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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

1,819 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 91

Wodonga Fat Lamb and Sheep Sale Keen Competition—Smaller Penning

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. conducted their fortnightly sale at Wodonga yesterday, when they submitted 1237 fat lambs and sheep to a full attendance of…

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Bag Wheat to Be Treated As Bulk, Minister States Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 January 1940 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) said to-day that the Australian Wheat Board had ordered that wheat accepted into temporary…

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Helping the Farmer Expert Advice on Various Subjects Pastoral Provision Against Drought an Essential Part of Sheep Husbandry

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

Lush and bountiful feed at the beginning of the summer is no guarantee that similar conditions will remain throughout the season. Summer can…

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Wheat Grading

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

Messrs. Brindley Bros., of Coreen, make a special announcement in our advertising columns to wheatgrowers…

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Financing the Farmer Wheat Scrip Security

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Mr. H.S. Henley, M.L.C. president of N.S.W Farmers and Settlers Association said on Friday that financial institutions should be prepared to…

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Finley Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Lid invites the attention of graziers to then advertisement describing the lines to be offered at…

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Wagga Cattle Sale Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

The associated agents of Wagga report having held their fortnightly cattle sale to-day. There was a total of 1030 stock yarded, comprising 550…

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Wheat Sales to Japan

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

Wheat sold by the Australian Wheat Board so far amounts to 98,500,000 bushels, including 80,500,000 bushels of new wheat and 18,000,000…

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151,758 Bags Of Wheat Delivered

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

Wheat delivered over the weighbridge to Deniliquin railway station for the season now amounts to 151,758 hags…

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Provision Against Drought an Essential Part of Sheep Husbandry

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

Lush and bountiful feed at the beginning of the summer is no guarantee that similar conditions will remain throughout the season…

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Want Price of Butter Increased 2d a Lb. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

The problem of increasing the price of butter and cheese without stimulating the consumption of butter substitutes was discussed at the annual…

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A Flat Freight Rate for Wheat Not Acceptable

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 3

The Premier (the Hon. Alex. Mair), writes to Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A. for Corowa, as follows: With reference to your personal…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act Final Payment to Growers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

The Rural Bank of New South Wales which is the distributing an thority in this State, announces that the rate of the final payment under…

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The Cow a Necessary Adjunct to Dairy Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

The most important part of a cow is the receptacle in which the milk is prepared and stored. This is called the udder. By a clever arrange…

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Final Payment to Growers Under Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 1

The Rural Bank of New South Wales which is the distributing authority in this State, announces that the rate of the final payment under the Act has…

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New Sheep-fly Dressing Satisfactory Field Trials Prevention of Re-strike

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 2

Tests carried out with a new sheep fly dressing compounded by officers of the McMaster Laboratory have given very satisfactory results…

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Further Wool Payments Reflections of B.A.W.R.A.

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

In the last announcement made by the chairman of the Central Wool Committee (Mr. A. F. Bell), the following statement appears:…

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Wool Production Is Steadily Increasing 4,000,000 Bales By 1950

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 4

Australian wool productions continues to increase steadily. Despite the extreme drought conditions which prevailed during 1938, the clip for the current season is expected to amount to 3,371,500 bales, a record production for Australia…

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Leaf-eating Ladybird Beetle. Protection of Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

The leaf-eating ladybird beetle (Eplisachna 28-punctata), both in the grub and adult stage, attacks the foliage of potatoes, Tomatoes,…

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Wheat Farmers’ Troubles Receive Attention of Graziers Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 8

Payment by farmers of an agents’ commission on bulk wheat [?] unjustified, claims the Graziers’ Association of N.S.W…

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