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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,201 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 111

Crops Improve Rain Was Timely

The Independent · Monday 13 July 1936 · page 3

The rains of the past few weeks in the Southern Riverina has meant a considerable improvement in wheat drop prospects for the…

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Alsatian Attacks Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

An alsatian dog created havoc among a flock of sheep near Kooba Station, Leeton, last week. With great ferocity the animal attacked…

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Wheat Prices Soar

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

Advices from Melbourne and Adelaide over the week-end revealed that record prices for the last, six years were paid for wheat…

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Wool and Japan

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 2

Mr. H. K. Nook, M.H.R., Writes! For [?] weeks some of the wheat-growers growers and many wool growers of Australia have been alarmed at Japan’s…

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Entries Invited for Monthly Cattle Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 1

Cattle and pigs will be offered by the local stock agents next Thursday. The following agents invite further entries:—…

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Sheep and Lambs Killed Town Dogs the Culprits

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Landowners adjacent, to the Corowa town boundary (and this goes for Wahgunyah, too) continue to suffer losses of valuable sheep by the…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Maintained. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 3

Keen demand continued at the wool sales to-day for the offering of 7255 bales, of which 6473 were sold. Current rates were fully maintained…

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Farmers' Debts

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 4

In moving the second reading of the Farmers' Relief Amendment (Debte Adjustment) Bill, the Assistant Minister (Mr. Ryan) said it…

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Control of Lice in Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 4

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

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 4

(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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Deniliquin Special Sheep Sale

The Independent · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 2

Entries are now being received by John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. for their special sheep sale at Deniliquin on Friday, July 31. Four thousand…

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Control of Lice in Sheep. Precautions During Shearing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 4

Lice are detrimental to sheep in several ways. The intense irritation set up by the parasite causes the sheep to rub itself against…

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Wheat and Wool "No Serious Doss of Exports"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 36

According to the Acting Federal Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thorby) there is no danger of serious loss to Australia's wheat and wool exporting…

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Alsatian Attacks Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 12

An Alsatian dog coated havoc among flock of sheep near Kooba station, Leeton. With great factory the animal attacked the sheep, and before it was…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 3

Dalgety and Company limited report having held a most successful sheep sale at Albury on Monday, 13th July, when they submitted a yarding of…

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Wheat 4/A Bushel Farmers Jubilant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 5

Wheatgrowers are jubilant, and they have every reason to be. At the week-end, owing to the severe drought in America, prices for wheat reached…

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Pastoral Still Time to Plant Value of Trees on the Farm

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

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

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Urana Special Sheep Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 43

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Corowa branch, report holding, in conjunction with Messrs. J.M. Smith and Co., of Tirana…

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Wheat Market Improves

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 4

A further improvement in wheat prices was recorded in the Melbourne market on Wednesday, a rise of ½d. to 1d. per bushel being registered. Fairly…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 43

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having received the following cable from their London office regarding wool sales held at that centre:—"Wool…

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