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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

2,063 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 104

Sheep Sale Postponed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 1

Dalgety & Co. Ltd., Corowa announce to-day that the special sheep sale which was advertised for Friday next, March 28, has been postponed…

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Wheat Bounty Applications

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., advises that forms of application for payment of the bounty on wheat crops which failed during the past harvest…

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Central Wool Committee

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 4

By the adoption of a motion expressing the view that the price being said foe Australian wool by the British Government was fair and…

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Commercial To-day’s Sheep Market Newmarket, Tuesday. Sheep and lambs, I/ dearer, Stores, firm to better. 21,000 Sheep at Narandera

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 1

A definite yarding of 21,000 sheep will be auctioned at Narandera on Friday next, by Dalgety and Co. Ltd. The lines, of which 75 per cent are from…

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Injured by Bag of Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 2

On Friday last, Mr. E. Kardner, who is employed on the property of Messrs. Munro and Aitken, Savernake, sustained injuries, to the back when he fell…

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Sucessful Sheep Dog Breeder Mr. Geo. Chapman

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 4

"His 78 years sit lightly on Mr. George Chapman, the veteran sheepdog Trial competitor, of "Corynnia," Carrathool, whose dogs, broke new…

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Dogs Worry Sheep Successful Claim For Damages

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 2

At Barham Police Court on, Thursday, before Mr. Beavers, P.M., Andrew Hudson, well-known farmer and grazier, claimed £25 damages from…

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Dingo-alsatian Cross Dogs Killing Cattle Lismore

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 2

Dogs stated to be a cross between a dingo and an Alsatian are preying upon cattle in the Lismore and Richmond river districts. Mr. L. B…

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N.s.w. Parliament Questions by Our Member Farmers' Removal Expenses

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

Mr. Lethbridge, Member for Corowa Electorate: Will the Minister for Lands say whether it is a fact that Crown settlers in the south-west who…

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Cannot Shift A[?] the Meat New Zealand Farmers. Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 4

Following directions from [?] Government, freezing compa[?] from to-day will confine the operations to lamb, prime [?]…

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Warplanes Over The Riverina Farmlands

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 2

Riverina, pick of Australia’s wheat and sheep country, has now become the Commonwealth’s most intensive training ground for war pilots. One of the main service training schools is near Wagga, there is an elementary training school at Narandera, not…

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Items of News Dogs Kill Sheep in Corowa D[?]

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 2

Mr. Paul. Allen, “Mooratunkaowa” [?] ow[?] has suffered very severe [?] having a number of valuable [?] merino [?]…

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Purchase of Farms Scheme Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 3

Leave to bring in a bill providing for further facilities for the purchase of farms, and to amend the Co-operation Act, was given in Parliament…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Lucerne a Cover Crop or Not?

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

The value or otherwise of a cover crop when sowing lucerne still remains a matter for considerable argument amongst growers. While…

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Fat Cattle Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 6

At Newmarket yesterday 1485 head of fat bullocks were yarded, 265 head lighter than last week. The quality of the yarding wis fairly good and…

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Use More Wool Campaign

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 3

The Australian Wool Board has decided to continue the campaign to promote the use of woollen goods throughout Australia. A recent…

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Germany Short of Fats Many Cattle Killed

The Independent · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

Dr. Strauss, an economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, states that Germany faces a prospect of a shortage of…

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Commercial Albury Sheep Market Analysis (Special to the “Mail”)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 6

The fortnightly sheep market was held to the municipal sale yards at Albury yesterday, when 4600 fat sheep and limbs were offered to a good attendance of buyers,…

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For the Man on the Land Pastoral Improvement of Coastal Pastures Repair of Mineral Deficiency

The Independent · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 6

Under natural conditions soil fertility is gradually built up, but under heavy grazing, unless measures, are taken to restore it, the land is…

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Britain Will Allow Wool to Be Scoured Here Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 1

By arrangement with the British Wool Control Committee, the Australian Central Wool Committee has allocated large quantities of wool for…

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