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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,431 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 72

World Wheat Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 33

The president of the Alberta Co-operative Wheat Pool, Mr. H. W. Wood, speaking at a dinner tendered him by the Co-operative Wheat…

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Wheat Crops. Rain Comes in Time. "A Good Harvest."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 23

Most oportune for the wheat crops were the beneficial rains throughout Sunday and in the early part of the week in the north-western and central…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 18

Dalgety and Company Limited heve received the following wire from their Sydney office in reference to the wool sale held there on the 24th inst:—…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

Messrs. Younghusband Ltd, opened the 1926-27 Season on Monday, when they submitted a representative catalogue of 4700 bales. Included in…

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Commercial Newmarket Sales Fat Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

About 32,000 yarded. All qualities weer fully represented. There was a steady demand for local trade requirements. For best wethers…

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Proposed Wheat Pool. Riverina Wheat Growers. Address by Canadian Expert

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 20

A representative gathering of wheat growers assembled in the Oxford Theatre, Wagga, in response to an invitation of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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The Illilawa Sheep Sale. a Record for Hay. About 35,000 Sheep Average 25/6

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

The most important auction sale of sheep which has taken place at Hay was the disposal of approximately 35,000 sheep from Illilawa, by Messrs…

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Wool Sales. Dalgety & Company Ltd

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 6

The first series of Victorian wool sales commended in Melbourne on September 27, when we submitted a catalogue of 4736 bales, and sold 92…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Bathurst Conference Recommendation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 4

At a conference held at Bathurst on Thursday last, of the producers and consumers, the wheat committee decided to ask the Government to…

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Sheep on the Fallow. Increasingly Favoured in the Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 7

The value of sheep in conjunction with fallowing is being recognised more and more in many parts of the Riverina, writes a departmental…

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Bulk Handling of Grain. a Cowra Farmer's Method

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 17

Not all the wheat-growers of New South Wales have the advantage of being able to deliver their wheat in bulk to a silo. For instance, there is…

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Laying Out a Poultry Farm. Some of the Requirements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 17

The shape of the block, the area available, the aspect and the general direction of the fall, all require close attention, both before purchase and…

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Tobacco Crops. Fighting the Blue Mould

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 43

An excellent living awaits, some thousands of tobacco growers in Australia if certain disabilities from which the industry is suffering could be…

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Rains and the Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 43

Gratification is expressed in Victoria at the reports of rainfalls in various country centres. Good rains have been experienced in the Wimmera…

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Crops in Australia. Severe Drought in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 38

A summary of the position as regards the pastoral and agricultural industries in Australia has been issued by the Commonwealth Meteorologist…

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Wheat Crops Rain Comes in Time "A Good Harvest"

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 4

Most opportune for the wheat harvest were the beneficial rains throughout Sunday and Monday morning in the north western and central western…

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Agricultural Oats V. Wheat Winter Green Fodder

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 4

A contrast in the relative values of oats and wheat for winter green fodder for the dairyman is afforded in the results of experiment plots under…

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On the Land Wheat Production Growers' Estimates of Cost

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 4

An estimate of the cost or producing wheat, which was accepted by the wheat committee at the conference of producers and consumers at Bathurst…

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Sheep Industry Decline Since the 90's Party Due to Rabbits

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 4

At the Animal Husbandry Conference on Wednesday, Mr.W. E. Taylor read a paper dealing with the conservation of folder. He said that…

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Combining Sheep with Crops Expert’s Advice

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 2

Mr. A. H. E. McDonald (Superintendent of Agriculture) discussed the benefits of combining sheep-farming with crops, at a meeting of farmers…

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