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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 52 of 99

Wheat Poll

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 3

Claims for enrolment as [?] of wheat lodged up till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 24th June, 1931, numbered 1017. Of this number 749…

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Wheat Breeding. at Wagga Experiment Farm

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 4

In the following report on the wheat breeding operations of the Wagga Experimental Farm in the 1[?]30 season, Dr. A. R. Callagi[?]an…

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Wheat Fools and Prices

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 3

The Australian wheat farmer isn’t a very promising subject for governmental benevolence at any time. He has to sell four-fifths of his…

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Flodded Out. Momalong, Farmers Suffer. Miles of Water

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 3

Fanners out Momalong way have had an unenviable time this week. On Saturday last, due to a breakaway further cast the Twelve [?]…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 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

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 2

Claims for enrolment as producers of wheat lodged up till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 24th June, 1931, numbered 1,017. Of this number…

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Wool Looking to Next Season

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports:— The Brisbane sales (season's last) are now closing with no…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool To the Editor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 3

Sir,—On 12th inst. Mr. Thorby, ex-Ministor for Agriculture, published his views on the above question, and as growers might be…

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Sheep Classing As a Means of Increasing Profits

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 1

However small your flock, class it periodically," advise officers of the Sheep and Wool Branch of the Department of Agriculture, in whose…

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The Wheat Pool Ballot. To the Editor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 4

Sir,—We wheat growers in South Australia cannot understand the deep concern that your Premier (Mr. Lang) is now evincing for…

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Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. Annual Meeting

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 2

The fourteenth Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders in the FARMERS AND GRAZIERS' CO-OPERATIVE GRAIN…

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The Farmer and the Tariff. To the Editor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 4

Sir,—No one is having a worse time than the farmer. There is no one less deserving of the ruin which has, in many instances,…

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Commercial Special Sheep Sale at Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 3

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Albury, report having held a special sheep sale at the Albury Saleyards on Wednesday, 24th June…

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Wool Consciousness Not for the Federal Government

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 2

In his inaugural address to the Empire Wool Conference, His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Isaac Isaacs, said:—…

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Black Wool Sports

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 4

Sports suits of black wool accented with scarfs, blouses or belts of bright red, are appearing as favourites for knitted material boasts a tie scarf, a…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes and Experiments For the Man on the Land Pastoral Preparations for Shearing Points Which Are Sometimes Overlooked

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 1

Many breakdowns in machinery and delays from other causes during shearing may be avoided by proper organisation ahead ot operations. The…

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Worms in Sheep a Cheap And Effective Treatment

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 1

Conditions have been favourable to the development and multiplication of parasites in stock, and pastoralists may be reminded of the wisdom of taking…

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Empire Wool Conference Agreement Reached on Important Points

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 3

Reviewing the work of the Empire Wool Conference, the chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council (Sir Graham Waddell) said that the most…

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Dairying for Profitable Dairying

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 1

The following paragraphs are extracted from an address to dairy farmers by a Departmental instructor. Each contains council worth noting by those…

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Farmers Lose Heavily Buildings, Hay Stacks and Sheep Wheat Fields Suffer Oonsiderably

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 4

An Albury message says that, the Murray reached its maximum height in the present flooding on Saturday, when a height of 17 ft. 5 ins. was…

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