited have received a cable from their London agents. Messrs. Robert Brooks & Co., to the effect that the present series opened to a large and…

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The Riverina Wheat Yields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 22

Taken as a whole the returns from the wheat growing area south of Wagga and as far west as Oaklands will be satisfactory, and it is anticipated that the highest…

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Bush Fires Threaten Wheat Country

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 32

Word has been received that a fire started on Mr. Joshua Galdwell's property at Larras Lake settlement, Molong, and burnt a quantity of grass. A strong wind…

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Four Million Acres of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 45

Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, stated that recently published statements as to the areas under crop in New South Wales in 1916-17 and 1920-21 are incorrect…

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Is This True About "Shot" Wheat?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 23

The Minister of Agriculture, speaking at Inverell, made great capital out of the fact that the voluntary wheat pool would not purchase "shot" wheat. He added…

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James Price Testimonial. the World's Wheat Situation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 2

The members of the committee at Wagga, which organised the James Price testimonial fund, have reason to be gratified with the successful result A London cable reads:--"Rains Argentine delaying deliveries but offers plentiful. United States winter wheat partially droughty. India fair…

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The Farmer His Own Manager

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 26

It is very heartening to hear from official sources that the wheat crop in Riverina will return on the average fifteen to sixteen bushels per acre. The…

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Million Farms Scheme. Fifteen Million Acre Proposal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 33

Nearly five months have elapsed since Sir Joseph Carruthers enunciated his slogan, "A Million Farms for a, Million Farmers," or, to put it another way, "A…

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Fires and Crop Insurance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 45

At a meeting of the Parkes branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Davis submitted a motion expressing the opinion that the extensive bush fires which…

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Albury District Fruit Crop

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 22

Reports from the fruit growing areas in the vicinity of Albury, notably Laving on, indicate that the fruit crop this season is not up to the average yield. The decrease…

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Electricity for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 11

"In Canterbury and elsewhere we are already proving the enormous difference in outlook and comfort that it brings to the farmer to have at his disposal at…

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A Bid for Population. Million Farms Scheme. 15 Million Acre Proposal

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

Million Farms Campaign Committee, 8a Castlereagh Street, Sydney. The news has been spread…

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Crop Insurances. Are They Incentive to Fires?

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 2

At a meeting of the Parkes branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association Mr. Davis submitted a motion expressing the opinion that the extensive bush…

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Wheat Growing. Value Op Government Help. Largely Increased Area

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, states that the recently-published statements as to the areas under crop in New South Wales…

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Canada’s Wheat. World’s Second Grower. Australia Placed Eighth

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 4

Canada has risen to second place among the wheat-growing countries of the world, according to the estimates of the International Institute of…

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Pastoral Finance Association Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

Copy of Letter from General Manager Co-operative Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., to the Sydney Press, dated 4th January, 1922…

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Big Sheep Tallies

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 4

Reports are flying round every season of the big tallies done by different crack shearers. Well, I put in 30 years at the game, and should…

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