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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 99

"Nothing Like Wool" Its Usefulness As Bedding

The Independent · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 7

Italians arriving in Australia frequently bring their most treasured household possessions. One of these is often a mattress, whose interior…

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Necessitous Farmers

The Independent · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 4

Mr, J. R. Donovan, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Agriculture the following question in the Legislative Assembly last week: A few weeks ago…

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Pastoral Advantages of Windbreaks Another Argument For Trees On The Farm

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

Wind breaks and sheller belts play an important part in the economy of farm management, and practically every district of New South Wales has…

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Remarkable Offering of Prime Sheep And Lambs

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 3

An outstanding feature of the great yarding of fat stock submitted at Tuesdays Newmarket sales was the yarding of prime sheep and lambs penned by…

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Agricultural Pastoral Notes and Experiments For the Man on the Land

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the land…

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Neglect of Farm Machinery Adds Unnecessarily To Production Costs

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

Some reminders given by a departmental instructor to central-western wheat growers concerning the unnecessary addition to production costs…

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A Successful Sale. Sheep and Cattle at Narrandera

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety & Company Limited, Narrandera, report having held a very successful sale in Rourke & Dwyer's yards, Narrandera, on the 4th inst…

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Earlier Shearing Money From Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 4

Indications point to a good demand for this year's wool clip. The clearing up sales for. this season are to be held from June 15th to 18th and It is…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Three Accused Found Not Guilty

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 4

For the third time Messrs. Joint Herbert Dunn Frances Charles Gill and John O'Sullivan, residents of Rutherglen, answered the alleged…

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Prime Sheep and Lambs Top Prices in Many Sections

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 3

An outstanding feature of the large yardings of fat stock submitted at last Tuesday’s Newmarket sales was John McNa[?]nara and Co.’s penning of prime…

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The Wheat Pool Folly of Compulsion Restriction of Trade

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 4

Addressing a meeting of the Wheatgrowers' Defence Association held at Lockhart on Friday last, Mr. R. S. Drummond,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. a Weaker Market. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 3

The last of the l930-31 series of Sydney wool sales was opened to-day, when a selection below average was submitted. The offering comprised…

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Mathoura News Monday. Rain and Cropping

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 3

Further light showers of rain fell last night. Much of the land prepared for crops is under water, and as for, the crab-holey ground nothing can be done…

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“Nothing Like Wool.”

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 3

Italians arriving in Australia frequently bring their most treasured household possessions. One of these is often a mattress, whose interior…

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Wheat Pool. Enrol at Once

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 2

The Minister of Agriculture [?] W. F. Dunn. M.L.A.), stated [?] week that whilst many thousand forms had been distributed…

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Charge of Sheep Stealing Man Sentenced at Mulwala

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 3

For some months, complaints have been made by local and district landowners near Mulwala, concerning the disappearance of sheep from…

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New Value for Oats. for Grazing and Conservation of Fodder. As Rotation Crop to Check Disease

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 4

That experimental work at the Wagga Experimental Farm with oats is sure to be of immense value to farmers is revealed in this article,…

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Neglect of Farm Machinery. Adds Unnecessarily to Production Costs

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 4

Home reminders given by a [?]partmental instructor to [?] western wheat-growers [?] the unnecessary addition to [?]…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 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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Wheat Poll Enrol at Once

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A.) stated that whilst many thousand forms had been distributed throughout…

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