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Farming & the land, 1937

1,874 stories in Murray's papers · page 80 of 94

Wheat Values Sydney Market Steady

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

There was an abrupt cessation in the fall of values which has been in evidence for the last week, when operations were…

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Wheat Crop Thirteen Million Acres Sown Estimate of 8 Per Cent. Increased Yield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 30

The final estimate of the area sown to wheat for grain in Australia for the 1937-38 season is 13,735,000 acres. This represents a reduction of…

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Terms Will Be Butter Buying Blocks for Settlers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 39

A bill to amend the Closer Settlement Act to provide for smaller payments by settlers in the earlier years of purchases and for substantial…

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Wool Substitutes May Be Serious Position

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 5

That artificial substitutes for wool have gained ground in Germany, and would continue to do so, is apparent from the first report from the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Yesterday's Market. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 1

Competition from the Continent and Yorkshire for best descriptions of merino was keen at the wool sales yesterday. Average wools showing…

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Wool Shortage in Japan Tokio, November 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 6

It is understood that the Minister for Trade (Mr. Yoshiao) is ready to sanction wool manufacturers requirements to the end of…

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Cattle Trade Suffers Foot and Mouth Disease London, November 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 6

"While smoke rises from large funeral pyres of hundreds of slaughtered pigs and cattle that had foot and mouth disease, experts are working…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Time,” October 21, 1927)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

DEATH—Mr. Wm, Birrell died at Barellan, aged 71 years. He was a well-known Deniliquin resident. THE SHOW. —Gate receipts at the…

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

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 2

All the better descriptions of fleece and skirting at to-day's wool sales ruled fully firm at yesterday's rates. For average and inferior grades…

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Crop Competitions Heavy Yield at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 4

Mr. C. Cassin, of Marsden road, Wyalong, who is the winner of the West Wyalong Agricultural. Association's crop competition, submitted an…

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Agriculture Crop Rotation Essential to a Permanent System of Agriculture

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

Soil fertility is influenced by many factors, some of which add to the soil's productivity, while others decrease it. These changes in fertility, moreover…

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The Rock Growing Crop Competition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 5

The Rock District Farmers and Settlers' Association growing, crops competition, judged by Mr. H. A. Fraser, agricultural instructor…

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Soil Analysis Limitations As a Guide to Cropping and Fertiliser Practice

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 3

Many people are under the impression that were they to hand a small sample of soil to the chemist he could characterise it is a good, bad or…

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Yerong Greek Agricultural Bureau Oat Crop Competition Abandoned

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 4

A meeting of members of the Yerong Creek Agricultural Bureau was held in the Public Hall, Yerong Creek, on Monday evening, 1st November…

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"Master Farmer" of N.s.w. State-wide Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 4

The winner of the "Master Farmer" competition conducted by the Farmers and Settlers' Association in co-operation with the Department of…

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Rutherglen Experimental Farm Field Day [?]

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 6

A farmers' field Day will be held at the Rutherglen Experimental Farm on Friday next, 12th November. Visitors are invited to attend from 9 a.m…

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Farmers’ Field Days Experiment Plots Inspected

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 2

GOOD work, is being done in Deniliquin district by the Department of Agriculture, through its local instructor (Mr. T. P. Taylor), by…

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Blighty Crop Competition

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 1

With a crop estimated to yield 27 bushels per acre, Mr. J. Cowie won the Blighty Farmers and Settlers’ Association’s wheat crop competition, judging of which was carried out by Mr. T. P. Taylor (district agricultural instructor) this week…

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Wool Report

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 3

The Australian, M[?]antille, Land & Finance Company Ltd., Melbourne, issue the following wool report:—Once again the wool market has…

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Pom As Sheep Killer

The Independent · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 4

Through attacks by dogs, M. J. T. Park, of Nagamble (S.A.). lost 10 sheep and five others were bandly injured. The dogs—a terrier and…

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