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Farming & the land, 1928

831 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 42

Nine Bushels Per Acre Wheat Harvest in New South Wales 27,111,000 Bushels in Spite of Drought

The Independent · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

New South Wales wheat harvest is estimated at 87,111,000 bushels. The average per acre is estimated at 9,1 bushels, incinding the areas entiraly. The Director of the Department of Agriculture states that this should be…

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Farms Allotted

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

The Minister for Lands recently made available for settlement, under permissive occupancy titles, 44 farms in the land districts of Hay…

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Varieties of Wheat Departmental Recommendations

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

The following are the latest Departmental recommendations as to the varieties of wheat best suited to the south-western plans and Western Riverina,…

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Wheat Returns

The Independent · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 4

The returns by whet production for New South Wales for the season 1927 as showed the poorest yield since 1919-20, being estimated at only 27…

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Guff-&collar Farmers £10 Per Week More Profit Week-ending in the Wimmera & the Mallee

The Independent · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

"Cuff-and-collar" farmers was the name applied to the men who first introduced s[?]entific methods of wheat growing into the Wimmera and the Malice. The "cuff-collar" men, however, won their way, and to-day their methods are universally adopted…

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Space Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

At the last annual conference of the N.S.W Country Press Association it was decided that the secretary should write to all newspapers in the State…

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Greece Buys Seed Wheat Large Order Is Only Partly Filled

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 3

For some months the Government of Greece has been in negotiation with the Department; of Agriculture for the purchase…

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Commercial Newmarket Sales Sheep and Lambs

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

At Newmarket on Tuesday, the offering included a fair proportion of prime wethers and some prime ewes, For there there was lively competition…

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Australian Wool Reply to Critics

The Independent · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 4

[?] content with freely circulating [?] that Australian merino [?] deteriorated very substan[?] the last 20 or 30 years…

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Wheat, Oats, Bare Fallow Lesson from Wimmera and Mallee 40 Bushels Per Acre From Rotation

The Independent · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 4

Rotation cropping is one of the cardinal principles adopted at Longerenong Agricultural College, near Horsham, and a table prepared over nine years shows that the best results from rotation in 1926-27 was 40 bushels per acre, the rotation being Federation wheat, oats, bare fallow. The average on this rotation for nine years was 89,9 bushels per sere…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 1

Younghusband Lts. held their ninth sale of the season on 15th February 1928 when they brought forward a good catalogue of 1,600 bales and…

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The Great Gamble Starving Sheep the Stakes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 4

By Frank Wilkinson. "S.M. Herald" On the whole I should say that of all the optimists who sit in at Nature's gaming table the least liable to pull…

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Transplanted Wheat Better Yield Claimed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

The London. “Daily News” says that the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Walter Guinness) will shortly witness, a German method of…

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Commercial Zara Stud Sheep Wilkinson & Lavender’s Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Messrs Wilkinson and Lavender report:— There was a large attendance at Zara stud sheep sale on Thursday,…

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505 Points This Year Big Wheat Sowing? Rainfalls Give Great Promise

The Independent · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

In the first two months of the year 505 points have fallen in Deniliquin, 183 points in January, and 322 in February…

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Off with Their Heads Hens That Do Not Pass Test Wheat Tests at Longerenong College

The Independent · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Fowls that cannot speed up their laying to produce the set percentage of eggs at Longerenong College, in a pertain period, are stretched neatly across a butcher's block, decapitated, and handed over to the cook, so that in death they may be more useful than in…

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Tour by Farmers

The Independent · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Information has been received from the Commonwealth Migration and Settlement Office, London, that arrangements have been completed in London…

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Early Tomatoes Enquiries by Murray Valley Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Investigations, during the past week by a party of Murray River tomato growers indicate an appreciable extension of early tomato…

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Store Cattle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 3

Messrs. W. E. Flanagan and Co. and [?]ohn McNamara and Co. (in conjunction) will hold a special sale of store [?]ttle in the Wangaratia yards on…

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Fat Cattle

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday the supply was within requirements at Newcastle, yet the greater portion consisted of good and prime qualities. Apart…

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