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Farming & the land, 1937

1,874 stories in Murray's papers · page 78 of 94

Ram Sales Long Wool and British Breeds

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having held their annual long wool ram sales in the Albury Municipal yards on Thursday last,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Good Clearance. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

Greasy merino fleece sold to 25 3/4d. and comeback to 25d., at the wool sales, when values for all classes ruled very firm. The offerings…

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Some Classical Howlers How Our Wool Industry Started

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 1

A writer in the Sydney "Sun" says:— In this season of examinations one can usually garner a harvest of howlers. I have just been marking the history…

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The Wheat Harvest Bulk Trucks for Non-silo Stations

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 4
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Detailing in a recent announcement arrangements made for the handling of wheat through the grain elevators, the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. Hugh…

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Bigger Wool Yield Result of Experiment on Improved Pastures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 38

The sheep on Mr. W. T. Merriman's property, Merryville, Yass, which have been under official tests by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Weekly Average Price. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 2

Greasy merino sold to 25 1/2d. at the wool sales to-day. The offerings at auction totalled 12,670 bales, of which 10,582 were sold, while an additional…

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Wool Imports by Japan Under New Agreement Tokio

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 15

It is expected that Japan will buy 500,000 bales of Australian wool in the current wool year. Wool importers have appointed a…

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Sydney Wool Sales Merino Realises 27¼d. Wednesday, November 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 45

All best descriptions of merino fleece and skirtings were generally firm at yesterday's rates at to-day's wool sales, but for all lines carrying…

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No Further Developments Search for Spade and Wool Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 3

There were no fresh developments to-day in connection with the finding of the body of John Thomas Demsey in the bush of Kinglake West…

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Agricultural Seedling Bean Midge Damage to Early Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 24

During August and September early bean crops in some coastal areas were affected this year by maggots of the seedling bean midge. This pest makes…

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London a Vast Farm in Next War Shells that go round corners; guns that don't make a noise

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 27

DURING the 1935 English Aerial manoeuvers one of modern warfare's strangest defence weapons was tried out for the first time. An…

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Farmers and Graziers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 38

Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company submitted a good selection of rams from most of the well-known dis-trict studs. There was only a fair…

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Dairying Half a Million Annually Cost of Bovine Tucerculosis

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 25

At a recent conference of the Australian Veterinary Association the following statement on bovine tuberculosis was issued for publication…

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Wagga Crop Contests

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 4

Ample evidence that good farming pays was forthcoming when Mr. H. A. Fraser, who is judging the Wagga district growing crops competition…

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Growing Crops Judge at Uranquinty

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 9

The judge of the growing crop competition conducted by the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association (Mr. H. Fraser) visited the…

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Settlement Plan Grazier Urges Intensive Farming

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 47

Mr. W. T. Merriman, at the field day at Merryville, Yass, claimed that a more satisfactory alternative to any scheme of closer settlement involving…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects. Standardisation of Primary Products Detrimental Effect of Variation on Export Lamb Trade

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 3

Discussing at a recent conference the influence of quality variations on the marketing of our primary products, and speaking with special reference to the|…

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Weed Invasion Its Relation to Farming Methods

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 6

The majority of weeds established in this country have come from overseas. Admittedly writes the Weeds Officer of the Department of…

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Big Wheat Train

The Independent · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 1

What is believed to be a record so far as Jerilderie is concerned, was established, on Friday last, when a special train load of wheat…

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