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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 36 of 99

Successful Sheep Sale At Wangaratta

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 3

On Friday last, at Wangaratta, John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd., in conjunction with W. E. Flannagan and Co. conducted a highly successful sale of…

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London Wool Sales. London, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

At the wool sales 8728 bales were offered, of which approximately 8330 were sold. A good supply of New South Wales scoured was forward…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

The average price of wool sold in p Sydney, last week, was 8.6d. per lb. At to-day's sales the market for good, wools of medium to fine quality was…

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Wheat Prices Up. Welcome Rise Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

Prices for wheat remained steady in the local market to day Bulk Iota, commanded 20…

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An Essay on Wheat. Echo of 1919

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

At wise child of six living in "Croagingalong" once wrote an essay on Wheat it appeared in 1919. in "Home Talk"the house…

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Latest Telegrams the Wheat Market. a Firm Tone Sustained. SYDNEY; Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

A firm tone in the wheat market was sustained: to-day: Bulk lots commanded 2/91/per bushel ex trucks Sydney, and bagged f.a.q. 2/11…

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The Tocsin An Open Letter to the Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

FARMING friends and follow countrymen Have you over realised that events are greater than men. Events are moving rapidly here Mr. Lang copulated payment of interest due by N.S.W. on April 1 Mr. Bullion behalf of Australia promptly paid it So…

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Wheat As Stock Feed How It May Be Used

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

Discussing Ute feeding of wheat to live stock, a question of considerable Interest Just now, an officer of the Stock Branch of the Department…

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The Tocsin. an Open Letter to This Farmers!

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 4

Farming friends and Fellow Countrymen!— Have you ever realised that events are greater than men? Events are moving rapidly here!…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1931 · 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 Auctions Final Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 4

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co., reports: — On April 29th we offered 6,358 bales of wool, being, for this t[?]…

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Sheep Blowfly Control Reputed Repellent Influence of Cypress Pine

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 1

In connection with the work of Sub-committee of the Department of Agriculture, which directs the investigations in connection with…

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Butter Factory Raided

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

Albury and District Co-operative Butter Factory, in Fallon's street, was entered by thieves on Monday [?]ivht. The lock on the freezing room…

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This Year's Wheat Crop. Canberra

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

The Minister for Markets told the House of Representatives that it was estimated that 13,5OO,0OO acres of wheat would be sown in Australia this…

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Bales of Wool Stolen Thieves Visit Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

In the last month several farmers in the Seymour district have been visited by thieves, who have stolen wool from woolsheds…

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Wheat Market Firm

The Independent · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 8

A first tone in the wheat market was sustained on Holiday. Bulk lots commanded 2/9½ per bushel ex trucks, Sydney, and bagged f.a.q. 2/11…

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Perth Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 38

Dalgety and Company Limited, Albury, report having received the following wire from their Perth office:—"Three thousand three hundred bales…

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New Use for Wool

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 34

A suggestion that wool should be used in place of kapok was made at a mooting of the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Fanners' Union…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 45

The selection at the wool sales to-day was below the average. The offering totalled 8171 bales, of which 7303 were sold at auction, and an additional 263…

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London Wool Sales London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

At the London wool sales 9126 bales were offered, of which approximately 7980, were sold. There were excellent offerings of greasy corresbreds…

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