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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,819 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 91

Quantity & Quality Of Wheat Better Than Expected

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

Wheat yields and the quality or the grain, despite damage caused by rust as a result of early summer rains, were tetter throughout…

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Taking the Shrinkage Out of Wool. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 8

A secret method of treating wool whereby shrinkage is considerably reduced has been successful. The Assistant Minister for Supply and…

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Turning Back The Files . . . 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” January 24,1930)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

FIRE.—Mr W. J. Stint’s singe-seater car was almost totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday, on the cemetery [?]oad. (From the “Pastoral Times,”…

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Wheat Deliveries Total 153,648 Bags— 102,607 Trucked Away

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

Wheat is still trickling into the Deniliquin railway station, although the majority of farmers have cleaned up their harvests…

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F. & S. Association Purchase of Feed Wheat Bush Fire Precautions

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Henty branch of the Farmers, and Settlers' Association was held on Tuesday evening, tie president (Mr. K. R…

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South African Wheat Shortage Importation of Supplies From Australia Cape Town, Jan. 31

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

The Control Board has issued permits for the importation of 250,000 bags of Australian wheat which it is expected will be landed at 24/ a bag,…

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Agricultural Italian Rye and Bed Clover Provides Good Winter Grazing for Dairy Cows

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

Discussing in the "Agricultural Gazette" the advantages of Italian Rye and red clover as a temporary pasture for fertile soils in coastal, tableland…

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Painting on the Farm Treatment of Galvanized Iron

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 4

Under the heading of iron may be included roof iron, guttering, downpipes tanks, and water pipes. In all these instances the iron is…

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Ryeland Sheep in Demand

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 7

At the Albury show ground yesterday Dalgety and Co. Ltd. dispersed well-known “Goombargana” Ryeland stud, under instructions from Mr…

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Commercial Holbrook Wool Praised Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.’s appraisement catalogue included a good collection of wools from the northeast of Victoria, extending as far…

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Farmer Killed; Woman And Daughter Badly Hurt

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

Michael Cross, aged 58, farmer, of Tallandoon, was killed instantly in a head-on collision between motor ears on the Omeo highway…

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Farming After War Development to be Discus Conference in Hobart Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

Plans for post-war development and control of Australian prl[?] industries will be discussed by the Australian Agricultural Council…

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Foreign Sales of Wool

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

If any evidence exists upon which woolgrowers could rely as a guide to profits they might expect from the resale of their products abroad, no…

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Anthrax Causes Death Of 30 Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

An outbreak of anthrax has occurred in a flock, of 1,100 sheep on a property near Aratula, between Deniliquin and…

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153,910 Bags of Wheat Delivered

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

Deliveries of wheat to the Deniliquin railway station have been almost completed The total up to today was 153,910 bags A few more thousand…

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No Wheat for Soviet; Inquiries Made Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 6

No wheat has been sold to Russia since the [?] most unlikely that any [?] existing circumstances. it was [?]…

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Turning Back The Files . . . 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” January 31, 1930)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

UNLUCKY. — There is one unlucky man in Deniliquin He is to be prosecuted for alleged waste of water. Most of the other users ought to take tickets…

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The War Day by Day By the Department of Information Wheat Yield

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Crop for 1939/ 40 season is expected to approximate 204,000,000 bushels. In 1932/33 the crop reached the record figure of 214,000,000…

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Commercial To-day’s Sheep Market (Supplied by John McNamara and Co Pty. Ltd.) NEWMARKET

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

Sheep, 1/ dearer. Lambs, firmer. All classes stores, dearer…

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Wool From Soya Beans

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 February 1940 · page 3

The Australian Trade Commissioner in Japan reports that Japanese rayon and artificial fibre companies are turning their attention to the production…

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