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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Sheep Saved From Drought a Seven Months' Trek

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 1

A remarkable performance in saving by an 800-mlie trek all but 117 or 4050 sheep on the Menin Downs and Ross Downs Stations, near…

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The Record Load 271 Bags of Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

Teamster Harry Heath delivered the record load of 274 bags of wheat at the railway station on Saturday morning…

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Harry Heath Again Loads 271 Bags of Wheat Les Crump's Record Lowered

The Independent · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

Harry Heath pushed Les Crump's wheat load record back on Saturday, when he arrived at the National Bridge with 24 bullocks drawing 271 bags…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 5

The season’s record price for wool was paid by a French buyer at the Sydney wool sales last Wednesday. He bought five…

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Wool Prices are Buoyant—Demand for Fine Wools

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 4

Competition gathered further strength at the Sydney wool sales last week. French demand became keener. Evidently the stability of the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 1

The Australian Estates and Mort gage Coy. Ltd., report:— We held our eighth side of the season last week. Competition was not so…

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Farmers' Co-operation Butter Outlook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 17

There is no primary industry so quickly affected by seasonable conditions as dairying. It is largely a "gamble upon the weather," but then…

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Butter Tariff

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 29

The Now Zealand "Dairy Produce Exporter," referring to tho Australian demand for protection against New Zealand butter," says:—"Australia, is…

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Wool Position

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 45

With more than half the season's clip in the hands of purchase Winchcombe Carson Ltd. express the opinion that the safety of values for the…

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Commercial Sheep Market Firm

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 2

The penning of sheen at Newmarket on Tuesday (37,680) was Slightly larger than that of last week but the offering of lambs (28,450)…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 18

Dalgety and Go. Ltd., Albury, report having received the following telegram for their Geelong office commenting on wool sale held in that…

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Wheat Experiments. Further Results

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 29

Results of an interesting character were obtained in a variety and manurial trial with wheat on the property of Messrs. Hobson Bros., Glenlea,…

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Price of Wheat Riverina Growers Dissatisfied

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 5

"It is apparent that about 50 per cent. of the farmers are holding back their wheat, not being satisfied with the price offering, 47 in bags, 45 in…

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Superphosphate and Wheat Fertiliser Practice in Relation to Fallow

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

Experience has shown that there is only fertiliser that wheat growers in New South, Wales need consider, and that is superphosphate…

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Wheat Results. Trials in the West and South West

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 33

Additional reports of experiments with wheat in the central west and south-west have been forwarded to the Department of Agriculture. In…

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The Price of Wheat. No Basis for This Season's Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 43

The wheat market is creating considerable uneasiness in business circles especially amongst those directly interested in breadstuffs (says a…

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Pasture Improvement for Dairymen. Importance of Change of Feed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 17

How to ensure a change of feed from "the ubiquitous paspalum," which has taken possession" of the best of the country in coastal areas, was…

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Farm Produce Agents Act. Forestalling Condemned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 29

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A.) expressed surprise that the president of the Now South Wales Fruit and Vegetable Agents and…

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Melbourne Wool Reports

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 4

The Australian Estates and Mortgage Co. Ltd, Melbourne, report on sale held 18th January, 1927:— We held our eighth sale of the…

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Butter Production—record for Guernseys

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 2

A butter production record for the [?] breed in Australia has been [?] in a nine-months test pompleted on the 18the January by the…

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