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Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 61 of 99

Crop Review Review of Wheat Crop Conditions in the Riverina

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 1

Rain fell almost incessantly from early May to mid July over practically the whole of the Riverina. Very little wheat has been sown…

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Treatment of Foot-rot in Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 1

Owing to the extremely wet season throughout most of the State, foot-red in sheep has become widely prevalent, but it is satisfactory to note, writes…

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John McNamara's Big "Sheep Numbers 13,209 Sheep and Lambs Make Splendid Average of 17/5

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 3

At Tuesday's . .ewmarket sales John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. sold 7968 fat lambs and 5211 fat sheep at in average of 17/5. This great offering…

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Pastoral Fodder Conservation in Inland Districts The Advantages of Silage

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 1

Like the popular beverage in the story, all classes of conserved fodder have their points. Special advantages attach, however, to reserves in the…

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Commercial News Melbourne Markets Sheep and Lambs Best Wethers Plentiful Strong Local Demand

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 3

A general improvement was noted at the Flemington fat stock on Tuesday when in a gradually hardening market prices for all classes of fat…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes and Experiments For the Man on the Land Agricultural Control of Skeleton Weed Spring Treatment with Sodium Chlorate

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 1

Weed eradication by means of chemicals has the obvious limitation that at is expensive and where skeleton weed is well established and widespread a…

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The Farm Home Home-craft In Relation to Prosperous Farm Life

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 1

It is in the nature of man to look upon man's work as the more serious and exacting, but few farmers would depreciate the part played by…

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Improving the Quality of Wool a Wool Dusting Machine

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

Mr Henshaw Jackson passed through Broken Hill this morning (says Monday's "Miner") with his Spenshaw wool dusting machine, which is used…

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State Marketing Bureau Review of Wheat Crop. Conditions in N.S.W. as at 31st July, 1931 RIVERINA

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 1

Rain fell almost incessantly from early May to [?] July over practically the whole of the Riverina. Very little wheat has been sown…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat Sydney, Monday. -- Bulk wheat is quoted to-day at 24; bogged 24½. Railway Mishap in Italy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 2

ROME, Sunday. -- It is definitely known that 12 persons were killed and 38 were injured when the Rome-Vienna express collided with a goods…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing in Mulwala District Two Men Get Three Months Sentence Cases at Mulwala Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 1

Far more than the customary amount of interest was displayed in the proceedings at the local police court for, listed on the, charge sheet…

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Dairyman's Lament Courting Couples Who Left -- His Gates Open

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

Harold Thompson, dairyman, Anderson road, Northcote, charged in Northcote, road with having allowed nine cows to wander, said he had…

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Crop Conditions Prospects Are Bright

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

The New South Wales Department of Agriculture furnishes the following notes on crop conditions to the end of July in Riverina:—…

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Wheat Growers “On Velvet.”

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 3

While wheat growers throughout the world are depressed under the stagnation of the market, French growers are on velvet, thanks to…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 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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Land Notes Government Gazette, 14th August. Homestead Farm Area

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 2

Available on 21st September at Narandera. Land District of Narandera, Portion 15 of 1361 acres, County Couper, Parish Cocopari…

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Jerilderie Cattle Market

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 29

M' Donald and Nutchey report liaving held a very satisfactory sale at Jerilderie on the 13th inst., when 1800 head were sold, being the whole of…

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Sheep Stealers' Excuse

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 19

In Mulwala police court before Mr. C.W. Swiney, P.M., Norris and Robert Sheeney were charged with having stolen a sheep from the property of…

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Tapeworm in Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

At one tune tapeworms were looked upon as a commonly serious parasite of sheep, particularly of young lambs, and steps were frequently taken to…

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American Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture at Washington, in its preliminary estimate, which was issued last week, places the carry-over of domestic…

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