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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 81

Gippsland Floods Stock and Crops Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 7

Heavy floods in the rivers of East Gippsland followed torrential rains since Sunday. In several places more than six inches of rain has been…

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Victorian Irrigation Pastures and Dairying High Average Returns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 6

An interesting report has been received by the Victorian State Rivers and Waters Commission, which suggests that, by the aid of improved…

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Second-class Sleepers? Is the Petrol Tax Justified Farmers and Settlers' Resolutions

The Independent · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 1

Deniliquin Farmers and Settlers' Association has asked that the next Conference in Sydney should request the Railway Commissioners to provide second-class sleeping berths. A protest against the petrol tax was discussed, but postponed…

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An Angora Goat Farm To be Established near Camden. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 June 1930 · page 2

American skin and fur buyers have acquired 4,000 acres of land, near Camden, with the object of establishing an Angora goat farm. About…

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The Pastoral Award

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 3

THE hearing was commenced in the Arbitration Court on Monday last of the application by the Graziers' Association for the variation of the…

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Sheep "The Road to Hell!"

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 4

"Fair Dinkum" who has had enough experience in the Deniliquin district of sheep in good, bad and indifferent seasonal conditions to know…

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Wheat Marketing the Guaranteed Price Scullin Ministry's Proposals

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 3

In placing before Parliament a bill "relating to the marketing of wheat and other purposes" the Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney)…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Action at Lockhart Defence Association Formed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 3

A large and representative conference of Riverina wheatgrowers was held at Lockhart on Saturday last, with the object of…

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An Open Letter. to the Farmers of Corowa and District

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 5

Sirs,--A matter of greater importance to you than anything that has previously confronted you is be…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 5

(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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Worms in Sheep Relative Value of Different Medicinal Agents

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 5

Although the season is dry (writes the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture), in many places sheep are suffering…

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Butter Stabilisation Substantial Help to Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 25

THE Australian Stabilisation Committee, in its annual report to directors and proprietors of butter factories on the butter stabilisation…

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Gold, Wool and Wheat Helping the Gold Winner a Voice in Opposition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 6

THE Government of the day is assisting gold miners financially in their prospecting, and a further 300 applications are under…

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Biting Louse of Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 30

SEVERAL species of lice are parasitic upon the skin of sheep in New South Wales, but of these the most common one is the biting louse. This…

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Cost of Sheep Dressing New Zealand Figures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 15

The New Zealand Department of Agriculture recently investigated the figures of a number of representative firms in the North Island East Coast…

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Pastoral Award Station-owner's Evidence Experienced Men Seeking Work

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

Further evidence was heard by Chief Judge Dethridge in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, on the application by the Graziers'…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

Latest quotations: Bulk 46½, bagged 47½…

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Wheat Areas Large Increases Record in the West

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 11

Record areas have been sown to wheat in parts of the west, according to Mr. Harold Bartlett, senior agricultural instructor. His report covers a…

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Last Year's Wheat Yield. Lowest for Ten Years. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

The wheat yield in New South Wales for the 1929-1930 season amounted to 33,958,000 bushels, or an average of 8.7 bushels per acre. This is…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 25

FARMERS, stockowners, and others interested in agricultural education are reminded of the opportunities afforded by the approaching annual…

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