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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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Most Useful Wheat Ever Introduced to North­west

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 3

"Ford is the most useful wheat variety ever Introduced to the northwest, and farmers are urged to remember this next season," declares…

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Wheat Ready Reckoner Bushels Contained in a Given Load

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 4

The following table shows at a glance how farmers may arrive at the number of bushels of wheat contained in a given load. It is & handy…

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Resumption of Wool Sales [?] Values Be Maintained? [?]Terest in Trade Circles

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 3

[?]the date for the resumption of [?] draws near, interest in the increases, and more especially [?] of the present situation as…

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Wool for Machinery German Barter Offer Matter for N.s.w. Cabinet

The Independent · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 3

A suggestion that German firms might quote for the supply of machinery for Bunnerong on the barter system is to be referred by the…

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Stud Sheep From N.z

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

During his recent visit to New Zealand, Mr. H. A. Lindsay Field, bought a number of Southdown stud rams and ewes which are to be used at…

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237 Sheep Die After Eating “Lamb’s Tongue”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

After being unloaded at the Moree trucking yards 237 sheep out of a mob of 3000 died on Friday night, through eating Chenopodium atriplicinum, or…

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Alleged Wool Stealing Defend Ant Remanded

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

BEFORE Mr. Collins, P.M., at the Police Court, yesterday, George Wilson, alias Whiteoak, was charged with stealing two bales of wool valued…

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Wool Substitutes German Woolbuyer’s Warning

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

Mr. F. Schmidt, a German woolbuyer who returned from a visit of Germany by the Cormorin, said that the growth and development of the manufacture of…

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Japan and Wool. Further Publicity. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

Japan's staple fibre industry is increasing so rapidly that there is already talk of over-production, says the Manchester "Guardian." The…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times” August 13, 1926)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 4

ILLILAWA STATION. —Portions Of Illilawa Station Hay, have been sold to Messrs. Sims, Cooper and Co of Cobran, Deniliquin, and to Mr. Roy…

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Alleged Lice in Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 1

In the Jerilderie Court of Petty sessions, before Mr Beavers, P.M. P. R. Jones, Stock Inspector, proceeded against David and William…

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Saltbush Culture. Promising Trials with Wheat Drill

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 3

A definite contribution to the problem of dealing with plant deterioration in the western division may be made by Mr D. H. Wettenhall, of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 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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Wool from Grass Fourpence a Pound to Make

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 4

According to the London "Daily Mirror," the wool industry is to receive another severe blow. The writer states that he watched a…

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Better Return Sales of Wool in Australia Show an Increase

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 3

Despite a decrease of 223,509 bales in turnover, sales of wool in the Commonwealth for the 1935-36 season, at £49,618,731, increased…

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Saltbush Sown With Wheat Drill. Successful Experiments by Mr. D. H. WETTENHALL

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 3

A promising contribution to the problem of dealing with plant deterioration in the western, division may be made by Mr. D. H…

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Commercial Deneliquin Sheep Sales

The Independent · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 3

Monthly Sheep sales will be held on Thursday, September 3. Yardings will include— Robert Bradshaw: 1000 sheep,…

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Export of Stud Sheep Graziers Favor Embargo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 32

The general council of the Association of New South Wales has decided to ask that the export of stud sheep to South Africa and other…

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Sheep-breeding Japanese Experiment Importation of Corriedales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 2

It is reported from Kobe that 263 Corriedale sheep will arrive early in September on the Brisbane Maru, consigned to the Kanegafuchi…

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237 Sheep Die After Eating "Lamb's Tongue"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 14

After being unloaded at the Moree trucking yards, 237 sheep out of a mob of 3000 died through eating "lamb's tongue," which is growing prolifically…

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