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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,819 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 91

Itauan Rye and Red Clover Winter Grazing for Dairy Cows

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

Discussing the advantages of Italian rye and red clover as a temporary pasture for fertile soils m coastal, tableland and other districts where the…

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Weeds in Orchards Sometimes Useful Cover Crops

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

Weeds in [?] may not be evidence of neglect, nor are they always to be condemned. In many hilly districts of higher rainfall, it has become…

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Wagga Special Cattle Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

An opportunity to secure good quality store cattle will be offered to graziers by Younghusband Limited at Wagga on Friday next, May 3. Fifteen…

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26,000 Sheep at Wagga

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

The A.M.L. and F. Co. will yard 26,000 attractive sheep at Wagga on Tuesday next. The lines include 15,000 merino wether weaners and rising…

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Pastoral Mortality Associated with Drought Due to Causes Other Than Starvation

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

Apart from the losses of sheep due to starvation, sheep frequently die from other reasons during drought. Among such causes of mortality are…

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Wool and Stock Reports the Riverine "Grazier" Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

Owing to the holiday, no fat stock sales took place at Homebush yesterday…

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A Sheep-Stealing Case Defendant Convicted and Fined Police v. G. A. Yensch

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 6

At the Henty Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. L Beavers, PM., Gustav Adolph Yensch, butcher, Culcairn, was convicted of having stolen two lambs, the property of A. G. Seymour, Henty, and was fined. Mr. O. C. Alldis, solicitor, Culcairn, appeared for…

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Vast Scope for Improvement Farmers Must Be Self-reliant Air Training Scheme

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 8

There are few, if any industries, whose position cannot be enormously improved by careful stocktaking and a revision of methods…

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Free Publications on Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

More than 14,500 farmers applied last year for literature issued by the Department of Agriculture. Some 1750,000 copies of pamphlets,…

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Yesterday’s Rain Pleased Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 3

Steady rain throughout yesterday afternoon and evening brought the total since the break in the weather on Wednesday at Albury to 188…

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Rain Enhances Value of Sheep at Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 6

As a result of the rain, which totalled 204 points, the sheep market at Wangaratta yesterday showed a rise of 1/ to 1/6 per head…

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Using Milking Machines Practical Advice from "A Practical Dairy Farmer"

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 6

In the following article a practical dairy farmer gives his experience on this subject in the "New Zealand Farmer Weekly."…

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Down on the Farm

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 6

A farmer gave a job to a seedy-looking individual who had assured him that he never got tired. When the employer went to the field where…

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Wheat Restrictions Opposed by Farmers Conference at Canberra Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 2

The wheat restriction plan of the Federal Government is opposed by representatives of the primary producers…

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Eire Wants Better Prices for Its Butter London. April 27

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 2

The first direct personal conference between Ministers from England and Eire for two years will take place at the Dominions Office on April 30. with…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 4

Younghusband Limited, auctioneers, wagga, report holding a special sheep sale at Wagga on Tuesday last when they yarded 16,00 sheep. The…

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Sale of Cattle at Wagga

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 1

YOUNGHUSBAND LTD., Wagga, report holding a special sheep sale at Wagga on Tuesday last, when they yarded 16,000 sheep. The quality of the…

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Australian Sheep Skins Canberra, Tuesday Morning

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 2

Senator McBride. Acting Minister for Commerce, announced last night that the British Government had agreed to purchase the whole of the…

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Australian Wool Prices No Revision Possible

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 2

The values of Australian woo already appraised and passed into the bulk for shipment to Great Britain cannot be reviewed, the Assistant…

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Victorian Graziers Want Higher Wool Price MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 6

After discussion of the terms under which the Australian wool clip has been sold to the Imperial Government, the council of the Graziers’…

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