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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

2,063 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 104

Challenge to Butter Quality Competition Of Margarine

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 22

Emphasising in a recent address to farmers the need for improvement of butter quality, a departmental dairy, instructor, pointed out that although in…

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Wheat Control Functions Of Local Committees

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 24

CANBERRA.—The Minister for Commerce, Sir Earle Page, said this week that the growers' representatives on local committees…

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District Conditions: Warning Issued About Lice-Infested Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

The following extracts are taken from the report submitted by the stock Inspector (Mr. E. Scott Rogers) to the Deniliquin P.P. Board…

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Wheat Growers' Union Meeting Held At Urangeline

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 31

At a meeting of Wheatgrowers' Union at Urangeline, those present included:—Messrs. H. Gleeson (chairman), G. Jones, P. Madden, W. A. McLellan, A. W. Kittson, T. McGrath…

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Turning Back The Fifes.... 10 Years Ago: (From the "Pastoral Times," June 26, 1931)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 3

RAIN AND FLOODS.—The-rainfall for June to date is 3.53 inches. All rivers, and creeks are at flood levels. The Water in the Colombo and…

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Wheat Stabilisation Plan Local Committees to Consist of Licensed Growers Statement by Minister for Commerce CANBERRA--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

It has been reported to me that there is a disposition in some wheat growing areas to nominate as members of Local Committees under the…

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Farm Tenancy Action in the U.S. to Improve Conditions

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 14

Tenancy has recently become recognised as a problem in the dairy industry of New South Wales. Some 36 per cent. of…

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Soil Erosion New Booklet Available To Farmers

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 14
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The Rural Bank, in association with the Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W., has published a booklet "Soil Erosion and Its Control." The…

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Seed Treatment for Maize Particularly Necessary With Early Sown Crops

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 23

Maize grain is frequently contaminated with fungi that are capable of causing defective germination and seedling blight diseases. These fungi…

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Answer to Poser for Young Farmers (Poser on Page 9.)

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 24

1. Improved British pigs are usually divided into three classes—black, white and red or chocolate. The great divergence in color in stock of one…

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Riverina Junior Farmers Tumbarumba Club Activities Potato Growing Competition

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 9

Mr. F. Purkiss, the part time supervisor of Tumbarumba District Junior Farmers' Club, sends the following results of…

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In the World of Women You Will Live In Wool and Like It Nothing More Comforting than a Woollen Housecoat Ideal as Breakfast Gown and for Wear in the Evening

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 16

For several seasons past woollen fabrics have been coming right out on to the front of the style stage, and the women who set fashion, have been choosing wool for dinner frocks and evening wraps as well as for all their simpler…

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Record Wool Consumption Washington, July 10

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 1

The Commerce Department estimates that wool consumption in the month of May totalled 85,5356,000 lb. on a greasy shorn basis, or 45,000,00 lb. on a scoured…

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World Has Too Much Wheat WASHINGTON, July 10

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

The Under-Secretary for State (Mr. Welles)[?] welcoming delegates to the international wheat conference, said it was a practical…

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Dairy Records. As An Aid to Increased Production

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

Speaking recently of methods for the increase of herd production, a special dairy instructor of the Department of Agriculture Stressed the necessity for…

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Retired Farmer Found Dead

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

With a large wound in the throat, the body of Francis John Le Leivre. aged 56, retired farmer, of Wagga, was found near the football dressing sheds…

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Australia’s Biggest Wool Cheque SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 3

Australia’s wool cheque for the year ended June 30 last was an all-time record, but the average price of under [?] paid by the British…

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Farmers Gave Freely Cattle and Sheep for War Funds

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

A tribute to farmers who has given donations of cattle sheep and other livestock, and of farm produce, to war funds, is paid by…

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International Wheat Conference

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

WASHINGTON. -- The Assistant- Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) welcoming delegates to the international wheat conference, said that…

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