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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,819 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 91

Local Sheep Dog Wins Barham Trial

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

Mr. Eric Morris, of Mayrung, was a successful competitor in the sheep dog trials at Barham, winning the open trial with his well-known collie, “Moss.”…

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Wheat, Cinderella Among Primary Products Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

The shipping problem of the moment was the scarcity of tramp tonnage to lift types of cargo, such as wheat and barley, declared Sir…

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Items of News Man Injured by Falling Sales of Wool

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

Three bales of wool fell on Ernest [?] aged 20 of [?] street, about 12.30 pm., yesterday when he was slacking wool at Logan’s…

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Wheat Sale 56,000,000 Bushels for United Kingdom "Satisfactory" Price Reported

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

The sale to the United Kingdom Government of 56,000,000 bushels of wheat and 150,000 tons of flour at a price which is regarded as very…

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

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

Lambs and stores, a shade dearer. Sheep, firm…

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Britain Wants Wheat Price Kept Secret Board Chairman’s Revelations Big Sales Made Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

It was at the [?] of Great Britain that the price at which 1,500,000 tons of Australian wheat and 150,000 tons of floor were sold was not…

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Successful Special Sheep Sale at Echuca. 16,000 Yarded; 14,423 Sold at Average of Approx. 22/6

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

YOUNGHUSBAND LIMITED yarded about 16,000 sheep at their January special sheep sale at Echuca on Thursday, and sold 14,423 at an average of…

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Failing to Furnish Returns. Kempsey Farmer Fined £480. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

At the Kempsey Police Court, yesterday, Walter Ernest Harwood, farmer, of Macleay River, was fined a total of £480, on charges of having…

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Wheat Panic Unjustified

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

Welcome as was the news that the Australian Wheal Board had shaken off its torpor and sold 1,500,000 tons of this season’s wheat and 150,000…

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[?]Ust in Wheat Crops. Ford Resistant. Dundee Susceptible

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

Heavy rains last November in several sections of the wheat belt stimulated extensive development of stem rust in crops already sappy and…

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Wheat Yields Reduced One-third. Effects of rust on crops

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

Wheat yields in Deniliquin district his season have been reduced by one-third as a result of rust, in the opinion of Mr T. P. Taylor, district…

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Fat Sheep and Lamb Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

The quality of the offering of fat sheep at Newmarket to-day was fairly good, and in the early sales competition was animated, prices being…

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Dover’s Death Had Charge of Cattle with [?]

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 3

The death has occurred in Narrandera Hospital of Mr Frank Pearce [?] a well-known drover of Narrandera, who became suddenly [?]…

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Anthrax Among Cattle Deaths at Tocumwal.all Precautions Taken

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 1

On Tuesday night of last week a meeting of the Morundah Progress Association was held to consider reports that a number of cattle had…

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Wheat Section Entries Time Limit Extended Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Society has decided to extend the closing date of entries in the wheat section of the Royal Easter Show, until Monday…

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Irrigation Farming. Valuable Free Booklet

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

Irrigation practice in New South Wales, up to the present, has been confined to the well-known Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, and to…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Irrigation Farming Valuable Free Booklet

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 4

Irrigation practice in New South Wales, up to the present, has been confined to the well-known Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas and to…

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Rust in Wheat Crops Ford Resistant: Dundee Susceptible

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 4

Heavy rains last November in several sections of the wheat belt stimulated extensive development of stem rust in crops already sappy…

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F.A.Q. for Wheat Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 3

The fixing of the fair average quality standard for wheal for N.S.W. for the 1939-40 season will take place at the Sydney Chamber of Commerce on…

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Price for Wheat Sold to Britain Announced Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) announced to-day that the average price for half the wheat sold to Britain, namely, 750,000 tons, would…

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