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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

2,063 stories in Murray's papers · page 83 of 104

Suggestions to Junior Farmers Cultivation of Herbs And Vegetable Seeds Valuable Contribution To War Effort

The Independent · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 5

Speaking at a meeting of the Richmond District Council of the Junior Farmers' Clubs, Mr. A. S. Nicod said that the collection of herbs by club…

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Lucerne Treatment of Autumn-sown Crops

The Independent · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 8

Lucerne sown in autumn should not be cultivated until the following spring at earliest. The young plants are tender, and will not stand rough…

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Appraisements of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 3

DALGETY & CO. LTD. report (September 29): We held our thirty-eight appraisement, the third of the 1941-42 season…

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Deniliquin Off-Shears Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort and co. invite further entries for their annual october off-shears special sheep sale at Deniliquin-on Friday, October 31. 12,000…

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Good Wheat Yield Assured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 1

As the result of widespread rain this week a good wheat harvest now seems to be assured in many districts The growth of grass should also be…

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The Wheat Harvest (To The Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 4

Sir -- Mry. Langtry, M.H.R. (Riverina) has recently drawn attention to the possibilities of creating power alcohol from wheat (Hansard report)…

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World's Biggest Dam Will Provide 75,000 Farms

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1941 · page 1

World's biggest man-made structure, the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, Washington, U.S., was recently opened. The dam has…

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Dairy Industry in N.S.W. MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 October 1941 · page 1

The position of the dairying industry in N.S.W. is becoming serious owing to lack of rain, stated the Australian Dairy Produce Board…

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Little Wool Goes to Europe SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 1

Because of the blockade, only negligible. if any shipments of wool had arrived in Europe since early in 1940. said a representative of Win[?]hcombe…

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Farm Hand Wins Again At Wodonga “Tib” Hossted’s Treble

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 October 1941 · page 4

Farm Hand, [?] by Mr. J. [?] [?] trained at Wangaratta by [?] Hoysted, is one of [?] proved horses [?] and [?] on to…

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Wheat Stabilisation Board

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 3

Mr. Nott: Will the Minister for Agriculture say whether it is a fact that as late as the 15th June, many wheat growers received notification…

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Appraisements of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 4

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd; report (October 1, 1941): The third series of Melbourne appraisements was concluded, yesterday,…

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Special Cattle Sale at Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 5

Walls Turnbull and Co., Wati[?]iln, in conjunction with Francis Rubs and Co., Melbourne, report having conducted one of the most successful special cattle sales held as…

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"Carried Beyond All Reason" "Hush Hush" Policy Mr. Langtry, M.H.R., on Wheat and Wool Prices Canberra --

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 4

"These amounted to dictatorial powers over the primary producers. This "hush hush" policy has been carried beyond all reason."…

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Commercial To-day’s Sheep Market Newmarket

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 1

Sheep, lambs, stores, firm…

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Motorists Inconvenience Sheep Crossing Bridge To the Editor

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 1

Sir—Some little time, ago Sergeant Sedgwick gave notice to the public about the practice of motorists and others of running on to the bridge…

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Turning Back The Files . . . 10 Years Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times,” September 25, 1931)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 3

RETIRED.—Mr. Silas Shute has retired from the Education Department after 49 years’ service. Nearly 40 years ago he was headmaster at Deniliquin…

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Hay Junior Farmers' Club Successful Show

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon and evening the Hay Junior Farmers' Club held a successful exhibition in the Hay Public School, when the…

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Stock Foods and Medicines Act Necessary for Protection of Farmers' Interests

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 3

So many manufactured stock foods and medicines -- some effective, but many useless, some even harmful, and still others worth only a fraction…

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Land Boom in England Demand for Farms

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 4

The war has brought a strange reverse process in agricultural economy in England, whereby farms which, before the war, could not be disposed of,…

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