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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

2,557 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 128

Farmer’s Losing Struggle Story in Bankruptcy Court Bad Seasons; Poor Prices Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 July 1934 · page 1

Bad seasons and falling wheat and land prices, resulting in bankruptcy for farmers in the north-west, were the theme of a story told to Judge…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1934 · 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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Beep Cattle Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 2

There was a strong inquiry for beef cattle at Newmarket to-day. Prices or, prime quality bullocks were 20/ better than last week. The yarding…

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Wheat Selling London “Times” Stresses It London, July 18

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 1

“The Times” this morning devotes, its first leading article to a strong plea for an agreement concerning wheat, stressing that a break-down…

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Price of Wheat Substantial Gains Activity in Market Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 1

Substantial gains were experienced on the local wheat market to-day; when buyers bid [?] a bushel for silo lots…

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Seventy Per Cent. of Our Wheat Area. Sown to Departmentally Bred Varieties

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 4

It is significant of the value of the plant-breeding operations of the Department of Agriculture that, including Nabawa (the foundation of…

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Wool Classing Rail Concessions for Students Mr. Mair’s Request Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 3

Replying to Mr. Mair(U.A.P.), who asked that concession fares be allowed to young men studying wool[?] classing in the country, to enable…

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World’s Wheat An Interesting Position Still a Big Carry-over All Eyes on Northern Hemisphere SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 1

Addressing the Agricultural Bureau Conference at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College to-day the Director of…

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Items of News Farmers Buy Machinery

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 2

Since the rain farm. implements would seem to be in demand in the southern wheat areas. Ploughs and scarifies in fair numbers have…

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Dairy Products An Australian Price Producer-control Eulo-gised Opposing Interests Attacked. SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 1

Stating that the new dairy legislation made it possible for the first time for producers to have an Australian price for butter,…

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Chickens and Fowls Perish Fire Sweeps Farm Sydney, Wednesday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 3

When a fire gutted Ward's poultry farm at Guildford this morning, 200 fowls and 400 chickens were burned to death and a valuable…

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Special Cattle Trains

The Independent · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 2

As a means of obviating much of the present delay which occurs between the time that cattle are loaded into the trucks at Deniliquin…

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Melbourne Sheep Show

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 2

Splendid entries have been received fo the 56th annual show of the Australian Sheephreeders' Association, which will be hold in Melbourse on…

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Argentine's Wheat Export Quota

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 5

BUENOS AIRES, July 18--The Argentine Minister for Agriculture, has proposed that the Nation's wheat export quota be raised at next month's…

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Immature Wheat in Silos

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 6

Mr. Harrison, assistant manager of the N.S.W. Government grain [?] said an enormous quantity of wheat had already been sold from the…

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General News Items the Wheat Position

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 5

The Governments of Australia Canada and United States of America have taken steps to call together the International Wheat Advisory…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Our Wheat Area Seventy Per Cent Sown to Departmentally Bred Varieties

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 1

It is significant of the value of the plant-breeding operations of the Department of Agriculture that, including Nabawa (the foundation of which was…

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Snow in Southland. Four Thousand Sheep Perish. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 4

As the result of a heavy fall of snow in Southland, New Zealand, more than 4.000 sheep perished on one station alone…

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Wheat Sowings for 1934-35 a Mid-june Estimate

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 1

From information supplied by crop correspondents and departmental field officers, it is estimated that the acreage sown to wheat in New South…

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Mathoura News From our Correspondent Thursday. Guessing the Wheat Yield

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 1

I note that London farmers are out early with predictions as to the yield of wheat in Australia for the 1933-34 season, and that 115,000,000 bushels are…

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