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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Wheat Grown in Wimmera Ascertaining Cost of Production Could Not Be Crown at a Profit at £29 an Acre

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 6

The sub-committee appointed at the annual meeting of the Horsham Agricultural Society to go into the cost of wheat production…

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Farmers' Delegates

The Independent · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 1

[?] branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has appointed Messrs. H. Malone and Les Moore as delegates to the electorate council of…

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Sheep Dog Trials

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 2

The sheep dog trials held at Swan Hill Inst week were most interesting, and although there was not a very large attendance those present…

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Levy on Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

At the Culcairn District Council of the F.S.A. on Monday last a resolution was submitted by Corowa District Council in protest against the…

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Commercial Sheep & Lambs at Newmarket

The Independent · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

John Mc Namara and Co. Pty. Ltd. report having submitted on offering of just on 10,000 lambs and [?] on Tuesday, 11th just., and they have…

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Pastoral Research Fund Crazier Explains Big Scheme

The Independent · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 5

Although it was first meeted some years ago, the proposal to establish a pastoral research fund of £250,000 by [?] of 2/- per [?] on each wool…

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Cleaning-up Wool Sales. Sydney. Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

The clearing-up sale of the 1928-29 wool selling season was opened at the Royal Exchange, to-day, when an [?]erior to average selection, totalling…

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Fur Farming Approved Certain Domestic Rabbits

The Independent · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 3

The State Cabinet has approved on the issue of licenses for farming rabbits for fur. Regulation will be drafted to provide restrictions [?]…

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Mathoura News Monday. Weather and Crops

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

Four severe frosts have been followed by fine weather. Crops are showing the effects of the dry spell, and late sown crops are not showing out…

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New Food for Sheep Riverina Grazier's Innovation

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 3

Mr J. Ross, grazier, of Uri Park, in the Darlington Point district, claims that he has solved the sheep fodder question. He feeds his flock…

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Prize Cattle Imported Bull Valued at 3500 GUINEAS

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

Thirty-two head of cattle, the first to be sent to Australia from Great Britain for five years, arrived on Thursday by the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Jerilderie branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday last. Present: Messrs…

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Wheat Marketing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 8

When a market for wheat "futures" was inaugurated in London last month the opinion was expressed by a firm of wheat merchants in Melbourne that…

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Sydney Stud Sheep Fair

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 15

Attention is directed to an advertisement announcing the Sydney stud sheep fair and sales, to be held from July 1 to July 5. Merino and British breeds…

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Suggested Wheat Conference

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 11

"Members of the Town and Country Union are gratified to find response to its suggestion to agricultural and other societies for the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 45

The clearing-up sale of the 1928-29 wool-selling season opened at the Royal Exchange on Monday, when an inferior to average selection totalling…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 45

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Melbourne, report:—We held our final sale of the 1928-29 season on June 10, when we submitted…

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Rice for Sheep Interesting Experiment

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

An experiment which is being made by Mr. J. Ross, of Uri Park, on the Murrumbidgee River, near Darlington Point, is arousing much interest. For…

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A Drought Fodder Rice for Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 35

An experiment has been made by Mr. J. Ross, of "Uri Park," a property on the Murrumbidgee River, near Darlington…

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