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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 99

Federal Land Tax Wool Industry Menaced Sir Graham Waddbll's Protest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 12

Commenting on the Federal land tax, the chairman of the Australian. Woolgrowers' Council (Sir Graham Waddell) said that the tax was…

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Disposal of Wool More Sales in Australia Urged London's Undue Influence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 26

Commenting on the reported intention to increase the number of series of wool sales next season in London from six to eight, Sir Graham Waddell,…

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Liens Required on Rice Crop Protest From United Interest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 46

A meeting of the Rice Growers' Central Executive and branches, the Leaseholders' Association Executive, Chamber of Commerce, and Returned…

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Grasshopper Plague Distresses American Farmers, Washington, July 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 34

President Hoover has requested tho Department of Agriculture to under take measures to combat the drought and the grasshopper scourge, which is…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes and Experiments For the Man on the Land Pastoral Sheep Blowfly Breeding as a Factor in Control

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 1

The results of experiments carried out under the direction of the External Parasites of Sheep Committee of the New South Wales Department of…

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Store Sheep at New market on

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 3

Grant, Hedge and Biggar Ply. Ltd. report:—"Only a very limited yarding Very strong demand, and all classes penned shoved a rise of 2/ a head,…

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Melbourne Markets Sheep and Lambs Export Demand Keener Brisk Closing Sales

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 3

The supply of fat sheep and lambs at the Flemington yards on Tuesday was generally of an attractive character fully satisfying the needs of both…

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The Farm Home Trees on the Farm Homestead Shelter Belts

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 1

Shelter belts about the homestead serve a double purpose. They increase the comfort of the dwelling making it a much more pleasant place to live in…

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Dairying a Four-legged Factory Maintaining the Output of the Dairy Cow

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 1

"To grasp fully the secret of maintaining high milk production we must realise that in a cow we have a most wonderfully equipped little factory for…

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Sheep Brands Travelling Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 4

The Stock and Brands branch of the Department of. Agriculture has forwarded the following circular to P.P. Boards, with a view to preventing…

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Stud Sheep Sales at Melbourne. Cobran Estate Tops the Market

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 2

The annual stud shep sales were opened at the stores of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Melbourne, on Wednesday The majority of the sheep…

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State Wool Production Valued at £15,386,000 Big Fall Since 1928-1929

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 3

The total wool production of New South Wales in 1930-31, including skin wools, was 437,220,000 lb., being 32,750,000…

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Fun on a Farm

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 4

She was touring the Western Continent, and had reached Alaska, where she visited a fox farm. After admiring a beautiful specimen she…

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Farmer's Shocking Accident. Falls under a Plough. SYDNEY, Tuesday, noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 3

Andrew Derie (36), farmer, of Derriwong, near Condobolin, received shocking injuries when he fell under the knife-edged disc of his plough…

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The Farmers Can They Carry on ? Mr. H. K. Nock's Warning

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 3

"Can the farmers carry on?" asked the, president of the Farmers ;and Set-[?]ers' Association (Mr. H. K. Nock) at the opening of the 38th annual…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 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 Area Reduced. Result of Continual Wet Weather

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 4

Weather conditions in the south-west and western portions of the State during July were sufficiently wet to hold up farming operations,…

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Trials of Victorian Farmer. Applies for Extension of Time

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 4

The trials of a Victorian farmer who came to the Riverina to take up land and battled a losing fight against bad seasons and failing…

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Wheat Crop Conditions Official Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 35

Central Western Slope.—The dry and frosty weather of the last three weeks came as a welcome relief from the wet conditions that persisted for a…

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Wool Loadings

The Independent · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 1

Up till yesterday at noon 764 bales of wool had been loaded on in the trucks at Deniliquin railway station, for this season. New sheds [?]…

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