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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Adelaide Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 45

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having received the following telegram from their Adelaide office in reference to last Friday's sale in that…

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THE F.A.Q. Wheat Standard. "Places a Discount on Good Farming."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 17

The advantages of wheat-grading have frequently been emphasised in these notes, suggestions being offered recently on which it was thought grain…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 23

Good selections were offered at the resumption of the wool sales to-day. Competition was well maintained for all grades showing good quality, these…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 45

The Sydney wool sates proceeded under very strong Continental competition and with good support from Japan and Yorkshire. The market…

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Pastoral Employees Amended Award for Station Hands. Important Variations

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 4

The result of the appeal by the Graziers' Association of New South Wales against the State Pastoral Award was announced on Tuesday…

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Pleuro in Cattle. Address by Veterinary Inspector. Problem of Eradication

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 35

An interesting talk to stock owners on plouro-pneumonia in cattle was given through 3LO broadcasting station by Mr. E. A. Kendall, Chief…

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Holbrook Show Marred by Wet Weather. Fine Display of Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 10

Officials.—President: Mr. T. E. Kendall. Vice-Presidents: Messrs. J. W. E. Heriot, Neil Ross, and Joseph Lawson. Committee: Messrs. G. H…

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Farm Workers' Award. Preference to A.w.u. Members Harvesting Houes—50 a Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 33

The schedule of rates, terms and conditions of the new award covering all agricultural employes have been made available. The award will…

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Good Crops at Rutherglen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 17

Prospects in Ruthorglen district are bright, especially amongst the early-sown crops, and the yields is estimated to reach up to ton bags to the acre…

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Gundagai Farmers and Settlers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 30

The largest meeting of men on the land ever held at Gundagai took place, when a branch, with 58 members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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Farmers' Organisations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 27

Mr. A. E. Hunt, M.L.C., presided over the annual meeting of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation, which was held in Sydney. Delegates…

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New Rural Award. Farm Hands to Be Paid £215 and Keep. a 50-Hour Week During Harvest

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 3

The schedule of rates, terms and conditions of the new award covering all agricultural employees, was made available on Thursday evening. The…

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Summer Leguminous Crops Cowpeas, Soybeans, and Velvet Beans

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1926 · page 4

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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Murray Downs Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 2

At Murray Downs sheep sale last week. Mr. Frank Lavender sold 23,627 sheep in 70 minutes. Top price was 34/[?] for 1780 one year…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 2

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. offered for their second sale on 11th inst. a compact catalogue of 6225 bales, the great bulk…

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New Type of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 2

A report or the Department of Agriculture remarks that a promising new wheat being tried out at the Cowra experiment farm is "guinea," which…

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Pastoral Employ[?] Amended Award for [?] Hands. Important Variatio[?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 2

The result of the appeal [?] Graziers’ Association of N[?] Wales against the State [?] award was announced last [?]…

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Fifty Thousand Bags of Wheat. Warbreccan Subdivision. Successful Wheatgrowers. Magnificent Crops. Heavy Yeilds Expected

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 October 1926 · page 2

Eight years ago Mr. H. A. Lindsay Field bought Warbreccan station, immediately west and south-west of Deniliquin, as a walk-in walk-out…

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Special Sheep Sale at Albury

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. report having held a special sheep sale at the Albury Municipal Yards on Thursday, 14th inst, when they offered 22,100 store…

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New Season's Wheat

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 20 October 1926 · page 2

The first truck of new season's wheat was sold at Alexandria today by F. and L. Baldick Ltd. and realised 7/ per bushel…

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