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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,874 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 94

Sulphur and Iodine in Sheep Licks Use Not Warranted by Results

The Independent · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

From time to time various claims are made regarding the value of adding sulphur, to licks for sheep with a view to increasing wool production…

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Wool Chequ[?] of £50,250,762 [?] Highest Return [?] Years

The Independent · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 2

Australian wool sold [?] months of the season to [?] was worth £50,260,762, the [?] Council of Wool Selling [?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Good General Competition. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

The wool market ruled fully firm to-day. Under good general competition, prices for best descriptions were equal to the highest point of…

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Poor Farming, Good Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 14

After having worked under the Government prospecting plan for about two years Messrs. H. W. Wisbey and E. T. Norton, who came to the…

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Concrete on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 39

Cement concrete has many important uses on the farm, and as a result farming can be carried on more efficiently and more economically. A short review…

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Dairying Tallowiness in Cream

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 25

Cream and milk should never be allowed to stand even for short periods of time where it is exposed to the direct rays of sunlight—even subdued…

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Youths on Farms Scheme to Provide Own Holdings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 18

The voluntary organisation in Sydney for placing Australian youths in rural employment is strongly urging the early adoption by the Government…

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Dairying Industry Record Half-year at Kiewa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 19

The chairman of directors of the Kiowa Butter and Cheese Factory and Creamery Co. Ltd. (Mr. A. Woodside), presiding at the recent half-yearly…

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Farmers Resentful. Sit-Down Strike Results in Lost Milk Sales. New York

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

Armed with sticks and clubs, angry farmers drove out "sit-down" strikers from the Hershey Chocolate Corporation's plant at Hershey, Pennsylvania…

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Angry Farmers Oust Sit-down Strikers New York

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

Armed with sticks and clubs angry farmers, drove out the sit-down strikers from the Lershey Chocolate Corporation plant, at…

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Wheat Prospect Larger Area to Be Sown

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 3

In his monthly report to the Department of Agriculture the district agricultural instructor (Mr. T. P. Taylor) comments on the absence of rain…

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Monthly Cattle Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

The following entries have been made for the monthly cattle sales on Thursday April 15 Messrs, John McNamara and Co,…

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Three Day Sickness in Cattle Influence of Cooler Weather

The Independent · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 2

"Three-day sickness (ephemeral fever) has been apparent in nearly every district in the State, but the, incidence of the disease in the south…

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Tractors by Barter Selling Our Wool Abroad

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 2

The barter arrangement has been used more or less successfully for a long time for the exchange of goods between Australia and Germany…

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Turning Back the Files. . . 10 YEARS AGO:(From the "Pastoral Tames,") " April 1, 1927)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 3

TOWN HALL- The architect’s estimate of the cast of the proposed additions to the Town Hall is £5895 WAKOOL-There was spirited bid…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Still Firm. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 3

The prices of all well grown fleece wools and skirtings ruled from par to 5 per cent, above the closing rates of last week at the wool sales to-day;…

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Wheat Prospectus Larger Area [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 4

In his monthly [?] of [?] agricultural [?] Taylor) [?]…

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English Sheep-farming Methods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 24

Conditions Compel Intensive Grazing Discussing at a recent farmers' gathering his visit to Great Britain on behalf of British sheep breeders of this State, the senior sheep and wool…

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Dairy Butter Method of Manufacture

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 25

The following directions are given in a departmental leaflet for the manufacture of dairy butter:—Let the cream ripen in a cool, pure…

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Pastoral Oats As Fodder

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 24

The crop that has proved the most useful for the production of fodder in inland districts is oats, which may be conserved, as silage, hay or grain…

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