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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Farm Products for Norway American Credit Granted Oslo, January 28

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 1

Norway has accepted United States credit totalling £2,300,000 for the purchase of American farm products…

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Pastoral Award

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 3

The executive council of the Australian Workers’ Union, which conducted its sittings in Sydney recently, to apply for a variation of the…

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Narrandera Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Narrandera report having conducted a very successful special cattle sale at Narrandera when they offered 300 cattle to…

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Wheat Prices

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 3

The British Government has acceded to a request from the Australian Wheat Board that the price of the 1,500,000, tons of wheat sold to Britain…

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Wheat Freights

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 3

Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Premier (Mr. A. Mair): Dear Mr. Lethbridge.--With…

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Appraisements of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 4

The Victorian Producers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports (January 17) :— We submitted our seventh catalogue for appraisement Included was our third…

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10,000 Sheep at Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 1

Particulars of John McNamaia and Co’s yarding of 10,000 sheep at Deniliquin on Thursday next are advertised to-day. The sheep comprise 3,000 c…

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Wheat Prices. Caution and Prospects

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

As the “Mail” pointed out recent there was no valid reason to conceal the prices which Britain had agreed to pay for 1,500,000 tons of…

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Variation of Pastoral Award to Be Sought Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 6

The Executive Council of the Australian Workers Union will apply for a variation of the pastoral award. The application will affect 80,000 pastoral…

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Goldsbrough, Mort’s Deniliquin Sale Keen Competition for Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 1

GOLDSBROUGH, MORT & CO. LTD report having held then opening special sheep sale at Deniliquin for 1940 in the Deniliquin municipal…

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Wheat Season Nears End 149,960 Bags Delivered at Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 1

Deliveries of wheat at the Deniliquin railway station have slackened considerably, and it is now apparent that the end of the season is near at hand…

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Wheat Acreage No Increase Likely Reply to Overseas Suggestions Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 6

Cabled suggestions from London that Australia should increase her wheal acreage to make up for losses in Europe during the recent cold weather…

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

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 1

Best sheep and lambs, [?] dealer Stores, firm…

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Rand Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 2

Younghusband Ltd., Albury, report having held their monthly market at Rand en Monday, when they offered 12,000 local sheep and sold [?] at…

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Government Still Toying with Wheat Acreage Reduction Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 4

Commenting on the suggestion that the Commonwealth Government may be forced to impose restrictions on acreage of wheat tor next season,…

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No More Canadian Wheat for Russia Ottawa, Jan. 23

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 6

The establishment of Government control of wheat is expected shortly. Cabinet discussed the question to-day. It is assumed that the action is due…

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Australia’s Wool Cheque This Year May Be Largest Yet Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 2

A report issued to-day by Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., of Sydney, points out that upward trend is noticeable in the prices at which the…

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Field Day at a South Albury Farm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 6

Mr. E. G. Haggart, manager for Victoria of the International Harvester Co., demonstrating the capabilities of a single-furrow plough drawn at the rate of 3½ miles per hour by a tractor…

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Farmers Experiment Plots

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 4

Wheat and oat variety trials were again conducted by Mr W. Thornton in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture at Berrigan, during…

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Wheat Ban by Canada Ottawa, January 23

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 3

By Order-In-Council the export of wheat and other goods to countries adjacent to Germany, without licence, is forbidden. It is understood that the…

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