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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,461 stories in Murray's papers · page 70 of 124

Monster Wheat Growers’ Demonstration Premier Will Attend Donald

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 6

The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) had promised to attend a monster demonstration stration by wheat farmers at Donald to demand Government action to…

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Stabilising Wheat Plan to Guarantee 3/4 No Restriction of Output

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 4

A scheme propounded by Mr. J. A. Ralston, of Bidgeemia, to stabilise the wheat industry, is being placed before the authorities by Mr. Tom Collins, member for Hume. Mr. Ralston has endeavored to avoid restriction, except on the largest…

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Wheat Touches Lowest Level in History of Sydney Market Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 2

Wheat was sold in Sydney today at 1/105 a bushel, exclusive of storage charges, and it represented, the lowest price ever recorded…

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Japan’s Wool Purchases Further Reduction Indicated Graders Disappointed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 3

Japan’s guarantee to buy about 200,000 bales of wool from Australia in the 1933-40 season meant a further reduction in her purchases, which…

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Dairying Equipment Stainless Metal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 4

Discussing recent trends in the dairying industry, an article in the Agricultural Gazette refers to the reduction during the past year in the…

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Trees on the Farm Homestead Shelter Belts

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 4

Shelter belts about the homestead serve a dual purpose. They increase the comfort of the dwelling, making it a much more pleasant place to live…

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Pastoral Conditions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 4

The monthly press report of the Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture is appended…

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Wheat Scheme Proposed Commonwealth Control

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 3

Mr. James A. Ralston, president of the Bidgeemia Wheatgrowers' Union, has submitted to the Federal authorities a wheat stabilisation…

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Backs of Sheep Frozen in Victoria Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 6

All Victoria froze last night, and with the exception of Mildura, every town reported air temperatures of below freezing point Mildura,…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Top-dressing of Lucerne a Seasonable Reminder

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 4

Top-dressing the stand with superphosphate in the spring has been found highly beneficial to the vigour and longevity of lucerne…

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“Dad and Dave” Methods in Some N.S.W. Dairy Farms New Zealand Criticism Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 4

Criticism of N.S.W. dairy farmers for relying on hand milking and out of dale pasture control was voiced by Mr. Lovegrove, a member of the…

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Foot Lameness in Sheep Two Distinct Types Result of Flush Season

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 3

There has been a good deal of controversy in both pastoral and scientific circles regarding what is, commonly known as fot-rot in…

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Mr. Menzies to Be Asked Attitude on Wheat Stabilisation Junee

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 6

Confidence in the wheat stabilisation scheme proposed by Mr. Hugh Robertson, of Old Junee, which aims, at obtaining 4/ a bushel for the first 3000…

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Corryong Man Freed Mix-up Among Cattle Case Heard at Wangaratta Sessions Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 6

A case arising out of a search for 600 cattle, which disappeared from the hill country beyond Tallangatta, was heard before Judge…

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Albury Junior Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 2

At a meeting on Tuesday of the Junior Farmers Club, at the High School. Messrs. Wilson and Miles, poultry fanciers, explained some…

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Pastoral Better Sheep Management

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 8

Discussing at a recent conference of farmers the question of what the sheep man could do to maintain his industry on a sound footing in view of the lack…

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Bigger Returns in Sight New Wool Clip Sheep Cutting Better

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 2

Shearing is now Proceeding over a wide area of the New South Wales plain country, and the new clip is arising in fair quantities into…

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Finley Sheep Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 1

At Finley on Wednesday, August 2, the N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. Ltd. (A. G. Rourke, local representative) will yard 7,000 store sheep and sheep in prime…

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Wool Bounty

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 1

The request of the woolgrowers for a bounty on wool is the conclusion logically following Australia's adoption of the policy of protection all…

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London Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, report having received the fallowing cable from their London office regarding wool sales held: “Closed; good…

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