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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,201 stories in Murray's papers · page 54 of 111

Remarkable Average for Deniliquin Sheep

The Independent · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 3

The splendid average price of 37/2 per head was obtained at Flemington (vic.) sale yards on Tuesday for 201 crossbred…

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Gangs Steal 100,000 Sheep Yearly

The Independent · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 4

Revelations that 100,000 sheep are stolen every year in Victoria alone by organised gangs were made on Friday last…

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Wool Taxation Changes Next Session

The Independent · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 1

To prevent Inconvenience in the wool trade and considerable expenditure by the Taxation Department in policing the tax…

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Sheep and Lamb Losses Follow Failure to Conserve Fodder

The Independent · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 3

"This season has supplied numerous concrete examples of the fancy of expecting continuity of supplies of the requisite quality from farms…

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Importance of Butter Second Only to Wool. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

Addressing the annual conference of Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association, the Commonwealth supervisor of dairy exports…

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Postage on "Pastoral Times"

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 4

The postage required for this issue is: To Australia and Hew Zealand .. Id. To United Kingdom via France .. Id. To United Kingdom via All Sea…

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Wool and Japan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

Mr. H. K. Nock, M.H.R., writes:--For five weeks some of the wheat growers and many wool growers of Australia have been alarmed at…

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Yellows in Sheep Important Discoveries

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

THE disease of sheep commonly known as “yellows,” and more correctly termed toxaemic or haemolytic jaundice, has been the cause of very heavy…

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Travelling Cattle Prosecution for Incorrect Information

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

At the Oberon police court, before Mr. Bromhead, S.M., the Bathurst P.P. Board proceeded against Raymond Mallick, of Shooter’s Hill, on a charge of…

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Lice in Sheep Precautions During Shearing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 3

Lice are detrimental to sheep in several ways. The intense Irritation set up by the parasite causes the sheep to rub itself against logs and [?]fences, and in…

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100,000 Sheep Stolen Each Year in Victoria

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

Revelations that 100 000 sheep are stolen every year in Victoria, alone by organised gangs were made on Friday last…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” July 2, 1926)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

TOPPED THE MARKET.—At Newmarket sales this week 30 prime heifers from Moroco East, Deniliquin, averaged £13/6/. Top price was £14/12/6…

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Junior Farmers' Club South Corowa Activities

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the above was held in the school room on Thursday evening of last week, and was again well attended. The…

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Still Time to Plant Trees on the Farm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 2

Though their claims are so generally neglected, trees serve many important purposes on farming and pastoral areas. They may be usefully employed…

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Wheat Acreage. Estimate at 17th JUNE

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1936 · page 1

In season 1935/36 the total acreage sown to wheat, as estimated by the Government Statistician, was 4,089,800 acres. An analysis of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 5

(These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the…

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New Pastoral Award Insreases in Shearing Rates

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 1

Substantial increases in the rates payable in the shearing industry were awarded by Chief Justice Dethridge in the Arbitration Court…

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Gangs Steal 100,000 Sheep Yearly

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 3

Revelations that 100,000 sheep are stolen every year in Victoria alone by organised gangs were made on Friday last…

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Cootamundra Sheep Show Successful Local Exhibitor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 4

Mr. D. B. Milthorpe, of Somerset Stud, Jerilderie, was a most successful competitor at last week's Cootamundra sheep show in the…

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Pastoral Award Acceptance by Sheare A.w.u. Against Strip

The Independent · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 1

After having consider new shearers award in [?] the executive council of the trail m Workers' Union dec [?]…

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