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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 81 of 154

Farmer Found Dead in Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Johnstone Ambrose Crazier, 54, a well-known Nashua farmer, was found drowned in Skinner's Creek, in the Bangalow district, about three quarters…

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Rain in Dry Riverina Timely Help for Crops Pastures Need Good Downpour

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 45

Welcome rain has fallen in the dry areas of Riveriha and the Mallee (Vic.). Although insufficient to meet the needs of these drought-stricken…

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Bethanga Farmer's Deal in Shares Salesman Acquitted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 8

A jury acquitted George M'Dougall, 59, at present residing at Albury Hotel, in respect to two charges relating to the purchase of shares. The…

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Good Crops at Berrigan Berrigan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 20

Dear Uncle,—I attend the Berrigan Public School, which is five miles from home. Our teacher is Mr. Jenken. We had good rain, which improved…

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Accident at Coolamon. Farm Hand Slips When Leaving Train. COOLAMON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

Donald Harvey (66), a farm hand, who was a passenger from Barrigan. was preparing to alight as the South-west mail was drawing into the…

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Bananas Cause of Jamaica Trouble Says Kingston Editor In London Crops Killed by Disease London, July 2

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

In London this week Mr. Herbert De Lisser, editor of a Kingston, Jamaico, newspaper, gave his reasons for the unrest in the island…

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Pastoral Wound Infections of Sheep. Measures Against Losses During Shearing

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 3

With the approach of shearing operations the attention of sheepowners may be directed to the necessity for carrying out preventive…

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Premier to Discuss Wheat Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier told Mr. Kilpatrick (C.P., Wagga) that he intended to call a conference of Premiers to discuss the…

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Prevention of Mortality Following Shearing The Importance of Shelter for Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 3

Mthod of management is as important factor in mortality following hearing. Very fat or very poor sheo are those most susceptible. If…

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Damages Awarded Dairywoman Case of the Nervous Horse Cows Also Went Dry Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 July 1938 · page 10

Mrs. Marion Alice Best, dairywoman, of Boundary road, Auburn, was to-day awarded £200 damages by Judge Foster in the Second County Court, arising…

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Commercial London Wool Sales London, July 22

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 4

When the fourth scries of the London wool sales concluded to-day 29,500 bales of Australian wool and 33,000 Laics of New Zealand wool had been…

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Marauding Dog Shot Killed 200 Sheep and Lambs Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 July 1938 · page 4

After killing 200 sheep and lambs in three months of marauding among flocks in the Yan Yan Gurt[?] Bambra, Wensleydale and Boonah…

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JINDERA Dogs and Crows a Menace to Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 3

Sheep owners are much troubled with marauding dogs and crows, which play havoc among the flocks. Mr. A. Ortlipp this week found the carcases…

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America’s Wheat Surplus Officials Proposals Criticised. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 6

“Making advances to growers up to 0 cents a bushel and storing 150 million bushels in the provinces for national security purposes are some of the…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” July 10, 1928)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 2

BOOTH AT RACES. —The publican’s booth rights at the D.J.C. races were purchased by Mr. N. D. Tait, of the Railway Hotel, for £66…

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More Worry for Mr. Lyons Home Price For Wheat C.P. May Force Issue Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 4

The fixation of a price for wheat may become one of the subjects on which the Commonwealth Government will be…

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Farmers More Hopeful Outlook Improved by Rain Hand-feeding Curtailed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 5

The immoral and agricultural outlook was considerably brightened throughout Victoria and most of the Riverina during the…

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Eat Sheep and Lamb Sale Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 2

23,000 fat sheep were entered, about 150[?] more than on Tuesday last. The full attendance of the trade was operating, together with country…

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Lice Infestation in Sheep. Some Seasonable [?]Tions

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 1

For the prevention of infestation of Sheep with lice, it is essential that contact with lousy sheep be avoided, and that clean sheep be kept out of…

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Silage Means Security “Two Years Fodder on Every Farm” Forty Years of Conservation

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 4

In no business was it safe to be without a reserve, pointed out Colonel T.E.W. Irwin, of Bega, in an account, at a recent Agricultural Bureau conference, of his forty years’ experience of fodder conservation. His cattle were the dairy farmer’s assets, and for their safguard it was…

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