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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,461 stories in Murray's papers · page 52 of 124

Farmers’ Feud Bitterness Between Families Defendant Tells Court Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3

Defending a £1000 claim for damages for alleged assault and battery made against him and his son, Roy Challis, Samuel Wadeson, aged 72,…

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“Facial Eczema” in Sheep and Cattle Preventive Methods

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 9

During recent years the disease condition known as facial eczema in sheep and cattle has been somewhat prevalent in New Zealand. The name…

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Sheep Blowfly. Research Into Problem

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 1

Development of a simple synthetic nutrient medium as a food supply for blowfly larvae in the laboratory, as part of investigations by the Council…

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More Butter Being- Made at Tallangatta"

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 6

In May Tallangatta butter factory made 73 tons of butter, an increase of 64 tons over May, 1938. Accounts passed for payment amounted to…

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Sales of Sheep Skins Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Association reports that 63,619 sheep skins were offered for sale to-day. There was a keen demand for all descriptions and…

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Sheep Vaccination of Interest to District Graziers

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 1

Vaccination of stock and particularly sheep, to protect them against certain diseases is becoming a very widespread necessity…

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Self Reliance of Wool Industry

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 1

In its long and eventful history many periods of adversity have occurred to shake the stability of the wool growing industry, says the Australian…

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Low Average for Wool Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 2

The average price of wool sold in Sydney this week was £10 15/10 a bale, and 8d per lb…

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Items of News 500 Head of Cattle for Table Top

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 6

On Sunday a special train from Gloucester, on the north-coast line will bring 500 head of cattle to Table Top. The train will consist of 50…

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Australia’s Wool Clip Estimated at Little Over Three Million Bales MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 12

The Australian wool clip for the 1939-40 season season was estimated at 3,096,500 bales by a joint conference in Sydney to-day of the National…

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The Citrus Crop Need for Care in Picking and Packing

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 2

Though citrus fruits may not show injury "from bruises for some after : picking, in- reality the oil cells of the skin "are very easily damaged,…

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Dairy Herd Auction

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 2

Alf. Michell will hold an auction sale of a dairy herd, Hereford bull, and full working pant a/c. Mrs. E J. Haeffner, Fallon st. on June 17,…

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Bacon-curing on the Farm a Seasonable Operation

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 11

The curing of bacon should be conducted in a somewhat moist atmosphere with a regular temperature of from 40 to 45 deg. Fah., and for this…

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Denies Reputation As Great Fighter Man's Story to Court Moyhu Farmers at Law Melboubne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 7

Denying that he had a great local reputation as a fighter, and could dispose of the neighboring family of Sampscns with ease,…

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Discomforts of Winter Dairying Value of Concrete

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 9

The wet boggy conditions occasioned on many farms by the continuous heavy rains of recent weeks have given a foretaste of the discomforts that may…

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American Wheat Harvest Down Washington, June 9

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 9

It has been announced that winter wheat production is estimated at 523,431,000 bushels, a decline of 20,497,000 from a month ago. Dry weather…

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Mr. Menzies Hears Plans for Wheat Price Stabilisation Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 9

Because the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) had been unable to attend an interview on Friday between representatives of the Australian…

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Wool Industry “Cant Carry On” Now Producing at a Loss Demand for Relief Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 5

The secretary of the Graziers’ Association (Mr. V. W. Officer) to-day stated that wool-growers had now reached the stage where they could not…

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Rugging of Sheep Trial at Condobolin Experiment Farm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

The rugging of sheep is a very controversial subject. A recent report from South Australia indicates that results are still proving very satisfactory in…

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[?]Ourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 1

COMMONWEALTH WOOL. & [?] CO. LTD. report (June 7): [?] our teal sale for the season [?] we offered a catalogue of…

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