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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,431 stories in Murray's papers · page 68 of 72

Farmer Shot Through Head Sydney

The Independent · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 2

John Maders, 45, poultry farmer, of Ramagate, was found in his yard early this morning, with a bullet wound in his head. His died an hour later. For…

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Crop Burned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 25

When a fire commenced on his property Mr. T. E. Gorman, of Yerong Creek, lost 60 acres of oats and 30 acres of grass. The oats were of…

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Crop Growing Competition. Cootamundra Results

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 28

The judge, Mr. E. S. Clayton, Senior Agricultural Instructor in the Agricultural Department, this week completed the judging in the above. B. Boxsell,…

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Share Farming Agreement Contested

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 33

In the County Court at Wangaratta, before Judge Wesley, Arthur Densley sued A. F. Cameron, of South Bundalong, for £90 damages for a…

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Fruit Crops. Brighter Outlook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 30

According to a report supplied to the Victorian superintendent of Agriculture (Mr. H. A. Mullett) by officers of the horticultural branch, of the…

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Albury Growing Crops Bulgandra Crop Wins. Walbundrie Suffers From Season

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 31

The third day of judging in the Albury and Border, Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society's Wheat Growing Competition was entered upon,…

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Oaklands Crop Competitions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 32

Judging in connection with the first stage of the fallow and growing crop competition, organised by the Oaklands Farmers and Settlers' Association, took…

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Good Crops. Wattle Vale, Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—Farmers are all busy around here now. Some are carting in hay and some are stripping. The majority of crops about here seem…

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Corowa's Prize Wheat Crop

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1926 · page 3

The following is extracted from the Sydney "Morning Herald": "A roadside inspection of the wheat of the wheat paddocks in the Corowa and…

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Farmers Are Dissatisfied with Price of Wheat

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 4 December 1926 · page 3

It was officially stated on Tuesday that farmers generally are so thoroughly dissatisfied with present prices [?]ling for new wheat that they…

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Pastoral Industry the Sheep Population. Limiting Factors

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 2

The following article was written by Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, ex-M.H.R., who was for many years manager of Tuppal Station…

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Travelling Sheep Lots of 100 Must Pay Rates

The Independent · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 2

A motion to have travelling sheep in lots of less than 100 exempt from rates was rejected by the last meeting of the P.P. Board, at Deniliquin…

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Warwick Farm Races. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 December 1926 · page 3

The winners were : Master Yet, Chrystal, Vaals, Beckwith, Colesberg, Dartmoor, Four Socks, and Bonnie Dighton…

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Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort and Co, Ltd., on 29th November offered a compact catalogue of some [?]069 bales, drawn form a somewhat wider area than of late,…

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Commercial Special Sheep Bale at Albury

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having held a large special sheep sale at Albury, on Wednesday, December 1, when they submitted to auction…

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R.A.S. Riverina Wheat Contest is Won by a Finley Farmer by Two Points

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 1

With the judging of the winning entry of the Henty Society's competition the Riverina field wheat championship of the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Grain Sickness in Sheep a Caution to Wheatgrowers

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 1

In those portions of the State which are adapted to running sheep in conjunction with wheat-growing, losses are likely to occur after…

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Dookie Claims to be the Home of the World's Best Wheat

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 3

Dookie, Victoria challenges Canada's claim to be the home of the world's champion wheatgrower. A cable measure from America on…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 1

Dalgety & Co. Ltd. report:—We submitted an attractive catalogue of 6400 bales on 1st inst., the New South Wales portion of the offering…

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Wheat Pools. Advances Being Made

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 4

The secretary, Wheatgrowers Pooling and Marketing Company writes:— RE 1ST ADVANCE VOLUNTARY…

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