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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,431 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 72

Commercial Melbourne Wool Markets

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 4

The week's Melbourne auctions find the market for all ordinary or top makers' merinos at a lower lovel of some 5 per cent. as compared with earlier…

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Sheep Swim Five Miles to Home

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 3

Advices from Bangor state that a [?] and seven lambs swam five miles across Menal Straits to return to their old home…

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Telegrams Wheat Ship Afire a Strenuous Fight Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 2

The steamer Tregannan, of 27,000 tons, arrived at Liverpool to-day, after an unenviable ordeal. The abel was on fire for one month the cause…

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Fallow and Crop Competition

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 1

A meeting of the Oaklands Fallow and Growing Crop Competition Committee was held at the Oaklands Hotel on Saturday evening when there…

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Agricultural Weeds on the Farm The Problem of their Control

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 1

Immediately a plant gets out of control it becomes a weed, even though under different circumstances it may be a harmless or even a useful…

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[?]Pat Sheep Weight

The Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

The live [?]gat of the fat s[?] donated by Mr. [?] Leetha[?] was [?] The [?]st guest was [?] by Mr. M. [?]…

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The N.s.w. Wool Clip. Heaviest on Record

The Independent · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

This years' wool clip in New South Wales has broken all records. Basing an estimate on the figures at present ava[?] and providing that [?]…

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Hillston and the New Era Some Developments Following the Railway. What Skilful Farming Can Do

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 2

It is quite forty years since Victorian settlers took up land in the Hillston-Gunbar district, and demonstrated that wheat growing could be…

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Wool Prices

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

Messrs. Dennys Lascelles Ltd., Geclong, write as follows:— No exceptional prices, but a some solid market for all descriptions, sum…

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A Record in Wool

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

A Canadian woollen manufacturing from has created a record by transferring the wool from the backs of four lambs the same day to the back…

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Australia's Position with Merino Wool

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

In one staple article of commerce Australia leads the world V namely in the production of fine wool, due largely to the wonderful pastures congenial…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 4

Dalgety & Co. Ltd. report:—We held our second sale of the season on 18th inst., when we submitted a good catalogue of 8,300 bales, and…

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Country Bred Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 18

At Goulburn on Tuesday next, 2nd November, 1200 good conditioned cattle will be offered at a special cattle sale by W. H. Wheatley. For detailed…

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A Southern Sheep Property

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 28

Our advertising columns contain a notice regarding the auction sale of Brawlin Springs, an attractive wool-growing property, 14 miles from…

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Pooling of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 45

Messrs. H. W. Wood and G. W. Robertson, Canadian wheat pool delegates, left by the steamer Niagara on their homeward journey. Mr. Wood, in…

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"A New Wheat."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 23

Sir,—Under the above heading articles have appeared in the press regarding Guinea variety of wheat. I claim the origin of this variety, as in…

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Properties of Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 20

In view of the fact that efforts made to supplant wool by artificial products have at times caused some concern to Australian wool growers,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 45

At the wool sales on Tuesday 11,093 bales were offered, 11,411 of which were sold, including private transactions. The Australian Mercantile Land and…

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Albury Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 45

The Albury Wool Brokers, Dalgety and Company Ltd., Younghusband Ltd., and the Farmers and Graziers' G., I. and A. Co. Ltd., held the opening sale…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 23

A good selection was offered at the Sydney wool sales to-day. The Sydney wool selling brokers reported that under a very strong Continental competition,…

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