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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

1,068 stories in Murray's papers · page 51 of 54

Pink-eye in Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 24

Investigations at Glenfield Veterinary Research Station. QPTHALMIA, or "pink-eye," is a complaint well known to sheep…

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System in Dipping Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 25

THERE are two main causes of tho loss of sheep at and after the dipping. The first is the treatment of the sheep at the time of the dipping…

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Echuca Wheat Yields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 16

In the Echuca (Vic.) district the wheat harvest is in full swing, and the grain generally is an excellent sample From information to hand, it…

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Wheat Farmers Will Increase Production If Remuneration Is Sufficient

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 21

At a meeting of the Primary Producers' Union, a report of the agricultural committee reading that, in the opinion of the committee, wheat…

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Farmers Are Sold Wheat Guarantee Repudiated "Got Their Reward"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 3

"Calmly and casually, the Federal Labour Government has repudiated the very definite and solemn promises of its…

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Next Canadian Wheat Crop May Only Be a Light One

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 6

The Minister for Markets has received a cable from the commercial representative of Australia in Canada that the prospects of the next Canadian…

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Victorian Wheat Pool Payment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 2

The chairman of the Victorian Wheat Growers' Corporation Ltd., [?]. H. W. Pickering, advises that a final payment of 1½d. per bushel has been…

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Export Beef Three-year-old Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 9

Experiments made by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in the refrigeration of beef for the London market have demonstrated…

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Fluke in Sheep Official Stock Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 34

MR. MAX HENRY, Chief Veterinary Surgeon, Department of Agriculture, writes:—"During December there have been…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales Tuesday, December 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 45

During the morning sales at Newmarket there was a fair trade demand for best quality wethers at prices about on a par with the reduced rates of a…

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Sheep Nutrition Question of Chemical Control

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 27

Discussing the question of chemical control of sheep nutrition, the chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board, Mr. J. B. Cramsie, stated…

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New Pastoral Award for Queensland. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 2

The new wool award in Queensland is expected to result in a reduction of about £170,000 in wages…

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Wheat Transport in Victoria Low Progressive Total

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 2

Latest, railways figures of wheat transported in Victoria in the present season indicate a decrease of 75 percent, compared with, the figures for…

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Wheat Competitions Exhibits to Be Sent Abroad

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 5

At a meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society held in Sydney, on Wednesday, it was stated that the wheat competitions this year…

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Yesterday's Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 1

An average selection, totalling 8029 bales, was offered at the wool sales, to-day. Of this number, 7303 were sold at autction, and an additional 725…

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Wheat Growing Competitions Their Value to the Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 24

"WHILE it is recognised that the carefully conducted field tests carried out by the Department on farmers experiment plots are the most…

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Wheat After Rice Remarkable Chops Experiments' at Griffith

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 3

At one time it was thought that a rice crop would injure land for, subsequent wheat cropping. The reverse has mow been proved, and it is probable…

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Federal Wheat Pool Government's Decision to Be Submitted to the States

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 11

The Federal Government has approved of a scheme for the estaoshment of a Federal wheat pool, and proposes to submit this to a conference of State…

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Wheat Harvest Record Expected in Queensland Improvement in N.s.w. and W.a

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 12

The following survey of the condition of the wheat crops throughout Australia during November has been compiled by the Commonwealth…

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'Possum Farms Big Scheme Mooted

The Independent · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 3

Opossums in millions, swarming in the bushlands of mountainous tableland country, mating and multiplying, breeding and dying, and the State…

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