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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Fair Wheat Harvest. Riverina on Top As Usual. Aveeage Over 14 Bushels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 32

The New South Wales Government Statistician, Mr. H. A. Smith, in a preliminary estimate of the wheat harvest for the current season, says the…

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Ways to Big Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 32

When addressing farmers at Longerenong Field Day, Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc, agricultural superintendent, expressed the opinion…

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Crop Burnt and Owner Committed for Trial

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 18

The Forbes coroner was engaged, in a long inquiry into the burning of 160 acres of crop at Ooma on December 23 last, owned by Walter Patrick Evans,…

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Farming in 1871

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

It is interesting to note that Mr. W. Graham, of Grenfell, of has just reported a yield of 66 bushels of wheat from one acre, assisted with the first…

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Big Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

Messrs. N. A. Kerr and Sons have shown their faith in the Riverina districts by recently purchasing 4000 acres of Mohonga station. The father and…

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Bawra Wool Sales. Results for December

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

The chairman of the British-Australasian Wool Realisation Association (Sir John Higgins) said on Monday that during December 31,000…

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Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

THE present activity of the wool market, and the satisfactory prices which have been ruling for some time, are matters of supreme importance…

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Hospital Wheat Fund

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 3

The secretary of the above desires to acknowledge receipt of £116 from Mr. John Walte, of Hopefield, being proceeds sale of three bags delivered…

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The Wheat Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 3

There is a great deal of activity in the Corowa station yard with the unloading of wheat. On Fridays last no less than 3500 bags were received…

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The Sydney Wool Sales. Further Spirited Competition. New Records Established

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

At the tenth series of wool sales to-day 7617 bales were offered. The catalogue on the whole was excellent. The sale opened briskly. Bidding…

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Alleged Stealing in Company a Farmer Loses His Money

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

At the Central Police Court to-day James Roberts, 50, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing, in company, with two men whose names are…

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Melbourne Wool Sates

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

Younghusband Limited held their opening sale of the new year on 15th inst., when they brought forward an excellent catalogue of 4671 bales. The…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

The Sydney wool sales yesterday provided the best competition of the season; greasy merinos reached 42d, being a record for the season…

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Urana Police Court. Sheep Stealing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 3

At the Police Court, at Urana, on Thursday, 10th inst. (before Mr W. J. Flynn, P.M.) William Sorley, a butcher at Urana, was…

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Final Payment. Voluntary Wheat Pool

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 2

The comminute of the Voluntary Wheat Pool announces that the final payment in the 1922-23 voluntary pool will be available…

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Record Wool Balk. 90 Bales Bring 42¼D. Per Lb

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

The Victorian Producers’ Co-operative Company Limited held their seventh sale of the current season on January 15th, their offerings totalling…

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Wool Sales

The Independent · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Deniliquin, has received the following cable under date of January 23 regarding wool sales held in London…

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Alleged Theft of Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 32

Arthur Casey, a well-known cattle dealer, was charged at Bathurst with having stolen 74 head of cattle valued at £332/10/, the property of Ravmond…

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The Wheat Season

The Independent · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

Our Mathoura correspondent writes that up to Wednesday last 50,000 bags Of wheat had been delivered at Mathcura, 30,000 bags at Gulpha, and 25,000 bags at the new…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

Wool sales were hold on Thursday, when the quantity catalogued totalled 5839 bales and sales, including private transactions, amounted te 6910 baler…

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