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Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 154

Butter Production Down Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 10

All States except N.S.W. report a declining butter production. Queensland reports that pastures are drying up rapidly, and there is no hope of…

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Sales of Sheep Skins Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 8

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers’ Association report that [?] sheep skins were offered for sale to-day. There was a strong demand for all…

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Wool in Demand in Adelaide Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 10

A strong ‘demand’ was in evidence at the wool sales to-day. Top price was 17¾d…

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Russia Buys Again Support for Wheat. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 6

With Britain still absent from the market, Russia became the largest buyer of Australian wheat this season when she took another cargo to-day…

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Man Worth £17,000 Must Serve Sentence His Appeal Dismissed. Cattle Stealing Alleged. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 1

Declaring that the sentence imposed on him was richly deserved, the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Jordan), in the Court of Criminal Appeal. to-day…

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The Wool Outlook Mill Turnover and the Market Well-grown lines Firmer

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report: As a result of the slightly better feeling in Europe, n brightening [?] for wool has been [?] and…

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High Quality Wheat Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 3

A report prepared by the chief chemist of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, on samples of bulk and bagged f.a.q. wheat, states that…

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Monthly Sheep Market

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 1

Included to the lots sold at the monthly sheep market on (Thursday last were the following auctioned on account of Mr. O. G. Maslin of…

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Butter-fat Inheritance Two Corowa Cows

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 7

An interesting ease of inherited characteristics tor high butter [?] production is that of two cows in the herd of Mr. E. Lumby, of “Glenwood.”…

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Japan Bids Keenly for Our Wool Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 4

Keen competition from Japan was the outstanding feature at to-day’s wool sales and with good support from Yorkshire and the Continent values…

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Professor on Wool. Interesting Utterances. The Great Market of China

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon. Professor Barker ,a well known wool authority, said to-day that without at least one textile school in…

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Wheat Market Still Remains Inactive Little Business Done Values on the Decline Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 5

“Perhaps the salient feature of last week’s wheat operations so far as Australia is concerned is the fact that our values have withstood the strain…

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Junior Farmers South Corowa Advisory Committee

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 1

The annual meeting of the above was held on Thursday night last, there being quite a large number present of both parents and Junior…

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State Elections. What Labor Promises Workers and Farmers Mr. Heffron’s Policy Points Industrialists’ Campaign Opened Wages Tax Would Go Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 3

The State election campaign was officially opened at the Coronation Hall, Mascot, to-night, when Mr. R. J. Heffron, leader of a party of six “Industrial” candidates, and describing himself as Leader of Australian…

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Items of News Tallangatta Butter Factory

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

At the half-yearly, meeting of-shareholders of Tallangatta butter factory, the secretary (Mr. H. Black) presented the trading and profit and Joss…

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Wool Rules in Sellers’ Favor Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 5

Under very strong competition from. Yorkshire the Continent and Japan, the [?] at to-day’s wool sales rules fully firm .it yesterday’s level, [?]…

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Too Much Wheat Over-production Expected Rome, March 7

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 1

After a preliminary review of the situation, the International Institute of Agriculture has expressed the opinion that there will be over production [?]…

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Wastage in the Sheep Industry. the Loss Due to Bacterial Disease

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

The wastage in the sheep industry due to disease of one type and another, is considerable, end on some properties makes all the…

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Artificial Wool Extensive Use in Germany Berlin, March 7

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 8

Wider use of artificial wool and artificial cotton, manufactured from wood pulp, is the outstanding feature of the famous Leipzig Fair…

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Hew Pastoral Award Sought by the A.W.U. Queensland Expected 40-Hour Week Wanted Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 8

A 40-hour week generally is one of the demands made in a claim filed by the Australian Workers’ Untorn in the Arbitration Court…

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