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Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 154

Farmers and Graziers' Special Sheep Sale Albury Offering of 12,000 Head

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 44

Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. report having held a most satisfactory sheep sale at Albury on Monday, when they submitted a penning of 12,000…

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Australia's Wheat Crop Revised Estimates Estimated Yield of 161,781,000 Bushels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 15

As the result of an adjustment in respect of Tasmania, the final estimate of the area sown to wheat for grain in Australia for the 1937-38 season is…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales the Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co. Ltd, Wool Sales Commence for 1938, January 17

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Sales were resumed in this centre today when we offered a catalogue of some 2412 bales. The selection was only an average one. The bulk of the…

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Stud Cattle Worth £10,000 for N.s.w

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 13

A shipment of 32 stud polled Shorthorns from the United States arrived in Sydney on Monday by the Yomachichi. This is believed to be the…

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More Land for Sheep Stimulating Industry North Australia Considerations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 31

Recommendations in the report of the Payne Committee on North Australia for the development of sheep raising on lands now used for cattle…

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London Wool Sales. Market Unaltered. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Good selection was offered at the wool sales to-day, and met active competition from the Home trade and the Continent, with Russia also…

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Not Effect of Policy Lower Wool Prices

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 9

Allegations made by the Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Ogilvie) that Federal policy has been responsible for the recent disappointing wool prices were…

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London Wool Sales. Market Practically Unaltered. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Wool sales opened at par to five per cent, better all round, with the exception of short-haired inferior merinos. There was good Home and Continen…

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London Wool Sales Continental Buyers Active London

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Firm limits continue to prevail at the wool sales, but bidders were anxious to buy and withdrawals were negligible. Continental buyers were especially…

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London Wool Sales. Active Competition LONDON, January 19

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

A good selection was offered at the wool sales. to-day, and, it met with active Competition from the home made and the Continent, with Russia…

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Feeding the Dairy Herd Continuity of Supply Important Special Cropping and Conservation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 29

Advocates of the more frequent use of the plough on dairy farms appear to have lost ground in recent years. With the development and…

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Production and Breeding Records Value to the Dairy Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 4

Many dairymen keep cows which are unprofitable in their herd simply because those cows are good-looking animals, or perhaps because in the…

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Feeding of Sheep Methods in Dry Times Advice of Stock Branch

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Hand-feeding of sheep is now in progress in many inland districts, and if good falls of rain are not shortly received, stock will have to be fed in…

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Wool and Stock Reports. the Riverine Grazier" Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Our Sydney correspondent wires: Cattle: 3742 yarded, market firmer; bullocks £6 to £14; cows £4 to £9 10/; best beef 40/; good quality 33/…

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Untold Damage Done by Floods in North Rivers Swirling Torrents Man and Many Cattle Drowned Train Marooned; Towns Isolated SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Widespread damage the extent of which it is yet impossible to assess, was caused over a wide area of the North Coast by flood waters, which are swirling down all the coastal rivers. Hundreds of acres of low-lying areas are covered too a depth of…

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Short-term Loans for Farmers Scheme for England London, January 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 38

Consultations are proceeding between the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Farmers' Union concerning a scheme suggested by the union for…

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Dairying Silage From Paspalum Conservation of Surplus Growth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 25

Recent rains have been favorable to rapid growth of paspalum in many coastal districts, and dairy farmers would be well advised to close up one…

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Farmers Delighted Opportunity to Make Good

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 31

The decision of the State Government to assist settlers in the south-west, and to make available £25,000 immediately to necessitous farmers…

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More Weather Details Broadcasts for Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 47

Efforts are being made by the Minister for the Interior (Mr. M'Ewen) to widen the scope of tho weather information broadcast to farmers each…

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