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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,461 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 124

Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

The Associated Agents conjointly report having held their fortnightly sheep market at Albury yesterday. In the fat section; the number submitted was…

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London Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having received the following from their London office: “Wool sale opened, large attendance,…

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The Wool Situation

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

The state of the wool market has provoked much discussion lately says, the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company…

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Fat Cattle Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

At Newmarket to-day 1945 fat bullocks were drawn for, showing an increase of 110 on last week’s total. The quality of the offering was good, but…

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Dalgety’s Lockhart Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Lockhart, report having held a. most successful monthly market on Friday last, when they offered 6000 splendid sheep to…

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Wheat Market Lifeless Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 5

The Sydney wheat market was lifeless to-day. It was reported that three cargoes of Australian grain had been sold to China at a price not disclosed…

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Bio Carry-over of Wheat Expected Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 1

Fearing that the wheat crop carryover this year would be 38 million bushels, .Mr. MdGirr (Lab.), asked the Minister for Agriculture in the…

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The Future of Wool Substitutes Only a Makeshift Belgian Opinion

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 3

"With regard to the future, there is no wool problem, properly speaking," says Mr. E. Audenaert, a well-known Belgian wool broker, in his…

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Free Information for Farmers. Valuable Departmental Service

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

Not every farmer is aware that there is a free information service at his disposal. Local experiment and research, and contact with that…

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Echuca Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

McKenzie and Co. invite entries of sheep for then special sale at Echuca on Thursday, March 30. Six thousand sheep have been entered to date…

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Tocumwal Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

H. W. Tuck and Co. and Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. (in conjunction) will sell 5000 sheep at Tocumwal on Friday, March 24. The sheep are all in great…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Further Good Wool Clearance

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd report (13th March):— Sales were resumed in Melbourne today, when we brought forward a catalogue…

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The Wagga Sheep Sale. Conducted by A.M.L. and F. Co

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

The sharp rise in sheep values was solidly confirmed at the A.M.L. and F. Co.'s special sheep sale at Wagga, on 13th inst., when more than…

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Wool Sales Australian Turnover £28,180,145 IN 8 MONTHS

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

Statistics compiled by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that in the first eight months of the 1938-39 season, 2,104,600…

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Moama Special Store Sheep Sale Highly Successful 14,000 Yarded, 13,650 Sold

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

JOHN MeNAMARA & CO. PTY. Ltd. report a very successful sale of store sheep at Moama. yesterday—the first Moama sale held since the recent rain…

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Bounty on Wool Graziers Want 1d. a lb. Other Interesting Decisions Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

After several delegates had stated that added costs In the wool industry had been built up at the expense of graziers, the conference of…

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Bounty for Wool ? Penny Per Lb. Would Cost £3,250,000 Burdens on the Grower

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

At the Graziers’ Conference in Sydney on Monday, the president (Mr. J. P. Abbott), said that to remedy the position of the woolgrower in Australia,…

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Dairying a Reminder for Winter Fodders

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

It is again seasonable to remlnd dairy farmers that for sustained production consistently ample feeding of cattle is necessary, and that the…

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Farmer Killed in Unusual Way Kempsey

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

Ernest de la Force, aged 56, dairy farmer, of Upper Macleay, was killed in-unusual circumstances to-day. While walking on some concrete, he slipped…

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Commercial Robert Bradshaw’s Highly Successful Special Sale Breeding Ewes to 31/, Wethers to 22/9, Store Weaners Mixed Sexes to 23/9 Whole Yarding of 5009 District Sheep Realised the Excellent Average of 22/1 per Head

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

ROBERT BRADSHAW reports having conducted a special sale of sheep and cattle at Deniliquin yesterday (16th), which, in the opinion of competent…

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