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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

2,063 stories in Murray's papers · page 30 of 104

The Small Wool Grower An Appraiser Sums Up

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

If growers would only pay attention to such serious and easily avoided faults as mixing their wools and sending in unskirted fleeces and wools with the…

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Seasonal Prospects Rain Needed—Pastures Drying Up Wool Clip Should Be Best for Years

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

Although records for the March rainfall indicate that the precipitation of moisture has been ample, the position with…

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Albury Sheep Show Not to Be Held This Year Time Considered Inopportune Financial Position of Society Against Proposal

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 24

ALBURY Show Society committee decided, at its meeting last Friday, not to hold a sheep show at Albury this year. Voting was 13 to 8 against the proposal…

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Farm Laborer Injured

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 6

WAGGA.—Mat. Noonan 51, farm labourer, was seriously injured on Monday while working near Ganmain. Horses he had unharnessed knocked…

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Riverina Junior Farmers Wagga and Urangelin Districts Clubs Interesting And Instructive Field Days

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 9

The principal items to report this week are the two field days which were held under the auspices of the Wagga and…

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Country News (Continued) LAVINGTON Junior Farmers' Euchre Party

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 20

The euchre party in aid of the Junior Farmers' Club was poorly supported and resulted in the small profit of 16/6. The card prizes were won by…

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Change—and Diversified Farming

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 22

"It is an innate characteristic of human nature to resist change, and while at times this tendency may be good in that it breeds caution and is a…

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Wheatgrowers' Relief Grant 1940-41 Season's Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

Forms of application, to enable wheat growers to apply for payment from the grant of £320,000 allocated to this State by the…

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Some Dairy Don'ts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

Don't use cloths in the dairy--use brushes. Don't leave skim milk about to go sour…

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Change--and Diversified Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 4

It is an innate characteristic of human nature to resist change, and while at times this tendency' may be good in that it breeds caution and is…

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Henty and District Farmers Agricultural Bureau Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 3

The president (Mr. A. Ross, Cookardinia), presided at the quarterly meeting of the Henty Agricultural Bureau sub-district council. The following…

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Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 7

Dalgety and Company Limited report having held a successful special sale al Albury this week, when they offered a little over 16.000 sheep,…

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Sheep Show In Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

There is one outstanding advocate for the holding of a sheep show in Albury. Mr. J. F. Guthrie, writing to Cr. J. E. Jelbart. regarding the proposed…

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Wool-loading Ramp Sought

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

Early yesterday morning Mr. A. A. Rogers, manager of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr…

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Good Pasture Is Essential to Attainment of the Dairy-farmer's Objective

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 8

If dairying is to be profitable, such methods must be adopted as will extract from every acre the maximum return. The potential productive…

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Lucerne A Cover Crop or Not?

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 1

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

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Prevalent Disease in Cauliflower Crop MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 8

Grubs and c[?]brect, a disease known most of the cauliflower and cabbage growers ,has ruined hall of the State's first crop for the season. It is one of…

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That Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

“It is pleasing to snow that to Mr. [?] F. Guthrie has not yet abondoned [?] idea of an exhibition of sheep at [?] Albury,” said Mr. J. E. Je[?]ri on…

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Wheat Up; Wool Down Latest Export Figures Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 6

Wheat exports have risen sharply because of the heavy sales to the East Indies and to Great Britain from [?]211 to £[?]…

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Corowa Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 8

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Corowa report holding a special sheep sale at Corowa on Wednesday. The major portion of…

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