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Farming & the land, 1937

1,874 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 94

Fertility in Sheep Dr. Gunn’s Work

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

As a result, of investigations made on visits to various districts, Dr. R. M. C. Gunn, of the University of Sydney, has found that the fertility of rams, as…

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Light Sheep Steady Value Expected for Fat Lambs

The Independent · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

For sales of fat sheep at Newmarket this week there will be 20,500 yarded to-day, and only 8500 on Thursday. This is a reduction of 300…

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Light Sheep Steady Value Expected for Fat Lambs

The Independent · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

For sales of fat sheep at Newmarket this Week there will be 20,500, yarded to-day, and only 8500 on Thursday. This is a reduction of 300…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Improves. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

Under keen competition, principally from Yorkshire and Japan, and with good support from the Continent, values of all descriptions advanced…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” March 4, 1927)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

HOTEL LEASE.—The lease of Tattersall’s Hotel has been sold by Mr. L. T. Benness to Mr. W. J. McGlinchey, BEAUTY PARLOR.—Miss J…

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Dairymen Going to Canberra to Plead Their Lost Cause

The Independent · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

Primary producers' organisations are already considering means of repairing the marketing schemes which have broken down by the refusal of…

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Sheep Branding and Earmarking. What the Law Demands

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

Every sheep owner is directly concerned with the requirements of the Pastures Protection Ast yet comparatively few are entirely…

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Training Youths in New Zealand. Sudsidy to Farmers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

A wages subsidy is to be offered to those New Zealand farmers who are prepared to train in farm duties suitable unemployed youths from 18…

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Moama Sheep Yarding

The Independent · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

JOHN McNAMARA & CO. PTY. LTD., Melbourne, Echuca and branches, report: We submitted 6166 crossbred and merino Station-bred…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 45

Younghusband Ltd. report having received the following cable from their London agents:—"Wool sales closed. Full attendance; keen competition…

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Live Stock Border Leicester Sheep

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 25

The Border Leicester is a breed that has played a very prominent part in the raising of fat lambs and the breeding of dual-purpose sheep. It was…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Essentials for Profitable Sheep Husbandry Suitability of Environment to Type

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

The classificaion of sheep breeds and types into groups according to the suitability of the country is an economic study which, up to the present,…

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Dehorning of Cattle Its Desirability in Beef Production

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

In a pamphlet bringing before Australian beef producers the desirability of the general adoption of the practice of dehorning cattle, the Australian Meat…

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Sheep Classing Yards and Races to Facilitate Handling

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

CHEEP classing—a service supplied gratis to the flockowners of New South Wales by the Department of Agriculture—is probably the most…

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Pastoral Fat Lambs for Export The Type the Market Requires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 24

If New South Wales producers are to be prepared to accept their due share of the expanding British market for "quality" fat lambs, it will be…

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Big Loss of Sheep. From Northern Floods. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

The recent heavy rains,with the resultant floods, have been responsible for the loss or thousands of sheep on the North-western plains. Many…

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Jetting of Sheep Efficacy of the Calcium Arsenite Mixture

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

Instancing in a current article on jetting the efficacy of the calcium arsenite mixture recommended by the Department of Agriculture, an officer of…

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Wheat Harvest Estimate of 137,397,000 Bushels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 11

The total production of wheat in Australia for the current season is estimated at 137,897,000 bushels. The Commonwealth Statistician…

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Feeding of Sheep Value of Maize As a Supplementary Fodder

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

Even in the absence of improved pastures, writes the District Veterinary Officer of the Department of Agriculture stationed in the northern…

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