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Farming & the land, 1935

3,405 stories in Murray's papers · page 85 of 171

Reduced Wheat Acreage Estimate in New South Wales Riverina Prospects Good

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 18

The Director of Marketing, Mr. Watson, estimates that approximately 4,000,000 acres will be sown for wheat this season, a reduction of 130,000…

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Butter Substitutes An Excise Duty on Them Wanted Primary Producers’ Re. Quests Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 1

The executive of the Primary producers’ Union to-day decided to pursue with vigor its efforts to have an excise duty placed on all butter…

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Freight on Wool Reduction Refused Growers Will Try to End Agreement

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 44

Woolgrowers' representations for a reduction in wool freights failed on Tuesday, and they intend to ask the Commonwealth Government to give…

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Southern Wheat Field Official Report on Prospects South-western Slope Acreage Last Season 1,088,000 Acres

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 33

Good rains were received throughout this division during April and early May, and seeding operations up to about the middle of the latter…

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Soaking Rain Pastures and Crops Will Benefit

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 4

Soaking rain of a general nature fell on Wednesday, being the first registration for July. At Albury, although only 36 points…

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Royal Commissions Are They Justified? Brbcklesby Farmer Says "No"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 3

Mr. W. Ross, of Wendouree, Brocklesby, writes:— "May I reply to statements reported in the press, in reference to the wheat…

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Dairying Maintaining Soil Fertility Methods for North Coast Dairy Tamers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 24

The results of trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture during recent years in the Clarence, Orara, and Bellinger River districts and on…

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Obstacles to Trade How Australia Suffers Farm—factory Prices

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 10

Addressing delegates to the congress of the International Chamber of Commerce at Paris (France), Mr. Percy Spraggon (of Salmond and Spraggon,…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Skeleton Weed Proposed Advances for Its Control

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 1

Considerable satisfaction has been expressed in regard to the decision to take advances to settlors to enable them to control or eradicate skeleton…

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Farmer's Wife Who Could Not Milk Finger Stiff with Arthritis

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 4

What a handicap a disabled hand can be to a farmer's wife. Read what this one says about her troubles when she had arthritis:--…

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Savage Attack by Bull Narrow Escape of Echuca Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 6

John O'Nelll, of Echuca Village, had a narrow escape when he was charged by a young bull. With his son, O'Nelll was leading the animal…

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Riverina Crops Lack of Subsoil Moisture

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 2

The State Marketing Bureaus of [?]cular gives the following report crop conditions, as at June 18:— Early and mid-season sowings…

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Wool Substitutes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 1

In recent weeks eminent scientists, including Professor T. Laby (F.R.S.) have made reassuring statements concerning the unassailable position of…

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London Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 7

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having received the following message from their London office:—“Wool market strong; at sales to be held on…

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Japanese Sheep Purchases London, July 4

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 1

The Tokio representative of the “Daily Telegraph” says that Mr. [?] wool adviser to the military clothing mills, expects that Australia…

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Victorian Butter for N.S.W. Consumers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 4

During the week three consignments of butter aggregating 24 tons were received from Victoria at the Albury railway yards and forwarded…

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Canadian Wheat Board Ottawa, July 4

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 1

A Government bill creating the Wheat Board passed the third reading in the House of Commons tonight and now goes to the Senate…

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Wheat Prices Crash Fears About Canada London, July 5

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 5

Wheat prices crashed heavily on the London and Liverpool markets yesterday, owing to fears that Canada’s accumulated holdings…

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Butter Exports Record Shipments This Year 118,000 Tons Despatched Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 2

A statement Issued by the Department of Commerce shows record figures have been established with Australian butter exports. Overseas…

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State Marketing Bureau Estimated Acreage Sown to Wheat, N.s.w.—season 1935/36 —As at 18th JUNE, 1935

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 4

The total acreage sown to wheat in New South Wales last season (1934/35) was 4,130,000 acres, vide announcement by the Government Statistician…

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