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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 78 of 154

Man Shot on Dairy Farm

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

Sidney Thomas Hurray, aged 25 years, was admitted to the Wollongong, Hospital oil Tuesday suffering from shotgun wounds in the abdomen. His…

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Conference on Wheat Premiers May Act Soon Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 8

The Premier of South Australia (Mr. Butler) to-day sent a telegram to the Premier of N.S.W. (Mr. Stevens), asking him, as head of the senior…

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Correspondence Home Consumption Price for Wheat (To The Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 6

Sir,-- Mr. Nock M. P. ha written to the Press in support of [?] home consumption price for wheat and 5- per bushel is suggested. This…

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Trees Natural Shelter Preventing Sheep Mortality In Summer and After Shearing

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

Method of management is, of course, an important, factor in mortality following shearing. Very fat or very poor sheep are those most susceptible. If…

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Turning Back the Files.. 10 YEARS AGO:(From the “Pastoral Times,” July 3. 1928)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

RAINFALL— The rainfall at Deniliquin for six months ended June 30 was 11.08 inches. DEATH.—Mr. William Wilson, son of…

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Wool and Stock Reports. the Riverine Grazier" Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

Our Sydney correspondent wires Owing to the industrial dispute at Homebush abattoirs. there were no sales of sheep and lambs by auction…

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The Wool Trade Better Tone Noted Past Season's Sales

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

The wool market showed a better tone in Sydney last week, private inquiry for local fellmongered lots being brighter at…

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Winter Wheat Breeding a Type for Australia Higher Yield Prospect

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 12

Plant breeders believe that the production of "winter" wheats offers great promise of an increase in Australian wheat yields…

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Cultivation of Rice Improves Wheat Land Results on Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 23

Rice lands on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas are generally of a very heavy textured clay, and prior, to the introduction in 1926 had proved to be…

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Graziers' and Brokers' Conference. Over Wool Selling Conditions. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

A conference was held to-day between representatives of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. and the Sydney Woolselling Brokers'…

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The Wool Trade Influence of Dry Season Interest in London Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

The London July series of wool sales which opened on Tuesday,, will form the main item of interest in trade circles…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Bounty Proposals Flour Tax Impossible Statement By Acting Minister

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 33

Commenting on a statement by the Premier of South Australia that an excise and bounty scheme for the wheat industry would probably meet with…

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MR. A. E. Bowman—bethanga Grazier Death in Melbourne Hospital Bred Fat Cattle and Horses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 46

One of the best-known stock and property owners in the northeast of Victoria, Mr. .Albert Edward Bowman, 73, died at a private hospital in…

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Farmer Injured at Euberta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 16

When the horse he was riding on Monday fell, Rixon M'Grath, aged 55 years, farmer, of Naran-dera-road, Euberta, was severely…

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National Insurance Dairymen's Resolj[?]on

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

At a meeting of the Council of the Co-operative Butter and Cheese Factories' Association, Mr. W. J. Baton presiding, the following resolution was…

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Twin City Tractors World's Largest Fleet 213 on One Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 28

On the farms owned by the Mid-West Canning Corporation, Producers of tho famous Del Monte quality foods, 213 Twin City Tractors are working year in…

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New Zealand Farmers Visit to South Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 33

A party of New Zealand farmers and their wives arrived in Melbourne by the liner Wanganella, and spent the day there, and went on by train for…

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The Dairy Shorthorn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 45

The undisputed fact that cows of Bhorthorn type comprise approximately two-thirds of England's daily herds, and about three-quarters of the…

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Hay Junior Farmers. Meeting of Advisory Committee

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

A meeting of the Hay Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee took place at the Public School, on Tuesday night. There were present:…

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Carrying More Cows Improving Soil Fertility Many Farmers Better Off with Smaller Properties

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

It was easy to increase herds and areas by the expenditure of money, but most dairy farmers would, probably be better off if they had less land and…

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