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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 81

Sheep Causes Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 6

Sheep straying across the road was the direct cause of Arthur John Day, aged 50 years, of Campsie, being killed at Berrima, near Bowral. Day was…

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Record Load of Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 43

Messrs. Tutty Bros., of Tootool, delivered a record load of wheat to the Tootool Silos. The load was 180 bags weighing 13 tons 5 cwts. 2 qrs…

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Hand Feeding Stock Saving Time With Horses and Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 24

FEEDING stock by hand is not a difficult task or ono that enervates to any great extent on the farmer's time, if adequate arrangements are…

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Calving Fever Symtoms and Treatment Dairy Farmers' Doubts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 24

MILK fever, which, is a disease affecting cows visually after calving, is often the cause of a great deal of trouble to dairy farmers. The illness…

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Paper Helps the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 34

Last year the pineapple growers of Hawaii paid about £100,000 for paper. The growers get back the money they spend on paper—its use enables them to…

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Struck by Lightning Man and Woman in Dairy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. W. Heather and his wife, who are employed as share farmers at South Arm, Grafton, by Councillor A. M'Kinnon, had a narrow escape from…

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Farmer Killed by Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

On a level crossing between Pirron Yallock and Stoneyford (Vic.) the Melbourne-Camperdown "flier" crashed into a sedan motor car driven by…

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Turkey Rearing Profitable on a General Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 25

WHERE turkeys are kept with other poultry they do less well, and only when there is sufficient space for them to be separated should they…

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Farm and Station Shows to Come How to Increase the Size of Eggs

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 24

FOLLOWING the reading of a paper read by Mr. E. Ward at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College Conference, a question was asked as to…

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Champion of The Farmer

The Independent · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

"We absolutely rely on primary production," says Mr. Thorby. Minister for Agriculture. "for finances to meet our liabilities as a Government…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing At Barham

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 3

James Arthur Mack was charged on Thursday, 19th December, at Barham Police Court, before Mr. N. C. Sheridan, P.M., with stealing 9 head of…

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Sheep's Swim Across the Murrumbidgee

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

IT is generally supposed that sheep cannot swim, yet a party of Junee motorists saw a sheep fall about 10 feet from the Darbalara Bridge,…

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Latest Telegrams. Yesterday's Wool Sales. The Market Firm. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

At the first wool sale of the new year, to-day, an average selection totalling 10,692 bales was offered. Of this number, 8730 were sold at…

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84,000 Bags of Wheat at Balldale Railway Station District Average Six Bags

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

Up till closing time on Saturday over 84,000 bags of wheat had been delivered at the Balldale railway station…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers’ Co operative Co., writes: For five seasons in succession…

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Riverina Wheat. Railway Estimates

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

The Railway Department had anticipated a wheat yield tor the Junee railway district of 3,395,027 bags ; but the late frosts resulted…

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No More Waste on Farms

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 3

Extract from “The Border Morning Mull.” Albury November 19, 1929. The fields are full of grain ; man has planted the seed and then [?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

The Secretary of the Farmers and , Graziers' Co-operative Coy. writes: For five seasons in succession (up to last year) the Sydney clearances…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

(These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience…

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Wheat Deliverles

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

The deliveries of wheat at stations on the Corowa Cuicairn line to date are as follow:--Hopefield, 59,000 bags; Balldale, 83,000 bags: Brocklashy…

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