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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Blackleg in Sheep Follows Shearing Under Dirty Conditions

The Independent · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

During the last few years interesting outbreaks of blackleg have occurred amongst sheep, both in the west and in Riverina, though in some cases…

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Wheat Harvest Practically Complete Silos Closing Down

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

Fine weather late in December permitted wheat harvesting in several of the most important districts to continue rapidly. Agricultural instructors'…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Prices Still Hardening. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

Prices showed a further hardening tendency on Monday's improved rates at the wool sales yesterday. The market was very animated, competition…

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Alleged Wool Stealing Man Before Mulwala Police Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

At the Mulwala Court on Saturday before Messrs. Cross and Marshall, J's.P., Albert Kilmartin, of Yarrawonga was charged with having been in…

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Frost Injury to Wheat An Unusual Form of Attack

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

An unusual result of the effect of frost is quite commonly seen during the recent judging of wheat crop competitions in the Wagga district…

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“Grow More Wool” Broker’s Advice No Fear of Glut

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

Mr. Harry Dawson, principal of the firm of H. Dawson, Sons, and Co. Ltd., Wool brokers, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday morning from New Zealand…

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31 12 Bushels Per Acre a New Wheat From West Australia

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

Bencubbin, a new wheat bred at the Merridan State Farm, West Australia, and brought east by Senator Guthrie and sown on his Bulgandra Estate,…

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All Silos Closing Danger From Wet Wheat Henty Silos Almost Full Sydney

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

All country silos and the terminal elevators at White Bay will be closed from next Saturday. This announcement was made by the…

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Wheat Silos to Close Afraid to Receive Wet Grain Decision Will Operate From

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

All country grain elevators, as well as the terminal silos at White Bay, will be closed down as from Saturday…

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Cyclonic Storms Sweep Eastern Portion of State Local Districts Suffer Severely Hay, Wheat and Stock Destroyed

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

A storm of unprecedented violence swept the eastern areas of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, over the week-end and left a trail of tragedy, especially in the coastal areas, where human lives were lost, and many persons were injured…

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This World of Ours News, Notes and Views From Here, There and Everywhere Wool Prices Still Rising

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

The most gratifying news of recent weeks has been the further increase in the price of wool. Values, in Australian currency, are about 90 per cent…

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Stud Boars Farmers to be Assisted to Purchase

The Independent · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 5

The Government has decided to make advances to farmers to enable them to improve the quality of their pigs by obtaining stud boars…

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Mundawadra Station Share Farmers Suffer

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

The share farmers on Mundawadra Station suffered very severely from flood damage. Here there were 20,000 odd bags of wheat in the field ready to…

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Farmers' Relief Act Extension of Time for Lodging Applications

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

Attention is invited to the advertisement appearing in this issue notifying the Governor's assent to the Farmers' Relief (Amendment) Act 1933 which…

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For the Man on the Land Farmer's Relief Act Extension of Time for Lodging Applications

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

Attention is invited to the advertisement appearing in this issue notifying the Governor's assent to the Farmer's Relief (Amendment) Act,…

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Sheep Breeding Choosing the Sire

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 4

The principle that like begets like is the generally accepted theory of breeding. There are exceptions to this rule, but generally speaking it is…

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Queensland's Wheat Harvest

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 3

The Wheat Board expects the Queensland harvest will reach the original estimate of 5,000,000 bushels…

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Disposal of Wool Claim by Wool Brokers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 2

Argument was concluded on Friday, in Sydney, before Mr. Justice Street, in equity jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, in a matter which was treated…

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Heavy Losses Sheep Drowned at Lockhart

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 2

A message from Lockhart states that reports from outlying districts indicate that the rain storms last week caused greater damage than was at first…

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Heavy Wheat Deliveries Congestion in Riverina

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 3

Heavy deliveries of wheat are arriving at railway station sites, and silos are becoming congest…

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