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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,874 stories in Murray's papers · page 66 of 94

Electrified Fencing Keeps Cattle in

The Independent · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

Experiments at the Rothamstead Experimental Farm, England, have shown that a single strand of barbed wire, attached to the filmsiest of…

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London Wool Sales London, September 22

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 5

Prices for best wools showed a slight improvement at today's sale. Under active competition principally from the home trade. greasy…

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Wool Publicity No British Subscriptions to Fund

The Independent · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

The Assistant Minister for Cammerce (Mr. Thorby) stated in the House of Representatives that British woollen manufacturers had not…

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Successful Year for Butter 5 Per Cent Dividend Declared by Albury Factory

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 12

Though due to seasonal conditions the quantity of butter manufactured was less than for the previous 13 months, a most successful year…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney and London. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 2

At the closing wool auctions to-day there was a little wider demand for average descriptions. Small lots were again purchased by the…

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The Sydney Wool Sales. The Market Unaltered. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

Good fleece wools and skirtings ruled firm at the wool sales yesterday and compared with the previous day's rates, but the average descriptions…

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Rust-resistant Wheat Success in U.s.a. and Canada Achievement in Breeding

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 31

Referring to recent cables from the United States of America acclaiming the value of a rust-resistant variety of wheat known as Thatcher, the…

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Crops Look Well Indications of Good Season

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 3

Good rains, which will further assist the growth of crops and grass, fell is the Riverina on Monday and Tuesday. Considering the dry winter, the crops…

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Murrumbidgee Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 4

A profit of £5291 on the year's operations of the Murrumbidgee Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. was reported to shareholders at the annual meeting…

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Brother and Sister in Young Farmers Club Kiewa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 20

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Dairying Kikuyu Grass a Reminder Regarding Planting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 25

Kikuyu is a very succulent grass, a rapid grower, will hold its own with paspalum, produces more feed than the latter. during the winter months…

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Value of Temporary Pastures in the Coastal Farming Programme

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

Discussing the value of pasture plants in conserving, restoring and improving soil fertility, the Assistant Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture…

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Interesting Animal Notes Himilayan Thars &. Barbary Sheep Crocodiles

The Independent · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 4

The crocodile is found in most tropical countries, and is much more widely distributed than the alligator, which comes only from Central The Himilayan Thars or Mountain Goats, which one sees climbing in a rocky enclosure at the Zoo, are found, as the name denotes, in the…

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Wool Sales Keen Competition In Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 1

At the opening wool sales in Melbourne yesterday there was a representative attendance of the trade. Competition was keen and…

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Wool Sales. Sydney and Melbourne. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 2

The market ruled very firm at today's wool sales at the closing levels of last week. There was good general competition, but inferior and very…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” August 19, 1927)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 2

DEATH.—A cable message from Loudon announces the death of Mr. Charles McAllister, of Myrtle Park, Finley. Mr. McAllister was one of the…

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Wool Market Psychology When Should [?] Sell

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1937 · page 5

A question [?] wool growers [?] favorable period [?] wool? states the [?]…

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Master Farmers’ Competition. a Savernake Entrant

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1937 · page 5

South Western Riverina will [?] represented in the State championship by Mr W. T. Lewis, of Coonara, Savernake. Mr Lewis’ entry is an…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 4

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

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When Dipping Sheep

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 4

A convenient way of ascertaining the capacity of the bath when dipping sheep is to measure water into it from a tank of known capacity…

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