Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,461 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 124

Albury Wool Sale Dates Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 8

The programme of wool sales for the southern States for the remainder of the 1988-89 season was announced to-day. The Albury sales will take…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Firm Wool Market in Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Under strong competition from the Continent and Yorkshire, and with good support from Japan and local mills, the market at the wool sales…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool Prices. The Week's Average. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

The average price of wool sold in Sydney for the first three days of the week, was £13/4/9 per bale, and 10.8d. per lb…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

20,000 Tons of Wheat for China Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 8

Three cargoes of wheat, two from N.S.W. and one from S.A., were reported to-day to have been sold to China. The three cargoes aggregate…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Drover Fined 1600 Sheep in Mob Permit Taken Out for 1400

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

On a charge of travelling sheep without a permit, Leslie Hynes, a drover, was fined £4, with £1/19/6 costs, in default 12 days, in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Turning Back the Files... 10 YEAS AGO:(From the “Pastoral Times,” February 8, 1929)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

ROYAL HOTEL. —It was reported yesterday that the Royal Hotel had been sold in Melbourne to Mrs. E. Clarke. The purchase price was not…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Wool Industry Methods of Reducing Cost of Production

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

To maintain the wool industry on a sound footing, with the capacity to compete successfully with the manufacturers of artificial fibres, it is obvious…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Pastoral Cup to Albury C.Y.M.S. Mate’s Take Globe Hotel Cup Fastest Time Broken Keen Swimming at Baths

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

Before an attendance of more than 500 at the Albury baths last evening, Albury C.Y.M.S., after a great swim, won the Pastoral Hotel Cup from…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Sydney Wool Sales. Yesterday's Market. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Under widespread competition the market ruled firm for all descriptions at yesterday's wool sales. Yorkshire and the Continental buyers…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Science Points Way to Better Crops From Stubble

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The original findings of the Waite Research Station of South Australia in regard to the advantages to be derived from introducing sulphate of ammonia…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Master Farmers' Competition Trophy to Mr. E. H. SCHOLZ

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

At the conclusion of the business of the meeting the chairman (Mr. Morison) said he had a pleasing duty to perform in the presenting of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Dairyman's Greed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

I will keep individual cow records as long as I milk cows for a living. I will use only a good bull, that my herd may improve…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Amazing Pea Crop

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

A return of £54 an acre of green peas from a 70 acre block that was in use for only three months of the year has been reported from Hastings (N. Z.)…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Potato Crop Failure

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

The condition of the Victorian potato crop, due to the continued drought, is the worst ever known, according to a report issued by the Department of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Sydney Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 7

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having received the following wire from their Sydney office, viz.: “Wool our to-day’s sale strong…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Market Reports Wool Market

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 1

Goldbrough Mort and Co. report for 6th Feb: Auctions were resumed in Melbourne today and we submitted 5200 bales. Under the keenest and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Long-legged Cattle Not Good "Chillers"

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

The chilled beef export trade is calling for superior carcases, and buyers of stores for fattening are recommended to give attention to the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Quantity of Wool Found

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

Some strange examples of lost property are handed in at the Albury Police Station, but one of the most unusual was received in the last day or so…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Wheat Market Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 7

Sydney-wheat market was again dull to-day. Buyers quoted bulk new season’s parcels at 2/5½ and bagged new lots at 2/6 a busbel. For country lots…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →