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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,094 stories in Murray's papers · page 44 of 55

Improving the Wheat Yield

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 4
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

In the April to August numbers inclusive of this year’s Victorian Journal of Agriculture, Mr A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B Sc.Ag…

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Wool Values Generally Firm. Keen French Buying

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 4

The Secretary Farmers and Grazier Co-operative Company reports: — At our sale on the 2nd inst.,…

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Wool Values Generally Firm Keen French Buying

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 3

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-oderative Co., reports:— At our sale on the 2nd inst., we brought forward a fairly good…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 3

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday afternoon last. In the absence of the President, Mr A. W…

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Fattening Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 16

A few weeks since a small line of sheep came to the Newmarket yards which, as an experiment, had been fattened by hand feeding the…

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World's Wheat Supply Lindley Walker Co-op. Wheat Company's Special Wheat Report

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 4

Our London cable dated October 2, 1923, rends as follows:-- Importers making fair purchased; United States holders are firm and…

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Water Requirements of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 16

Many areas of land taken up for grazing and cultivation have no natural permanent water supply, and the problem of providing a sufficiency of…

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Overseas Wheat Position. Lindley Walker Co-op. Wheat Company's Special Wheat Report

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 5

Our oversea enable of October [?] reads as follows:-- "For cargees afloat 45 per quarter has been refused; parcel for…

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Splendid Wool Clip

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 2

Mr. D. N. Nixon, of Coreen, has just finished shearing 400 merino wethers of his own breeding that cut the splendid average of 12¼lbs. per sheop. The wool…

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Improving the Wheat Yield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 32

In the April to August numbers inclusive of this year's Victorian Journal of Agriculture, Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B. Sc. Ag…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 45

At the wool sales to-day [?] were offered and 6967 sold at auction while 1256 were sold privately. The market was unchanged from the closing…

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Care of Farm Machinery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 16

Mr. T. D. Haines, in a paper on the above subject, said farm machinery was so expensive that the farmer should take every reasonable care of…

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Keep Tobacco Land Clean. a Crop that Responds Quickly to Cultivation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 16

Tobacco quickly responds to cultivation, and the grower should aim at keeping his land in fine tilth, and free from all weeds up to the time the…

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Farmyard Manure

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1923 · page 16

According to the views of agricultural scientists it is better to apply farmyard manure in moderate dressings at more frequent intervals…

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Farmer's Terrible Ordeal. Seven Hours in Ice Cold Water

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 3

A serious misadventure befel Mr. Joseph Molloy, farmer, of Limestone Creek. For more than seven hours he was submerged in ice cold water. He…

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Sheep Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 2

O'Connor, Egan & Smyth, stock and station agents, Swan Hill, Victoria, and Balranald, N.S.W., report having conducted their opening Special Sheep Sale at…

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Firm Wool Market. Japan Buying

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 3

The secretary of the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. reports:— At our sale on 10th inst., our…

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Firm Wool Market Japan Buying

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. reports:— At our sale on the 10th inst., our catalogue comprised an average…

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Sheep's Wool Stuffing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 15

It is something of an anomaly (says the Manchester "Guardian") that whilst woollen materials—whether they be piece goods, yarn, or underclothing…

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