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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

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The Compost Heap. a Valuable Feature on the Farm or in the Garden

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

On small areas and under intensive production particularly, such as where vegetables are grown, the compost heap is a very worth-while adjunct…

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Farmers' Relief Act to Be Proclaimed Soon Ministerial Explanation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Cabinet decided on Wednesday that the Farmers' Relief Act should be proclaimed on February 17 next…

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Coarser Types of Wool

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 2

A more hopeful view of prospects of better prices for the coarser types of wool, which have been depressed for sometime, is taken by leading…

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Graziers' Federal Council Wool Inquiry Committee Recommendations Discussed Marketing Control Proposal Opposed

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 3

Important decisions were reached at a special convention in Melbourne on Wednesday of the Graziers' Federal Council. Although most of the…

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"Boys on Farms"

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 1

A little over six months ago the New South Wales Rural Employment scheme for boys began its operations and it can be asserted with safety that it has…

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Pastoral Workers Strike Proposal Defeated

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

A proposal that a general strike should be declared m the pastoral industry as a protest against recent wage reductions was defeated by nine votes…

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Prolific Wheat Area

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Up to Saturday 1,720,346 bags of wheat had been delivered at stations between Barellan and Temora, a distance of about 60 miles. Barellan…

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Rise in Wool

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

At the Melbourne sales on Thursday greasy fleece wool brought 20¼d. per lb., and lambs' wool 18d. This wool came from Collban Park,…

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7,500. Station-bred Sheep

The Independent · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Messrs Pearson, Rowe, Smith and Co. will affer 7,500 attractive station bred sheep at their monthly stock sale at Denitiquin on Thursday next. For…

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Wheat Deliveries at Rennie

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 3

What carting to Rennie Siding, on the Yarrawonga-Oaklands railway, is almost completed. Up to the end of last week 100,000 bags had been…

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Tocu[?]wal's Wheat Yield

The Independent · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

More then 80,000 bags of wheat have been delivered to Tocumwal railway station and the two flour mills this season. The largest single load…

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Mathoura News (From our Correspondent) Monday Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

At Mathoura 42,000 bags of wheat have been received, and at- Gulpa 32,000 bags. A fair quantity of wheat is being held by farmers who have…

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Wheat Comparisons Over 100 Bags to Buy a Horse

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

The spending power of the primary producer was translated into terms of wheat by Councillor McCormack, at a recent meeting of the Willimbong…

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Thick and Heavy Applications Pour in for Wheat Grant

The Independent · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

"Applications for the acreage bouts and freight rebate are coming in thick and heavy," said the Officer-in-Charge of the Rural…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Last Week's Average Price. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 3

At the wool sales, there was strong general competition and special demand for skirtings. Prices generally ruled firm at recent levels. Greasy…

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Commercial Successful Special Sheep Sale 13,788 Yarded, 9182 Sold Averaging 8/1

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

McKenzie and Co. report having held a very satisfactory special sale of sheep at Echuca on Thursday. There was a large and representative attendance…

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The Season's Wheat. F.A.Q. Standard Fixed. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

The F.A.Q. standard of the New South Wales wheat crop, for 1932/33, was fixed to-day at 61¾lbs. per bushei, compared with, last season's 61½…

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Wheat Harvest. Records Established

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 4

The figures previously made avail-by the Railway Department showed that up to the end of December, records had been made in the…

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Wheat Diseases. Report of Agricultural Instructor

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 4

In a special report dealing [?] Riverina wheat competition, Mr C. Bartlett, senior agricultural [?] structor, states:—…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1933 · 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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