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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 99

Wheat Loadings

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

Since the season opened 21,829 bags of wheat have been received at Deniliquin railway station. Mr. Powles informed us yesterday that this sea[?]…

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District Wheat Loadings

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 24

Wheat loadings at Deniliquin railway station for the present season, up to Wednesday, evening totalled approximately 31,000 bags. There remains…

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24,439 Bags of Wheat 90 Per Cent Into Pool

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 8

Up till Wednesday evening 24,439 bags of wheat had been delivered over the weighbridge at Deniliquin. Mr. Jeff Powles informed is…

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Contagious Abortion in Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 16

BEEF breeders occasionally have struck trouble when they introduced foster mothers into the stud, and the effects at times have been…

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Some Wool Terms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Following are a few of the general terms employed by buyers when valuing wools. They are used almost universally throughout the world…

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Italy Wants Wheat Chance for Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

If favorable terms can be reached Italy is prepared to take as much wheat as Australia can sell, said Mr. A. Fattorini, managing…

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Wheat Position Congestion at Silos Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 28

Commenting on the serious position of the wheat harvest as a result of the terminal elevators being almost full, the managing director of the Farmers…

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Disposal of Wheat Federal Government's Guarantee Canberra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

In order to make the position as clear as possible the Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde) issued the following statement to-day regarding…

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Wheat Unsaleable Silos Full of Grain Serious Position Developing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

Owing to trade in wheat having practically ceased in N.S.W., a serious position has developed owing to the inability of silos to hold all the wheat…

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The Wheat Difficulty. What Australia May Lose. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Wheat shippers are maikng no attempt to engage new full cargo space, owing to the uncertainty regarding their responsibility under the Wheat…

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The Wheat Harvest. Awkward Congestion at Silos. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Owing to the trade in wheat having practically ceased in New South Wales, a serious position is…

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Drenching Farm Animals How to Administer Medicine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 16

DRENCHING, of course, is the commonest way of giving cattle and other farm stock medicine. But although it is a practice that is followed…

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Fearful South Australian Tragedy. Farmer and His Wife Shot Dead. Youth Arrested in Farmer's Car. ADELAIDE, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Walter Phelps Dall, a farmer, and his wife, Jemina Dall, were shot dead at their homestead, at Kumorna. An 18-year-old youth was subsequently…

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Woman and Baby Murdered. On West Australian Farm. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Mrs. McCaskell (28), and her eight-months-old baby, were found battered to death on her husband's farm, near Ardath, West. Australia, while Wm…

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Victorian Farmers. Credit Restricted. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

Victorian companies engaged in fertiliser business have informed their clients that the limit of credit has now been reached and that some new…

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Commercial News the Wool Trade New Year Prospects Tops on the Continent

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 1

The wool trade has ceased selling operations until New Year auctions open a January 5. It is regrettable that circumstances during the off…

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Export Duty on Sheepskins Vigorous Protests Against Export Duty Heavy Burden on Pastoral Industry Government, Impressed by Protests Promises Review; Duty Collected Before Parliamentary Sanction in be Refunded

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

The announcement in recently of the Commonwealth Government's intention to impose an export duty of one-halfpenny per lb on…

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Season's Wool Receipts Revised Estimate

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 4

The Australian Woolgrowers' Council and the National Council of Wool-selling. Brokers of Australia have revised their…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Bulk wheat is quoted at 25 per bushel: bagged wheat 27…

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Wheat Diseases Effects of Manure What a Competition Disclosed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 4

Serious losses are sustained each year by wheat, growers because of the effects of various diseases on crops…

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