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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,431 stories in Murray's papers · page 55 of 72

Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 45

Wool sales were held on Tuesday when 11,058 bales wore offered, and sales, including private transactions, amounted to 10,654 bales. Fine…

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The Wool Season

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 5

Wool still continues to come through Corowa to Wahgunyah, where it is trained to Melbourne. Horse teams are used for carting from…

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Special Sheep Sale at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 23

On Thursday next, at Wagga, Meurant, Blake, Watts, Clark Ltd. will hold a highly important sale of 20,000 Riverina sheep. Full particulars are…

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Dresses From Dogs' Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 3

Women who own dogs can weave jumpers out of the combings of their pets! The originators of this new…

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Sheep Dipping Time. Boonoke North Widgiewa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I like reading the Children's Page. I saw my letter in the "Banner." Men are dipping the sheep now, and the wild flowers are…

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Commercial Melbourne Markets. Fat Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 2

About 24,000 yarded The supply proved within requirements, consequently the market opened brisk. and rapidly hardened to…

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N.s.w. Wheat Crop. an Increase on Last Year. Reduced Acreage in Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 4

The Acting Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites) stated this week that, the total area sown with wheat throughout the State during the…

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The Wheat Season. No Compulsory Pool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 2

There will be no wheat pool in New South Wales in connection with the forthcoming harvest. The Cabin[?] action in agreeing to the decisions of…

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Australian Wheat in U.s.a

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 22

According to Mr. Richardson, Director of the Waite Institute, who is studying agricultural research in the United States, one…

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Care of Sheep. Health and the Blow-fly

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 20

Are healthy sheep as subject to blowfly attack as those that are unhealthy or run down! If they are not, then, surely the first line of attack is to…

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London Wool Sales. London, October 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 45

Younghusband Limited have received the following cablegram from their London agents, viz., Sales closed compared opening rates fine merinos and…

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A Bushel of Wheat. Cost of Production

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 35

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

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Both Found Guilty Recommended to Mercy the Moulamein Wool Case

The Independent · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 2

Louis Edward Grinham and Alfred James Lynch were charged with having conspired to cheat Younghusband Ltd. of divers large sums of money…

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Good Rains Experienced. Crop Prospects Excellent

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 4

During the past week extensive rains have fallen almost over the whole of the State. Maximum temperatures in most places were fairly high, but…

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Jam-making on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 16

With the beginning of the summer fruit season the business of jam-making again assumes importance to the farm housewife. The making of…

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Summer Leguminous Crops. Cowpeas, Soybeans, and Velvet Beans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 17

On account of their high feeding value and of their utility for soil improvement, the annual leguminous crops, such as cowpeas, soybeans…

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Dairy Test

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 2

Following is the result of the test of the milk taken from the winning cow in the dairy class, Section 10, at the recent Corowa Show:--The cow…

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O. and M. Dairy Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 2

The Ovena and Murray Dairy. Co., Springburst, which is now very capably managed by Mr. C. R. Meeking, is having a very successful season…

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Bulk Handling of Grain a Cowra Farmers' Method

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 4

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…

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Hurried Sale of Sheep

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 October 1926 · page 2

Buyers from all parts of Australia attended Messrs Wilkinson and Levender's sale at Hay on Tuesday of last week, when 40,000 sheep were…

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