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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,066 stories in Murray's papers · page 82 of 154

Our London Letter Duke of Windsor Libel Risks; What Rearmament Is Costing: the Ruined Fruit Crop; Workers on the Move. London, June 24

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 4

Bringing out a book about the Du[?] Of Windsor must new be classed as an enterprise so risks that it is impossible to insure against its consequences…

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Politics, Wheat and Wool Farmers to Discuss Conference to be Held Some of the Resolutions Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 8

More than 250 motions will be submitted to the 45th annual conference of the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association, which will begin at Sydney…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 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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Newmarket Fat Cattle Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

At Newmarket to-day the market was supplied with 1635 fat bullocks, an increase Of 220 on last sale. The quality compared favorably with last week,…

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Lice Infestation in Sheep Some Seasonable Precautions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

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

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Fixed Wheat Price in Canada Edmonton. July 26

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 8

The Alberta branch of the Canadian Commonwealth Federation Party (Labor) has sent a resolution to Ottawa urging the Government to fix the new…

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Wheat Market Dull Prick Down Again Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 6

The price of wheat was marked by another half-penny a bushed in Melbourne to-day, to 3/5 a bushed on trucks at…

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Agents Will Commence Cattle Sales at Albury If Council Provides Facilities

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 6

Albury Municipal Council was advised at a meeting last evening by the Albury and Wodonga Stock Agents’ Association that the…

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Pastoral Harrowing Pastures

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 25

Harrowing of pastures is commonly advisable in August, and if not done on fields on which animal manure is plentiful the spring growth of the…

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Commercial Wakool Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 3

Mr. Robert Bradshaw, Deniliquin, and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Echuca, agents in conjunction, report having held a special…

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London Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 45

Younghusband Ltd. report having received the following cable from their London agents:—"Wool sales closed. Attendance and competition well…

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Fat Cattle Sales Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 45

At Newmarket to-day the market was supplied with 1635 fat bullocks, an increase of 220 on last sale. The quality compared favorably with last…

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Blackleg in Cattle Disease Described

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 43

Blackleg is an acute infectious disease of cattle caused by a specific organism. Cattle between the ages of four and eighteen months are the most…

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Drought in Riverina Heavy Sheep Losses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 9

Although the parched areas of the Riverina have received a good inch of rain within the last week the rainfall has been, insufficient to relieve acute…

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"Shooting Justified" Sheep Attacked by Dog

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

Arising out of this shooting of a Greyhound dog while it was attacking sheep, a Judgment of considerable importance was given by Judge…

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Wool Substitutes. Why Wool is Not Bought. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 3

Sir Norman Kater, who returned to Sydney to-day, after a visit overseas, expressed great concern at the large increase in the use of substitutes for…

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Quality of Wheat Important Characters

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 39

Discussing in a recent address to farmers the characters desirable in wheat, a cereal chemist of the Department of Agriculture stated that the…

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Wheat Crops in N.S.W. Position Now Better an Official Review Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 4

The Director of Marketing (Mr. A. A. Watson), in a review of wheat crop conditions, stated today that at the date the reports…

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Cattle Sales at Albury Stock Agents Agree

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 3

The Albury and Wodonga Stock Agents' Association intimated at the fortnightly meeting of Albury Municipal Council, on Wednesday evening,…

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Wool Market More Confidence Apparent

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 45

The generally firmer prices recorded at closing London, wool sales and the maintenance of rates for tops in Bradford give reason for faith in the…

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