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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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The London Wool Sales. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 2

At the wool sales, 10,881 bales were offered, of which approximately 6800 were sold. There was a good offering of West Australian and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Yesterday's Market. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 1

An average selection totalling 11,720 bales was offered at the wool sales, yesterday. Of this number 10,778 bales were sold at auction, and an…

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Rain Badly Needed Crop Conditions at Walbundrie

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 4

The weather conditions are not as satisfactory as would be desired by the farmers, writes our correspondent at Walbundrie…

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Sale of "Chippenham Park" Dairy Herd

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 2

H. Lloyd, and Sons report, having held a sale of dairy cattle on account of Percy Landale, Esq;, at "Chippenham Park", yesterday. There was a, fair attendance…

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Wheat Falling Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 3

Wheat is quoted in Sydney to-day at 210 per bushel; bagged wheat. 211…

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Wool Sales Lower Prices Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. report: The wool sales opened to-day. There was good general competition continental oper-ators being the chief buyers, and there…

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Low Wool Prices Crux of the Problem Re-adjustment of Costs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 3

Wool is lower-priced than for many years. Last selling season’s average price of 10.4d. per 1b. was unprofitable to growers. Average price in the…

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Mathoura News Monday Crops Affected

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 2

The prospects for crops and grass in the district are disappointing. The lons dry spell has played sad havoc with crops, and grass is now going [?]…

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Wheat Pool Ballot

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1930 · page 3

The appended figures show how the different divisions of the State voted on the proposal to establish a compulsory wheat pool. This was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 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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Wool Ony Good Sorts in Demand Top Prices

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 5

The Secretary, Fanners and Graziers Co-operative Company Ltd., writes:— The first Sydney series closed on…

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Melbourne Wool Sales a Lower Level of Values

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 3

The Victorian selling season of 1930-31 opened in Melbourne on Monday when catalogues amounting to about 9000 bales were…

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Sheep on the Wheat Farm Hints From Experience (A. H. E. M' Donald, H.D.A., Chief Inspector of Agriculture.) No. 2. Suitable Fodder Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 28

MANY farmers who have not had experience in raising fat lambs on crops look askance at suggestions of growing feeder crops, but those…

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Mallee Wheat Crops 228,471 Acres Under Cultivation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 17

Crops in the Ouyen (Vic.) district are making excellent headway, and show little signs of the buffeting they received from the strong winds which…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., for their first sale of the season, on Tuesday, brought forward a, catalogue of 3300 bales (of which 2700 bales were…

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No Stud Sheep for Russia

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

There is no prospect of Australian stud sheep being sent to Russia in contravention of the embargo on export. A suggestion was made in…

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Grazier Fined Cruelty to Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 2

Before Mr. Shepherd, SM., at the Burwood Police Court on Monday. William J. S Perrett, a grazier, of Frogmore Park, Gunnedah, pleaded guilty…

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Ill-treatment of Sheep Grazier Pined

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 12

At the Burwood Police Court on Monday, William J. F. Perrett, grazier of Frogmore Park, Gunnedah, was fined £5 for having cruelly ill-treated…

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Low Level Price for Wheat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 16

Quotations for wheat in markets abroad have touched the lowest levels recorded for about 25 years, and still there is no sign of a recovery. Russia…

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Telegrams Wheat Lower. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 2

Bulk wheat is quoted today at 28 per bushel; bagged wheat 29[?]…

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