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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Price of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Our attention has been directed to an error was obvious, which crept into a Paragraph in a recent issue. It was stated that many…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Wheat f.a.q is quoted to-day at 47 to 48½ per bushel…

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Wheat Freights Come Down Shipping Companies Feel Competition Many Shippers Have Paid Old Rates Already

The Independent · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

According to a report Sydney the shipping companies have decide to make a reduction in wheat and flour freights overseas Shippers have stated that 40/- per ton was too high to permit of profitable business and it is thought that another cause of the…

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Help for Leeton Farmers Country Party Report

The Independent · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

A deputation representing- Leeton fruitgrowera waited last week on Mr. Thorby and the members of the irrigation Commission with a view to…

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Remarkable Fatality. a Farmer Killed by an Aeroplane. SYDNEY. Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

Death descended on Alf. C. Smith, farmer, at Windsor, with shocking suddenness, to-day. He was working in the field when an aeroplane…

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N.s.w. Wheat. A.q. Standard 63Lb. to Bushel

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 3

[?] grain trade sectional com[?] of the Sydney Chamber of [?]merce [?] last week and the fair average quality…

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Riverina Wheat Deliveries

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

The Railway Department states that the wheat returns for the district, taking in practically the whole of the Riverina, showed that last…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

The wool sales were continued, to-day, the market closing with keen general competition for all sections, and values were firm. Greasy merino…

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State Wheat Harvest £1,000,000 to Growers. F.A.Q. 63lb. to Bushel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

The fair average quality of wheat for the season was fixed at 63lb. to the bushel. The weighing of the samples was…

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A Farmer's Death. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

Wm. Charter (50), a farmer of Rob Roy in Inverell district, was found under a tree suffering from what is believed to be styrchnine poisoning…

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Melbourne Fat Sheep Market

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

John McNamara and Co. Pty.Lts., Melbourne, report Melbourne fat sheep market under date 22/1/29), as follows : For to-day's sales at Newmarket…

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Improving the Beef Industry Aberdeen Angus Cattle

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. Grant, herd master of the Agricultural Department, has recently returned from Canada, where, he has selected and purchased for the…

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[?]raziers’ Annual Conference Four Days Allotted [?]ost Important Pastoral Fixture

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 3

[?] annual conference of the [?]ers’ Association of New South, [?] will be held at the Wool [?] Royal Exchange, Pitt Street,…

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Telegrams SYDNEY Monday Wheat. 48 per bushel

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 3

A fire occurred early this morning at Bond and Co's. store, Oxford-street, city. The contents of one Section of the ground floor were…

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Wool Demand General. Valves Firm

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 3

The Secretary Farmerk and Graziers Co-op. Co.writes:— On the 27th instant we offered a catalogue of 8578 bales,…

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Wagga Sheep Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 47

The Associated Selling Agents, of Wagga, report having held their fortnightly sale of sheep in the municipal saleyards on the 24th January, when…

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Wool Report

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., Melbourne, at the resumption of the wool sales in this centre, on the 29th inst, report having brought…

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Albury Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd report having held a large special sheep sale at the Albury Municipal Sale Yards on Wednesday, 23rd January, when…

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Varieties of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 16

Departmental Recommendations for Different Districts'. THE following are tho latest departmental recommendations as to…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 47

Dalgety and Company Limited, Albury, are in receipt of the following wire from their Adelaide office in reference to wool sales in that centre on…

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