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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

2,557 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 128

Sheep Blowfly a New Jetting Mixture

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1
Also in The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register

THE blowfly pest should shortly be abating, but to the sheepowner its control is always a more or less present problem, and any advance in combative…

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Dearer Milk and Butter Higher Prices From Tuesday Last Butter 16[?] Per Lb. at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

The Victorian State Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Milk Board has fixed the minimum price of milk to be paid to…

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New Pastoral Award Rates for Shearers and Station Men

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

THE Full Court of the Arbitration Court has delivered judgement on an application by the Australian Workers Union to Yary the award of 1927…

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London Wool Sales Fair Competition. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

At the wool sales, to-day, 7113 bales were offered (including 909 from New South Wales), of which approximately 4306 were sold. There was a better…

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Wool Values. An Appreciable Rise Forecasted SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

Mr. G. E. Harland, manager of the sheepskin department of Robert Jowet and Sons, who passed through Fremantle, yesterday, on his way to…

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Wheat Bounty Some Payments Made. Claims Still Coming in

The Independent · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 5

A large number of claimants for the Federal wheat bounty have already received the first payment of 2/6 an acre, and many claims are…

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Wheat Commission Mr. S. Whyborn's Evidence Rural Bank Properties

The Independent · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

A true picture of the difficulties encountered by wheat farmers in Deniliquin district was presented to the Royal Commission on Wheat…

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Sheep Breeding Importance of Classing the Flock. Instructive Address by Departmental Expert

The Independent · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

A very instructive address on wool growing and fat lamb raising was given to a gathering of primary producers at Deniliquin Butter Factory…

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London Wool Sales. Cbmpetition Irregular and Market Easter. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

At the London wool sales, to-day, 7992 bales were offered, including 133 from N.S.W., of which approximately 2490 were sold. Competition was…

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The Wheat Outlook Hopes for Improvement What Federal Government Has Done

The Independent · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

Keen disappointment is felt by members of the Lyons Government that the International Wheat Agreement entered into last year has not…

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This Year's Wool Clip. What the Industry Means to Australia. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

Addressing a gathering in Melbourne, Mr. N. J. Carson, president of the Woolbrokers' Association, said the export value of this year's…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Soil Erosion Its Causes, Consequences and Control

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

The cost of soil erosion and the urgency of measures for its control, is becoming more generally recognised by farmers. The following paragraphs…

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Wool Auctions

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 4

The Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Co. Ltd., Melbourne (Mr. Kennedy local agent) announces the receipt of a cablegram from its…

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Wool Market

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 1

In the absence of auctions both at Australian centres and at London, the volume of business passing in the wool markets in Australia and abroad is…

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Bush Detectives Needed in N. S. W. to Check Thefts of Wool and Wheat

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 3

The demand for bush detectives or police who will not be detained in the towns by routine duties while thieves take tool of farmers' and graziers'…

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Beef Measles in Sewerage Farm Cattle Reply to Statement Issued by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 1

In the statement issued by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, in defence of their policy of continuing to sell cattle from the…

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Wool Auctions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 2

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd., Melbourne, announces the receipt of a cablegram from its London office regarding the…

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Wheat Area Decreases

The Independent · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 2

Confirming the previous reports, agricultural instructors are of the opinion that there will be substantial decreases, in parts of the area…

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World Wheat Sowings

The Independent · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 2

A message from Rome states that the International Instituted preliminary report regarding wheat sown at the beginning of April by 15…

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