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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

1,965 stories in Murray's papers · page 82 of 99

The Primary Producers and the Tariff. West Australian Farmers' Move. SYDNEY. Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 3

The farmers and graziers of West Australia have decided to boycott galvanised iron and other materials protected by heavy duties…

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More Wool

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 3

The s.s. Pevensey and barge Kulnine arrived here on Friday on her trip to Echuca and the barge contained another huge load of wool, something in the…

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Melbourne Markets Sheep and Lambs Lower Export Values improved Rates for Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 3

Another plentiful supply of export lambs came forward at the Flemington at stock market on Tuesday, when this State, Northern and Mallee…

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Home-made Mattresses How to Make It with Home Grown Wool

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 4

Mrs. Judd, president of the C.W.A., supplies the following detains of the method of making a wool mattress such as she exhibited at a recent wool…

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Sheep Stealing at Mulwala

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 1

At the Mulwam Police court Albert Morgan and Reginald Barrall were each charged charged with stealing one sheep, the property of Cilvo McPherson, og…

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Bounty on Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 2

The basis on which, the vance of £3,000,000 by the banks s[?] be distributed to wheat growers [?] cussed on Friday at a conference…

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Wheat Growers at Barellan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 1

At Barellan, one of the largest wheatgrowing districts in Riverina, a well-attended meeting of farmers, convened by the Wheatgrowers'…

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Wakool News Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 4

It is expected that about 2500 bales of wool will be trucked from Wakool, placing it third highest on the Balranald line truckings…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

For their second sale of the season, on 12th October, Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. offered a catalogue of 5500 bales, the selection including a…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Last Week's Average Prices

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

The average price of wool at the Sydney auctions, last week, was £10/15/8 per bale, or 8.095d. per 1b. At to-day's sale, under very strong…

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The Unrest in Ireland Archbishop's Pastoral Letter. Denounces Campaign of Revolution. DUBLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 2

A pastoral letter which has been issued by the Catholic Archbishop condemns the campaign of revolution and Communism, "which, if not…

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Wheat Prices a Little Better. An Estimate of Improvement. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

It is estimated that the advance in the price of wheat which has taken place during the past few weeks represents an additional £1,700,000 for…

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Farmer's Boycott Protected Goods Decision in Western Australia

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 4

Primary producers' organisations in Western Australia have decided to boycott galvanised iron and other materials protected by the tariff. Other means…

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Record Sheep Deal

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 3

What is probably a record for Australia in sheep deals has just been completed by Mr D. F. Blyth, of “Thornton,” Womboota. A straight…

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Bots in Sheep. Nature and Symptoms of Infestation

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 4

“Bots,” or the larvae of the [?]y “Osseous ovis,” were first found in the frontal sinuses and horn-cores of the head of the sheep in this…

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Turning the Handle. Mr Moloney and Wheat- Growers

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 4

“Wheatgrowers throughout the Comonwealth will be bitterly disappointed with the evasive reply of the Minister for Markets (Mr Par[?]er…

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All Wheat in Bulk. Limits of the S[?] System

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 3

If all the wheatgrowers of the State took the advice of the Wheat Commissioner (Mr Harris) and decided to cut out bags and adopt bulk…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 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 of the Department.)…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report:—At our second sale of the current season which took place on 13th…

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Bots in Sheep Nature and Symptoms of Infestation

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 1

"Bots," or the larvae of the fly, Oestrus ovis, were first found in the frontal sinuses and horn-cores of the head of a sheep in this State…

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