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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 154

Rotation in Wheat-growing Detrimental Effects of One Crop Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 3

Throughout the wheat districts there was a tendency on the part of many of the more progressive farmers to change over their operations…

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Uncertainty Still Exists About Wheat Company’s Report Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

A report issued to-day by the Lindley Walker Wheat Co Ltd. states overseas markets are quiet, but steady. The position had not undergone much…

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Eczema in Sheep Disease in Parts of N.Z. Precautions in Australia

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 3

Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., has been informed by the Acting-Minister for Commerce, Mr. A. G. Cameron, that the incidence of facial eczema…

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Commercial To-day’s Sheep Market (Supplied by John McNamara and Co. Pty Ltd.) NEWMARKET

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 1

Best wethers, 1/dearer. Ewes easier. Lambs firm. Stores late rates…

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Crown Alleges That Son Murdered His Father N.Z. Farm Tragedy Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 4

Francis Borgia Spensley, 19, to-day pleaded not guilty in the Supremo Court to having murdered his afther, Robert Spensley, at Swanson on…

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Sheep Classing As a Means of [?] Profits

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 4

“However small your [?] periodically,” [?] Sheep and Wool Branch [?] of Agriculture [?]…

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Fat Sheep and Lamb Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 2

At Newmarket to-day the offering of fat sheep totalled 24.000, which showed a decrease of 4500 011 Inst Tuesday's figures. Competition for wether;: was…

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Australia’s Largest Wheat Growers Bebry Bros., of [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 4

Producing as much as [?] wheat In one season,[?] of “Woodvlew,” [?] the largest which [?]…

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Wheat Varieties Recommended for Planting in New South Wales

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 4

The standing Advisory Committee on Wheat, appointed recently by approval of the Minister for Agriculture, and consisting of the Director…

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Australia Produced 180 Million Bushels of Wheat Last Year Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 6

The Commonwealth Statistician estimates [?] that the wheat yield in Australia last season was 181,000,000 bush[?] the highest production since…

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Increases Winter Production. Cheaply-made Rug for Dairy Cows

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 4

Where proper shelter is not provided for stock, not only is their resistance to disease reduced, but much food material is wasted in…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

These notes are issued every week by direction of the Honorable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of…

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Sheep Classing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

"However small your fleck, class it periodically," advise officers of the Sheep and Wool Branch of the Department of Agriculture, in whose…

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London Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury. report having received the following cable from their London office in reference to wool sales In that centre:…

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Mice in Wheat Stacks Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 7

Reports of damage to wheat slacks by mice recall the 1932 plague of mice which caused heavy losses. However, the numbers of mice have not yet…

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Big Wheat Yields Likely Ottawa. May 10

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 7

The Agricultural Department announces that the condition of the winter wheat crop indicates n 764,000,000-bushel crop, the second largest…

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Italian Fatally Shot Following an Altercation Police in Mali Hunt Tragedy on a Farm Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 6

An Italian who recently arrived in Australia was killed to-night, when he was shot in the stomach at a farm at Silvan…

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Pastoral Water for Sheep Precautions in Time of Drought

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 24

The water that sheep receive during a drought depends on the local conditions. It is known to all graziers that sheep are fastidious about their water…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 45

Younghusband Limited report having received the following cable from their London agents:—"Wool sales opened to-day. Full attendance, satisfactory…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 45

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, received the following wire from their Geelong branch:-"At our wool sales we. offered 5700 bales; sold 95 per…

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