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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

1,284 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 65

Open Market Preferred to Wheat Pooling System. —Crash in Canada—

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 3

The New York "Times" Winnipeg correspondent says the Saskatchewan wheat pool is a big factor in the co-operative grain marketing movement…

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Pooling of Wheat on a Contract System is Favored. Organisation to Be Formed

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 3

All the States were represented at a meeting of the co-operative wheat pools held in Sydney on Wednesday. It was decided that ad extensive…

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Deputed Wages Claim. Question of Interpretation of Pastoral Award. Important to Drovers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

The P.M., sitting as an Industrial Magistrate, yesterday, heard a claim by J. A. Fairless against F. Pollard, under the Pastoral (State) Award…

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The Wheat Market Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1927 · page 3

F.A.Q. wheat at Alexandria to-day realised 5/6 a bushel…

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Commercial Melbourne Markets Fat Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

About 28,500 yarded. Only a moderate portion consisted of best weather chiefly crossbred and some backs selected pens of merinos being…

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Cattle Straying

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 2

Acting on the suggestion of the Town Clerk (Mr. Webster) at the Council meeting held on Tuesday night further consideration was given…

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Sheep on the Fallows

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 April 1927 · page 4

Most farmers nowadays are fully awake to the value of sheep on the fallows as a means of keeping down the weed growth, and reducing the…

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Court to Decide Pastoral Award

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 3

A common [?] conference which has held on [?] the Ar[?] Court, in Connection with two separate disputed in the pastoral industry…

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Correspondence Wool and Protection (To the Editor)

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 4

Sir,—The one thing which is saving Australia from the Immediate economic crisis is wool. The conditions under which most…

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Commercial Melbourne Markets Tuesday April 12, 1927 Sheep and Lambs

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 1

Following last week's overcrowded market and in view of trade requirements being usually curialled during Easter week, the live stock traffic, as…

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Railway Engines and Bush Fires Farmers Will Not Assist

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 April 1927 · page 4

The Bush Fires Commission on Tuesday heard evidence by Mr. George King, chief inspector of the permanent way for the metropolitan…

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Wool and Protection To the Editor

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 4

Sir,—The one thing which is saving Australia from an immediate economic crisis is wool. The conditions under which most…

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Sowing the Wheat Crop

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

Extremely dry weather has been experienced right throughout the summer months practically all over the south and…

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Sowing the Wheat Crop

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

Extremely dry weather has been experienced light throughout the Summer months, practically all over the South and south-western…

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Wheat Crop

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 1

[?] weather condi[?] experienced [?] summer months [?] the south and…

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Sowing the Wheat Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 3

Extremely dry weather has been experienced right throughout the summer months practically all over the south-western wheat growing…

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Promissory Note Claim Agent Sues Farmer. Dispute About a Header

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon in the District Court, before Judge Coyle and a jury, T. Robinson and Co. Ltd., machinery agents, of Melbourne,…

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The Pooling of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. E. Field, member of the voluntary wheat pool, speaking at a social gathering of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at Jindera, said that…

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[?]Luntary Wheat Pool Do Buyers Hocus Farmers? the Merchants' Association Hits Out (To the Editor)

The Independent · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 3

Sir.—The Wheat Merchants Association asks the generous [?] of four columns to acquaint wheat growers with the character of certain misrepresentations that are being circulated throughout wheat-growing districts with the apparent object of assisting a…

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Better Farming Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Dunn, announced that arrangements were now in hand for the Better Farming Train to tour the North…

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