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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

1,068 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 54

January Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., at the resumption of wool sales on 29th inst. report having brought forward a catalogue of 7680 bales,…

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Wool Stores Burnt

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 3

Extensive damage was done by a fire which destroyed, a drying shed at the Australian Wool and Produce Go's store, Beach road, Botany. In the…

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Rivals in Wheat World

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 35

Mr. John S. Tease, trustee of the West Australian Wheat Pool, returned by the Orvieto after investigating the world, wheat position. The most…

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Wheat Entries for Royal Show

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 18

The activities of the R.A.S. in close cooperation with the agricultural societies in the wheat districts of the State have stimulated friendly rivalry…

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Stomach Worm in Sheep Method of Treatment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 17

WARMTH and moisture are necessary for the development of the stomach worm, and a wot summer is generally followed by its "increased…

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Improving the Beef Industry Aberdeen Angus Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 35

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

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Wool Competitions An Interesting Innovation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 17

THE stimulative effect of agricultural competitions and the benefit to farm practice lias been illustrated in the crop growing and other…

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Wagga Wheat Fields Promising New Varieties

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 34

The Wagga Experiment Farm lias well maintained its reputation as the chief cereal experiment station associated with the Department of…

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Pastoral Industry Proposed Conference Graziers Support A.W.U. Move

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

Mr J W. Allen, general secretary of the Graziers’ Association, commenting on Tuesday, in Sydney, on the decision of the A.W.U…

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COMMERCIAL (Continued from page 45) Albury Special Sheep Sale

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

Dalgety and Company Limited report having held a large, special sale at the Albury Municipal Saleyards on Wednesday, January 23, when they…

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TOP-DRESSING Its Effect on the Wool

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

WITH the object of determining whether top-dressed pasture affects the quality of wool, the Department of Agriculture recently…

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Top Dressing Its Effect on the Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

With the object of determining whether top-dressed pasture affect the quality of wool, the Department of Agriculture recently Instituted…

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Why Wheat - Growing Does Not Pay Some Astonishing Figures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 39

The Federal Government collects nearly all its revenue by indirect taxation—you pay it while you are asleep, so to speak—and we will suppose that…

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Sheep Frozen by Blizzard Salt Lake City (U.S.A.), Jan. 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 20

Blizzards swept across the steep ranges of NorthEastern Utah to-day, isolating large flocks and leaving scores of sheep frozen to death or…

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Settlers Still Suffer Allegations at Bygalorie Meeting Stories of Privation Told by Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

AT a meeting of tho Bygalorie, Boorabil Midi Gorman's Hill West Land League, presided over by Mr. Blair; stories of hardships were told by settlers present. It was also alleged that Government assistance was not forthcoming, and that although certain relief had been given, much more…

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Irrigation Blocks Twenty Farms Available

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 18

Over twenty blocks of land varying in area from 719 to 1,238 acres will be available for application in the Tabbita district from 13th to 27th…

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Farm Book-keeping Advantages of Some System of Accounts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 17

MANY farmers record simple details of their doings in " dairies, "which are useful, but many advantages accrue from the keeping of a…

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Work for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 32

Farmers in the Minmi district, having their incomes reduced, because of the drought, have decided to prospect for coal, in tho district, according to a…

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Peach Crop on M.i.a

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 25

The canning peach crop of the Griffith and Yenda sections of the Murrumbidgec irrigation area has been sold to the Sydney canneries at a…

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Pastoral Sheep in Dry Times Mortality Associated with Drought

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

Apart from losses due to starvation, [?] departmental publication, sheep frequently die from other reasons in time of drought. It is obvious for…

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