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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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Dogs Worry Sheep Thirty Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

A dog or dogs injured 30 sheep at the railway trucking yards last night. The sheep were driven from the saleyards yesterady afternoon, to be…

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Stud Sheep Southdowns From England

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

BY the s.s Ferndale, which reached Sydney a few days ago, there arrived probably the largest shipment of stud Southdown sheep from England that…

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The Wheat Yield. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Stenning, chior agricultural instructor, says that he sees no reason why his original estimate of 32 million bushels of wheat this season should not be reached…

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The Embargo on Sheep Skins. Adelaide

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

The South Australian pastoralists and others, are urging the Federal Cabinet to reconsider its proposed embargo on the export of sheep skins…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

An average selection, totalling 10,489 bales, was offered at the wool sales, to-day. Of this number 9374 were sold at auction and an…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

An average selection, comprising 10,483 bales was offered at the wool sales, to-day. Of this number 9868 were sold at auction and an…

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The Pastoral Industry in South Australia a Grim Battle with Drought

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

The courage of pastoralists illumines the grim story of the terrific drought of the past seven years, now broken by torrential rains, says an…

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Wheat Team Bolts at Yarrawonga a Verandah Wrecked

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

A small boy falling off a bicycle was responsible for a team of horses drawing a large load of wheat to Yarrawonga railway…

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Farmers Dissatisfied? Allocation of Points in Crop Competitions Incidents at Gerogery Does Not Make Competitions Popular

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

There appears to be a good deal of dissatisfaction with the growing crop competition held each year. The giving of points on…

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Wheat Yield Rverina Railway District 623,000 Bags Los by Frost

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

The Railway Department expected a wheat yield for the Riverina railway district of 3,395,027 bags, but late frosts resulted in a…

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Crops District News Bunnaloo Items Bunnaloo

The Independent · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

Mr. W. Beer, of Bunnaloo, had one of the best average crops of wheat around the Bunnaloo district. The following are the averages and classes:…

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Horse Bolts : Farmer Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

When Mr. William Oats, farmer of Christmastown, was driving a sulky along Epsom-road, near Black Dog Creek. the horse bolted, upsetting the…

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Harvesting Accident Chiltern Farmer Has Eye Removed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. W. Devitt, farmer of Barnawartha, has had the misfortune to suffer the loss of an eye. WHILE mending the belt of a…

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Heavy Mortality From Anthrax 412 Sheep Succumb

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

The outbreak of anthrax on a holding at Ravensworth in the Singleton discrtci has resulted in heavy mortality…

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Women's Auxiliary—Donations to Hospital Sheep Appeal

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

The Women's Auxiliary wish to kindly thank the following for donations of sheep given weekly to the hospital to date towards minimising the…

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Pastoral Quality in Rams Essential for a Profitable Flock

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 4

Discussing recently the subject of mating, the Sheep and Wool Expert of the Department of Agriculture laid special emphasis on the need for…

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Queensland Pastoral Award THE A.W.U. and Strike Threats

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Riordan, Queensland branch secretary of the A.W.U., has replied to a Charleville message that shearers, shed hands, and cooks were…

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Riverina Crops

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

According to Mr. G. G. Bartlett agricultural Instructor for the Riverina portion of the wheat belt, the yields from the western part of his district…

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[?]Rds. Abolished in N.s.w. Cricket Scores [?] Award Cancelled [?] Operations From January 3 [?] Farmers and Settlers' Meeting

The Independent · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

[?] Farmers and Settlers [?] on Saturda[?] particulars of the [?] removal [?] industries from the operations of the [?] cancels the Rural Award, were received from Mr. W…

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Sold Most Num[?] Fat Cattle [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

The socretary, [?] Graziers Co operative [?] For th[?] year [?] 1929, we [?]…

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