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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

1,330 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 67

Fell From a Windmill. Farm Hand's Luky Escape. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 2

A farmhand, Herbert Rodgers (22), who fell while descending a windmill tower, near Murgon, on Saturday, mained supended by his foot for four…

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Visit to Rutherglen Experimental Farm By Wangaratta School Boys

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 1

Last week a number of boys from the farmers' club of the Wangaratta Technical School visited the Experimental Farm at Rutherglen and were…

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Land Settlement Bathurst Farmer’s Address

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 3

Factors essential to the fostering of land settlement were outlined by Mr. R. W. Peacock, a Bathurst farmer, in an address in Sydney last week. Mr…

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Wheat Improvement Trials Success at Wagga Farm. Combining. Yield and Quality with Disease Resistance

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 4

In the report of the Imperial Economic Committee on the wheat situation for 1931, it was stated that in the period under…

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The Wool Industry. Searching Inquiry Advocated

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 4

Startling statements were made by Mr T. J. A. Fitzpatrick, of “Erinvale.” Werre Warral one of the beat-informed wool growers in the…

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A Variable Factor. Dentition and the Age of Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 4

The ages at which the different pairs of incisor teeth appear in sheep in a matter of frequent discussion among sheep owners, the number of…

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Series of Hoaxes. Perpetrated on Dairyman

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 4

A dairyman living at Marrick[?] was the victim of an extraordinary series of hoaxes recently. The first caller was an officer of the Lunary…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 4

(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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To Widen Margin of Farm Profits Reduction of Costs by Improved Management

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 4

The farmer is engaged in a complex business, and his aim, like that of every other business man, is to make the difference between…

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Commercial Jerilderie Cattle Sale

The Independent · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 4

Messrs McLean McKenzie and Co., McDonald and Nutchey, and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report having conducted a…

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Hints for Farmers Sheep Lick Trials at Glen Innes Mineral Requirements of Stock

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 6

The results of experiments carried [?] by the Department of Agriculture [?] New England Experiment Farm, Glen Innes, indicate that where, as…

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Hospital Sheep Sold Yesterdays Sale Successful

The Independent · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 8

At the Deniliquin monthly stock sales yesterday, Mr. H. Lloyd, jun., on behalf of the Associated Agents, sold 88 sheep donated to the…

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The Wheat Annual "Land's" Valuable Supplement

The Independent · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 2

To the wheatgrowers of Australia1 the first number of the "Australian Wheat Annual" supplement of "The Laud," with the current issue…

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Longest Stock Train Carried 7,701 Head of Sheep

The Independent · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 1

The largest stock train ever run on, the Victorian railways reached Newmarket on Monday with 7,701 Lead of sheep from New South Wales. The…

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London Wool Sales. Market Slightly Better. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 1

The wool sales opened to-day. 10,729 bales were offered, approximately 4825 being sold. There was a fair to good selection, a large attendance and…

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Breeding Records for Dairy Farmers a Simple Form

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 6

Except in the case of pure-bred [?] the keeping of records of the breeding of dairy cattle receives little attention in New South Wales,…

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Longest Stock Train. Carried 7,701 Head of Sheep. Value of Automatic Couplings

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 1

The largest stock train ever run on the Victorian railways reached Newmarket, on Monday last, with 7,701 head of sheep from New South Wales…

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The Wheat Area. Increased by 21 per cent. SYDNEY, Thursday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture estimates that the area sown with wheat is approximately 4,750,000 acres; or an increase of 21 per cent. on the…

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To Widen Margin of Farm Profits Reduction of Costs by Improved Management

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 6

The farmer is engaged in a complex business, and his aim, like that of every other business man, is to make the difference between his cost…

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Dairying Industry Remarkable Increases in Past Future Development

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 4

Big improvements have been made in the dairying industry in the last ten years, but they have been mainly on the manufacturing and marketing…

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