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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,201 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 111

Wool in Life; Wood Later

The Independent · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 4

Two reasons were recently given at a meeting of the Graziers' Association why people should wear wool rather than synthetic cloth fibre. Mr. Dalziel…

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Victorian Sheep for Japan Largest Shipment Ever Made

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 8

Thirteen hundred Corriedale sheep will be taken from Melbourne to-day (Friday), by the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha Line freighter Tamon Maru…

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Publicity Campaign to Improve Wool Sales

The Independent · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 1

The need for a world publicity campaign for wool was explained on Sunday night by Mr. R. Wilson, the British expert, when he arrived in…

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Cattle on Bogong High Plains About 20,000 Brought Down

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

In anticipation of the coming winter cattlemen with stock on the Bogong High Plains (Vic.) have just returned to the Kiewa Valley side…

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Agriculture Rotation of Crops. Benefits the Farm and the Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 24

Plants are composed of a great many compounds or substances, but of the eighty or more elements known to the chemist, only fourteen are…

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Corowa P.p. Board Directors Monthly Meeting Report on Sheep Yards

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 6

The monthly meeting of Directors of the Corowa Pastures Protection Board was held on Tuesday morning last at the secretary's office…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago:— (From the “Pastoral Times,” April 17 1926)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 4

DEATHS.—Mr. David E. Peers, a very old resident of Deniliquin died in Melbourne on Saturday. Deceased was aged 71 years. Mrs. Harrison, widow…

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Dairying the Pit Silo Cheapest Method of Ensiling Fodder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 25

There is no cheaper or quicker method of ensiling fodder than by "pitting" it, observes a departmental pamphlet. In excavating a pit of…

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Primary Producers' Notes. the Junior Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

A statement made by Sir Henry Galway, a former Governor of South Australia, that Australian boys are reluctant to go on the land has very…

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Free Agricultural Training At Government Experiment Farms

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon Hugh Main, M.L.A) states that there are several vacancies at the Government Experiment Farms ta Cowra and…

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Melbourne Wool Auctions

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 April 1936 · page 1

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for Greasy Wool sold in Melbourne during this week was 13.73d per lb or £16…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Independent · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 1

Messrs. John McNamara and Co., Pty. Ltd, will hold a special sheep sale at Deniliquin on Friday next, April 24, when they will yard 5000…

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Special Sheep Sal[?]

The Independent · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

Full details of the yarding[?] attractive station bred sheep[?] pally good breeding ewes, to[?] mitted by Messrs. John M[?]…

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Deniliquin Sheep Sale

The Independent · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. Robert Bradshaw announces an entry of 6,000 sheep at his special sale in Deniliquin yards on Thursday, April 30. Graziers having sheep for…

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Commercial Monthly Cattle Sale

The Independent · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

MESSRS H. LLOYD AND SONS report: We held our usual monthly sale of cattle etc., on Thursday, when we yarded 60 cattle, 4 pigs, one horse…

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Yarding of 7000 Sheep

The Independent · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

Seven thousand sheep, principally sound breeding ewes and weaners, will be yarded at Deniliquin on Thursday, April 30,. when Mr. Robert Bradshaw…

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Suspected Tetanus From Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

The Lithgow Municipal Council has referred to the Board of Health a suggestion by the Lithgow Rugby league that the grazing of sheep on the oval…

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Federal Pastoral Award Union’s Claims

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 3

It was recently indicated that the Australian Workers’ Union had filed an application m the Commonwealth Arbitration Court for variation of the…

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Loss of Sheep After Cold Snap

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 1

A mob of about 2000 sheep were purchased near Finley by & Victorian grazier, after coming from further back, and as they were in poor condition were…

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Supplementary Feeding of Sheep a Seasonable Reminder

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE prominence has been given to the advantages resulting from supplementary feeding of stock when pastures are failing either…

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