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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 48 of 154

Nutrition and Wool Growth Their Close Relationship

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Uniformity and strength of wool fibre depend on adequate nutrition. Malnutrition of the sleep leads to improper function of the wool follicle…

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Wool Average Down to 10d Alb. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

The average price of wool during the first three days this week was £13/8/1 per bale and 10.4 per lb. Sales closed to-day with a very…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Market Improves. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

The average price of wool sold during the first three days of this week was £14 8s 1d per bale, and 10.4d per lb. The sales closed to-day…

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Minimum Wool Price Future Markets Discussed Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 8

The annual meeting of the [?] Graziers’ Association of Queensland to-day rejected a proposal that the Federal Government should be…

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First Wool Sales at Kalgan Tokio, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 12

At the first wool sales at Kalgan, 100 miles north-west of Peiping, which for many years was a trade depot between China and Russia, Japanese…

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Draft Allowance on Wool Proclamation on July 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 16

It was reported at a meeting of the executive committee of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. that all the States had now agreed to issue the…

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Wheat Preference Alarm Among Australian Growers Is British Reduction Contemplated?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 31

The president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. H. S. Henley, M.L.C.) said in Sydney that the wheatgrowers were perturbed at…

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Rainfall in April How Wheat Areas Fared Report of Weather Bureau

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 16

The summary of N.S.W. rainfall for April, issued by the Weather Bureau, showed a much more satisfactory all-round yield of rain than March, which…

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Improving the Quality of Wheat (To the Editor of the "Corowa Free Press")

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Sir,--I have to advise that recently there has been brought into existence a Standing Advisory Committee on Wheat, This Committee [?]…

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Junior Farmers Age Limit for Members Raised

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 37

At a meeting of the Junior Farmers' Club Council of N.S.W., at which Mr. W. C Cambridge, M.L.C., presided, it was decided to adopt the resolution…

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Maize Growing on South Coast Splendid Yields Reported Heavy Competition Crops

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 37

Judging from the results of the field maize competitions at Eden, Bega and Pambula, the winners of which are eligible for entry in the South Coast…

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Dairies Supervision Act Registration of Dairy Premises

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 25

A departmental press statement draws the attention of those who trade in the production of milk and cream to the importance of having their…

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Dairying Value of Recording In Building Up a Profitable Herd

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 25

There is a pressing economic need for dairy herd yields to be placed on a profitable basis. This can best be accomplished by the individual farmer…

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Infantile Paralysis Death Henty Farmer Dies in Wagga. Hospital

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 16

Admitted to the Wagga Base Hos-pital last week suffering from infantile paralysis in a severe form, Otto Rohde, aged 44 years, of Henty, died on Monday. This is the first death from the disease at Wagga…

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Feeding the Dairy Cow Wide Variations in Cost Test Results Analysed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 37

The cost of producing butter fat is a subject of frequent discussion, and one on which it is difficult to reach finality, since costs vary from year to…

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For Spring-sown Crops

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 3

Land which it is intended to sow in spring should now be given a preliminary ploughing. Whatever the crop, production will be more successful on…

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Wheat Pool Advance Total Now 3/4[?] Bushel Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 5

The chairman of directors of the [?] Wheatgrowers’ Corporation Ltd. (Mr. H. McClelland) announced to-day the payment of a…

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Wool for America the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company. Limited, Submit the Following Report:—

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 3

In the Agricultural and Stock press of the United States, much prominence has been given recently to the Anglo-American trade treaty proposals, states…

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Duty on Wheat Retention for Three Years Urged by Australian London, May 6

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 2

Mr. George Walker, of Sydney, has cabled “The Times” stating that if the British and American trade agreement reduces or abolishes the…

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Wool Cheque Declines by £18 MILLION Heavy Fall in Price Down 6½d a lb. in 12 Months MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 2

Australia’s wool cheque from sales hold up to April 30 was [?] less, than in the similar to months of the previous…

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