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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,431 stories in Murray's papers · page 70 of 72

Wheat Competition Returned Soldier Wins

The Independent · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 3

Mr. Thomas [?] of Finley road [?] won the £35 cup pres[?] by the Royal Agricultural Society, and the Riverina 50-acre…

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Hours for Delivery of Wheat to Railway Yards

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 5

The Advisory Council of the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales has received many communications from branches re the hours for…

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Stock, Crops, Grass and Fencing Destroyed. Farmers Lose Heavily. Walla Walla

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 4

Friday, December 10, 1926, will not be forgotten by people of this district for many a day, as with it will always be associated memories of the most…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney Wool Sages. Good Prices Maintained. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 2

A good selection was offered at the Sydney wool sales to-day, when 10,292 bales were sold. There was good general competition at late…

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Record Wheat Harvest Equal to the World's Best Quality District Averages Seven Bags to the Acre Estimated Yield 115,000 Bags From District

The Independent · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 2

A record wheat harvest and the world's best Quality is the opinion of the two men in a position to form a reliable Judgment of the wheat crops for the Deniliquin district, Mr. J. Lawson (secretary to the Wheat Pool) and Mr. N. Robertson (Station Master at…

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Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd, Melbourne, report:— For their seventh sale of the season, and the last of the current year, on…

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Development of Sheep Industry (Continued from last Issue)

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 4

It is very rarely that a crop fails entirely, but it does happen in our worst years, such as 1914 and 1919, that the crop fails for grain. In such…

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Riverina Bushfires Out Farmers' Heavy Losses Reported Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 15 December 1926 · page 3

A Wagga message states that Riverina is now practically free from fires. Some are still burning, but are well under control…

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Butter Shortage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 24

Referring to the condition of the butter market, Mr. Goodfellow, managing director of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, said that…

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Butter Stabilisation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 29

The Australian Butter Stabilisation Committee at its meeting decided to extend the operations of the Paterson scheme for a further three years. This…

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Deniliquin Wheat Crops. Six and Seven Bag Yields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 27

Mild weather for a couple of months has been followed by a few hot days, with the thermometer over the century mark. It is quite seasonable,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 45

Wool sales were hold on Monday when 11,211 bales were offered and sales, including private transactions, amounted to 11,695 bales. There was…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 45

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having received the following telegram from their Geelong office, commenting on wool sales held in that…

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Skin Wool Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 20

It has been learned that the litigation in which the British Australian Wool Realisation Association was sued by Frederick Bardaley, representing…

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Albury Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 45

The Albury Woolbrokors, Younghusband Limited, Dalgety & Co. Ltd., and the Fanners & Graziers' Co-op. Grain, Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. on…

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London Wool Sales. London, December 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 45

The wool sales closed to-day. The total offerings included 60,734 bales of Australian wools, and 40,243 bales of New Zealand wools. The Continent…

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Latest Telegrams Yesterday's Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 2

The last series of the year's wool sales were completed to-day. The market closed firm, with prices well maintained at late rates, and in…

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Wheat Harvest. OVER 100,000 Bags Expected. Deniliquin Record

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 2

According to Mr. J. A. Lawson, agent for the Victorian pool at Deniliquin, the deliveries of wheat at the local railway station will establish a…

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Farmers Increasing Unique Progress Wakool Land Settlement

The Independent · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 3

"As anticipated,"wrote the Wakool Shire in his land report, "the work in the office, instead of slackening off during September, October, and…

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Crop Losses Near Lockhart

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 4

Reports received from district farmers indicate that the gale on Friday deprived them of a large proportion of their crops. Messrs. Gollasch Bros.,…

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