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Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 41 of 154

Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times” March 9, 1928)

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

BURGLARY.—The premises of Langtry and Son at Moulamein, were entered and over £70 was taken from safes in the office…

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China May Become Purchaser of Our Wool Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 1

Mr. Leon Timm, a member of a Chinese exporting- limn, said to-day that as soon as hostilities between China and Japan ceased, business…

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Suitability of Wheat Varieties. Representative Advisory Council to be Formed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 4

Owing to some conflict of opinion in regard to the value of certain varieties of wheat, particularly in regard to quality, the Minister for…

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Low Prices for Cattle at Royal Show Sale Albury and District Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 5

Low prices offered at the cattle sales at the show ground to-day caused very many animals lo be passed in. This was particularly noticeable in the beef…

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More Trouble at Home-bush Slaughtermen Stop Work Few Sheep Killed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 4

More industrial trouble at Homebush abattoir to-day held up slaughter and fewer than 4000 of 16,000 sheep and lambs available passed through…

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Farmer Gaoled for 12 Months Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 6

Albert Call Hausler, 36, farmer and vigneron, of Lyndoch, was to-day sentenced to 12 months’ gaol for causing the death of James Cowell, by driving…

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Wheat For Sheep Feed "Would Prove Less Costly Than Corn or Oats."

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 2

A movement that should arouse great interest among graziers in the drought-stricken parts of the State is under way in Eugowra district, where several…

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Wheat Harvest Estimate

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 6

As a result of a further upward revision, the 1937-38 wheat harvest is now estimated at 181,000,000 bushels, and the area sown to…

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Wheat Down Again

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 1

A further fall of Id. a bushel was recorded in the Melbourne wheat market on Wednesday, Buyers operated cautiously. A small quantity…

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Sydney Royal Show Praise for Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 4

The cattle entries at the Royal Show on Monday were of such a high standard that the judges, in the various sections were unanimous and…

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Five-year Butter Pat Record to Tarcutta Red Poll

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 47

Anahdale Stella, a Red Poll cow in. the herd of Mr. Hugh M'Eachern, Nundi; Tarcutta, has gained the Commonwealth record for the highest…

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Pastoral an Effective Crow Trap. Is Easily Made at Little Cost

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 3

A crow trap which has been found hightly effective can be made at a very small cost by any farmer. The trap consists of an oblong wire-netted frame…

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Wool Carry-over May Not Be Large

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 8

In its quarterly review of the wool market the Australian Estates Co. Ltd. states that as a sequel to a reasonably prosperous selling season in…

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Pastoral Superphosphate Before Grass As a Means of Improving Central Coast Pastures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 24

Under natural conditions soil fertility was gradually built up, but under heavy grazing it was continually taken away without replacement, pointed out…

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Coast Sickness in Sheep Peculiar South Australian Disease Results of Investigation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 14

For some years officers of the division of animal health and nutrition of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have been making…

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Suitability of Wheat Varieties Representative Advisory Council to Be Formed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 4

Owing to some conflict of opinion in regard to the value of certain varieties of wheat, particularly in regard to quality, the Minister for…

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Storing Wool in War British Governments Inquiries London, April 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 13

The British Government has approached prominent wool traders to ascertain what facilities are available for wool storage in the event of war…

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Skeleton Weed Late Wheat Sowing to Check It. If Weather Remains Dry

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 3

Fanners whose holdings are moderately to heavily infested with skeleton weed are warned that if conditions hold dry over the wheat sowing…

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Farmers' Debts Grant May Be Smaller Federal Plans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 30

Because of the embarrassment that the Federal farm debt adjustment plan will be in internal borrowing operations in the next two or three years…

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Rebuilding the Dairy Important Features Location and Cleaning Faculties

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 29

The need for the reconstruction or replacement of dairy premises presents itself to many dairymen every year—more so in recent years, as the…

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