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 81 of 124

Sales of Sheep Skins Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 9

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers’ Association report that 66,732 sheep skins were offered for sale to-day. The market ruled par to a farthing, and…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Wool for Children Safeguarding Their Health

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 5

A series of observations on the influence of wood underwear on the health of school children has been conducted in Paris. For two years flannel…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Corowa and District Farmers Talk Wheat Want 3/4 a Bushel at Sidings Decisions at Yesterday’s Meeting Sir Earle Page Accused of “Rail Sitting”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 2

Wheatgrowers over a very wide area met at Corowa yesterday afternoon and passed a resolution recommending to the Premiers’ Conference, which is to meet in Melbourne on Monday, that 3/4 per, bushel at country sidings be paid for all wheat produced…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Chemistry and Farming

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 5

A review article front "Banking and Business," New York, has something to say on this subject:—Anything that we can do to broaden…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Caulfield Cup Winner to Run at the Farm

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 8

Winner of the last Caulfield Cup, Bugalong, will be an interesting runner at Warwick Farm this afternoon. He is engaged in the Spring Handicap…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

May Beat Farm Sprinters

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 8

TE HERO, a New Zealand four-year-old, who is a favorite for the Epsom Handicap, and who is chosen by “Glenloth” to win the Campelltown…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Spring Favorites to Step Out at the Farm Fea[?]t of Great Racing Assured Te Hero to Beat Sprinters Defaulter and High Caste May Each Score

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 8

Great racing is assured at Warwick Farm to-day when the Spring Carnival will commence, with such races as the Campbelltown Handicap, Warwick Stakes, Hobartville Stakes, and Spring Handicap set down for decision…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act, 1938

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 August 1939 · page 6

The Commissioners of the Rural Bank cf N. S. W. remind wheat growers, who wish to apply for assistance under the provisions of the Wheal Industry…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Human Hair As Wool Substitute Japanese Discovery. Tokio, August 28

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 August 1939 · page 6

Mr. Tomamatsu Yoshino, a Japanese woollen mill owner, has announced his discovery of 3 chemical process by which human hair mixed…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

"Outlook by No Means Hopeless" Mr. Thorby on Wheat What Sir Earle Page Has Done "Responsibility of States" Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 August 1939 · page 6

"The present position of the wheat industry is the worst on record, yet the outlook is by no means hopeless," stated the deputy-leader of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Farmer Trapped and Drowned in Car Grafton

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 August 1939 · page 6

Frank Langshaw, aged about 60, a well-known farmer, of Lawrence, was drowned early to-day when the car he was driving backed off Bluff Point…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Monthly Sheep Market

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

The associated stock agents will yard sheep in the local yards on Thursday, September 7 (monthly sheep sale). Already entered are 150 first Romney…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Deniliquin Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

Next Thursday, at Deniliquin, Goldsbrough Mort and Co. will yard 15,000 high-class sheep, including 10,000 magnificent Northern N.S.W. bred…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool Sales Postponed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

Sydney wool sales, which were to have been held yesterday, were postponed for a week, on account of the international situation. A telegram…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Successful Sheep Sale at Narandera

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

DALGETY & CO. LTD. (inc. in England), Narandera, report having conducted a special sheep sale, in the Narandera yards on 21st inst., when…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Problems of Sheep Fertility. Climatic Influences

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

Dr. R. B. Kelley, of the McMaster Field Station, discussing some problems of fertility in ewes at the Australian Veterinary Association…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Successful Sheep Sale By Dalgety's, Narrandera

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. (Inc. in England) Narrandera, report having conducted a special sheep sale in the Narrandera yards on Monday,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act. 1938

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 3

The Commissioners of the Rural Bank of New South Wales desire again to remind wheatgrowers, who wish to apply for assistance under…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Special Sale of Fat Lambs and Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

Early entries of fat lambs and sheep are invited by the Deniliquin Associated Agents for their sale to be held in the local yards on Tuesday,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Polled Merinos. “In Keeping with Best Horned Sheep.”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 3

The following is taken from the “S.M. Herald”:— Mr. Otway Falkiner (of Messrs. F. S. Falkiner and Sons, the well-known…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →