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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 80 of 99

Benalla Dairy Produce Company

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

The annual meeting of shareholders of the Benalla Dairy and Farm Produce Co. was presided over by the chairman of directors (Mr. H. J…

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An Electrified Farm Interesting Stockholm Exhibits

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 25

THE most completely electrified farm in in existence was one of the unique attractions at the exhibition of the agricultural meeting held in Stockholm…

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United Farmers N.S.W. United Farmers' Defence Association a Non-Political Organisation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 11

WHEN my friend, Mr. A. C. Aston, asked me to attend a conference of wheatgrowers called together to devise some…

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Farmer Killed at Methul

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 10

Mr. J. J. Bates, a well-known farmer of Methul, met with an accident, which caused his death. As he was yoking horses to a waggon they took fright. A…

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Mathoura News Crops and Grass

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

With the continuance of dry weather the prospects are not so good for the very late sown crops, though the earlier sown ones are holding out well. Barley…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes and Experiments For the Man on the Land Pastoral External Parasites of Sheep Some Don't's Concerning Dipping

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 1

Don't dip sheep just after they have eaten their fill, or when they are in an overheated condition. Allow them to stand for an hour or so in the yards…

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In Butter or Oil

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 4

A simple plan is to rub each egg all over with oil or butter, and then set the eggs in a jar with common salt to cover them. The butter or oil closes the por[?]…

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Second Special Sheep Sale

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 3

McKenzie and Co. will hold a second special sale of sheep at their Echuca yards on Thursday, October 29th. The yarding will consist of off-shears sheep…

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Agricultural Diversification in Farming Possibilities in Wheat-growing Districts

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 1

Discussing in an address at the recent State conference of the Agricultural Bureau the problem of meeting the intensified competition in the wheat…

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Wheat-growing Machinery Saving of Outlay Through Co-operative Use

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 1

The fine spirit shown by many farmers in extending assistance to each other in an endeavour to overcome the obstacles which beset them is referred…

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Commercial News Melbourne Markets Sheep and Lambs Trade Classes Plentiful Unsteady Closing Sales

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 3

There was another heavy yarding of export lambs and an adequate supply of fat sheep at the Flemington fat stock sales on Tuesday. The market…

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Wheat Bounty Method of Payment

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 1

The Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) informed. Mr. Thompson (C.P. N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives that he was consulting the…

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Pound of Wool Shearing Shed to Shop How Cost is Added

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 4

A country woman went into a city shop and bought darning and knitting wool. Some of it was at 5d. and 6d. a skein Some at 9d.. The weight of…

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Back to the Cow Increase of Dairymen

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 4

The business people of Albury, says the correspondent of “The Age,” admit that dairying has been the salvation of the district. There are cases in…

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Water Requirements of Wheat. the Basis of Fallowing

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 4

In the drier wheat districts it is estimated that approximately 500lb. of water are required to pass through a wheat plant for the production of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 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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Water Requirements of Wheat The Basis of Fallowing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 1

In the drier wheat districts it is estimated that approximately 500 lbs. of water are required to pass through a wheat plants for the…

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Young Man Gored by Bull at Riverina Welfare Farm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 4

Further particulars of the accident that befel Fred. Chaffey, brother of Misses J. and Vera Chaffey, of Jernderie, are gleaned from…

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Riverina Wheat Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 47

The wheat prospects—never particularly bright—have been somewhat improved by late showers. The latest] fall at the week-end of between…

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Hoven in Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 24

THE disease of hoven, or distension of the rumen or third stomach with gas, is a condition frequently met with in cattle. Usually only one animal is…

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