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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,461 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 124

Home Price for Wheat Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 6

Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., stated today that forms are being sent out to Rural Bank branches and police stations within a few days for…

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Parasites of Young Sheep Need for Early Treatment

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

Commenting in a recent report on the trouble being encountered in many parts of the State with internal parasitism of young sheep, the acting chief…

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Upper Hurray Farmers Facing Serious Problems Following Fires and Drought

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

At the Walwa Bush Fire Relief Committee (fodder section) meeting, reports were made that considerable quantities of fodder (wheat and chaff)…

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Wool Fibre From Coal and Lime Germany to Make Large-Scale Manufacture Figures Quoted by N.S.W. Agent general a Warning to Australia SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 6

Remarkable progress has been made by Italy, Japan and Germany in the production of synthetic wool, according to a statement furnished…

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Pastoral Interval Parasites of Young Sheep Need for Early Treatment

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Commenting in a recent report on the trouble being encountered in many parts of the State with internal parasitism of voung sheep, the Acting…

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Sheep Breeders Out to Make Australia Wool Conscious Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

To make Australia wool conscious and to dissipate any. Ideas that might exist as to the virtues of synthetic wool, the N.S.W. Sheep Breeders’…

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Wagga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

The Associated Agents at Wagga reported yesterday a yarding of 595 cattle, comprising 540 fat, 45 stores and 10 dairy cattle in the fat section…

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Wheat Bounty Application Forms Available

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

Mr. J. A. Lawson, M. L. A., advises us that application forms for the wheat bounty, both bushed and acreage, are being sent from Sydney this week…

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Tests with Wheat. Results Over 4 Years

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

Farmers’ experiment plots are conducted annually throughout Western Riverina by the Department of Agriculture, co-oeperting…

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Internal Parasites Need for Early Treatment of Young Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Commenting in a recent report on the trouble being encountered in many parte of the State with internal parasites of young sheep, the Acting Chief…

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Graziers to Send Wool Exhibit to California

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

The Southern Riverina Graziers’ Association, at a meeting in Wagga yesterday, decided to co-operate with the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and…

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Carnival at Baths “Mail” Retains Pastoral Cup Visit of Miss Cure Dennis

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3

Despite a south-easterly gale, there was an excellent attendance when 400 people gathered at the Albury baths last…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” January 11, 1929)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

DEATH. — Miss M. J. Nestrom, of “Castlewood,” died on Wednesday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. P. Nestrom, and had been canning on the…

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HIGH F.A.Q. of Wheat 64½ lb. Bushel in N.S.W. Expert Criticises System Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

The f.a.q. standard for N.S.W. wheat was fixed to-day at 64½ lb. This is the second highest grading on record and the highest for 25 years…

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Experiments by Farmer Deniliquin Results

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

Wheat and oat variety trials were conducted by Mr. S. Whyborn (Gulpa) in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture…

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Sheep and Water

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 5

Sheep are fastidious about their water supply; be it from tank, river or bore, they take a thing to it and will often refuse water from other…

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Danger to Wool Industry

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

One wonders whether the increasing use of artificial fabrics throughout the world is the only danger to Australia's wool industry,…

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Farmers Jubilant in Queensland Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

Falls of one to three inches have been recorded over the greater part of the State during the last 24 hours, and farmers are jubilant. In some districts,…

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Wangaratta Crop Competition

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

Results of the Wangaratta crop and fallow competition for 1938, which was judged by Mr. J. A. Morrow. manager of the Experiment Farm at Rutherglen,…

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Relief for Distressed Wheat-growers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. A. Reid) that at present it was proposed that crops sown…

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