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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 66 of 81

Farmer Accidentally Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 33

Mr. Johann Frederick Wilhelm Fechner, aged 54 years, a farmer, of Dart Dart, was killed as the result of a gun accident. It is thought that in…

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Rutherglen Experimental, Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 33

Farmers and graziers in the Rutherglen and surrounding districts are reminded that the annual field day at the Rutherglen Experimental Farm,…

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Why Bowyangs Laughs at Hayseed a Farmer Points the Way the Pampered City Worker

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 7

IT is understood that Australian finances, Labour troubles, unemploy. ment, production, etc., cannot the put on sound principles until such time as…

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Queensland Crops Menaced

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 9

Millions of caterpillars are menacing. wheat crops in parts of Warwick (Qld.) district. The insects are moving in huge crawling armies, and…

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Rutherglen Crops Record Harvest Expected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 9

The season's crop prospects were never better in Rutherglen (Vic.) district. The area under wheat and oats is the largest over sown here, and,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 3

Younghusband Limited report: We held out 11th sale of the season on the 27th ult., when we submitted a catalogue of 4250 bales and succeeded in…

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Pastoral of Help in Water Conservation Trees Round Dams or Tanks

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 1

There are many reasons why pastoral areas should not be entirely denuded of trees, and why, if they are naturally bare, a certain amount of intelligent…

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Sheep and Wool Ndustry in South Africa No. 2

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

(By Mr. Donald Gunn of Boorawell Talwood (Q) in the “Pastoral Review” SHEEP MANAGEMENT South Africans are far behind us in…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 3

Dennys, Lascelles Ltd. report—We held our second sale-on Thursday, when we brought forward a catalogue of some 5100 bales. The bulk of the offering…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 1

Bulk wheat is quoted is Sydney today at 210; bagged wheat, 211…

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Commercial Successful Sheep Sale 21,302 Yarded 18,641 Sold

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 3

The success of Messrs McKenzie and. Co. s special sheep sale, which was held at Echuca last week in their Echuca East Yards, should go a long way to…

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Romance of Wool Australians Rise to Supremacy Professor Roberts' Address

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

Professor S. M. Roberts, of Sydney University, addressing members of the Royal Australian Historical Society on Tuesday night dealt with the rise to…

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A Lucky Farmer. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

P[?]ar Lap has been drawn by a farmer at Greta, Victoria, in a £20,000 consultation on the Melbourne Cup. A syndicate was formed and offered…

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Farmer Injured by Stripper. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Off[?]er, of Green Hill, Dripstone, in the Wellington district, New South Wales was working a stripper in a paddock, when he was knocked…

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Riverina Wheat Crop. Prospects. Recent Rains Bring Great Benefit

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 3

Good rains have been received in the Riverina during the month, and these revived many crops.. . It is feared, nevertheless, that the break…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 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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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 1

Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., report.— For our fourth sale of the season on 28th October, we offered a…

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Reducing Wheat Costs F.S.A. Seeks Lower Rail Freights

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 3

The Farmers and Settlers' Association has approached the Railway Commissioners with a strong request for a reduction in rail freights…

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Unbranded Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 15

A charge of having sent unbranded sheep to the Flemington saleyards was preferred against Frederick Kimber, a farmer, of Ganmain, at the Burwood…

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Last Year's Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 5

The position of farmers, who received advances from merchants and millers last season on wheat which is still unsold, is still…

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