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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 154

Cattle Poisoned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 42

Mr. R. H. Kelly, of Moombooldool, had the misfortune to lose Mine head of cattle, presumably through eating a bag of grasshopper…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects. Live Stock Facial Eczema in Sheep and Cattle Nature of the Disease

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

In view of the marked interest shown regarding the occurrence in New Zealand of the condition of sheep and cattle known there as facial…

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Liquorice for Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 31

Liquorice resembles sugar and treacle in its dietetie and medicinal properties, but is used chiefly to disguise the taste and smell of…

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Enlightened Opinion on Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 3

“Sheep are the product of intense breeding and are grown in Australia to keep the grazier broke and. the buyer crazy,” said a Riverna farmer…

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World Wheat Shipments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

World shipments of wheat to Europe during the week-ended May 26 totalled 820,000 quarters, and to other countries 350,000 quarters, an aggregate of…

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Wheat Deliveries in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 33

In the week ended May 26 396,965 bags of wheat were loaded into trucks at Victorian country stations, and 18,334 bags' were brought in to…

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Store Sheep Sell Well at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

Farmers and Graziers report having held a highly successful sheep sale at Albury yesterday, when they submitted a most attractive penning of 11,006…

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Pastoral Improved Pastures Must Be Maintained with Fertiliser

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

Probably the question most frequently asked at lectures, observed the Assistant Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture in a recent…

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Foot-rot in Cattle Method of Treatment

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 32

A recent report of the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture draws attention to the fact that, largely as the result of the effects…

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Farmers, Perturbed by Wheat Price Fall, Seek Home Consumption Guarantee of 5/ a Bushel Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

Per[?] by the recent steady decline in wheat prices to the lowest levels since 1935, the executive of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association has…

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Live Stock Sheep Raising in Korea and Japan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 25

In relation to improved sheep, raising in Korea, wool production on any scale is rendered impossible in the milder areas of the south; firstly, by…

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Wool Prices Without Material Change Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

At the wool sales held to-day competition was fairly general and in the case of well-grown fleece and skirtings keen. Continental Yorkshire and…

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Sydney Wool Sales Japanese Place Heavy Orders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 27

The bidding at the Sydney wool sales last Thursday, was monopolised by Japanese buyers, and they placed many heavy orders. All other representatives…

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Sheep in Albury P.p. District No Decrease Through Drought

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 18

The secretary to the Albury Pastures Protection Board (Mr. G. H. Roxburgh) reported to the May meeting that although drought conditions…

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Breeding Vealers for Market From Rejected Dairy Stock Progressive Corryong Farmer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 26

Rearing vealers from rejected grade Jersey cows, Mr. T. R. Lukins, of Corryong, has solved the problem of minimising wastage in his two share dairy…

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Draft Allowance on Australian Wool. Withdrawal Strongly Resented. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

The possibility of the abolition of the draft allowance on Australian and New Zealand wool has aroused such resentment in Yorkshire that…

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Wheat Market Tall in Prices Checked Effect of Indian Buying Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 44

Strong Continental support in the British market imparted a better tone into the local wheat market on Wednesday and the steady downward…

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Wool Sales in Dominions Threatened Boycott by British Federation Draft Allowance Dispute

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 44

The chairman of the Sydney Woolselling Brokers' Association (Mr. G. A. Parnham), referring to the threatened boycott by the British Wool Federation…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Temora Branch's Resolutions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 37

At a meeting of Temora branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association it was decided to submit the following resolutions to the annual…

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Young Farmers' Club Activities in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 39

Teachers attending the school of instruction at the State Schools Nursery, Hughesdale, commenced their second week of lectures and…

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