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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,201 stories in Murray's papers · page 42 of 61

S.A. Wheat Yield Down Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 September 1943 · page 2

With sowings down last year, and a very late winter. South Australia’s wheat yield will be below the average of 33,000,000 bushels over the last 10 years, the…

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Poultry Farmers Form Association

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 September 1943 · page 2

Very keen interest was shown by local poultry farmers on Saturday when they attended a meeting convened by Mr T. Brey. at his poultry…

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Wheat Payments

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced in Melbourne on Friday, that wheat farmers could expect a further increase in payments…

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Sheep Blow-fly Dressing A New Formula from C.S.I.R.

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 3

A modified formula for a sheep blow-fly dressing is being released to manufacturers by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Brown Vegetable Weevil Protection of Garden Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 2

The brown vegetable weevil is a very serious pest of vegetables in the spring, and during September both the light-green, or yellowish-brown grubs…

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2500 Farm Girls Wanted SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 2

At least 2500 Land Army girls are needed urgently to assist in harvesting vital food requirements, Announcing this today, the NSW Manpower Director…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Lice Infestation of Sheep Importance of Dipping

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 4

Wartime conditions are making difficult the maintenance of normal safeguards against the spread of external parasites of sheep, but…

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Sheep Blowfly Dressing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 4

A modified formula for a sheep j blowfly dressing is being released to manufacturers by the Council for Scientific and Industrial…

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Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 2

The associated agents report having held their fortnightly sheep market at Albury yesterday, when they yarded 4000 [?] sheep and lambs and 2500 store sheep…

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Wheat Farmers' Hard Lives SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 6

The wheat industry was only able to carry on because farmers and their [?] an[?] families were working 16 hours a day, and Mr Kenneth Jones, of West Austra[?]…

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Fat Cattle Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 2

The yarding of 970 fat bullocks M Newmarket today was a decrease of 360 on last week’s entry. Quality was Improved and included some chaice med[?] weights from…

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N.e. Jersey Cattle Club

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 3

An enthusiastic meeting of Jersey breeders was held at Benalla when it was unanimously decided to form a North-East Jersey Cattle Club. It…

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Items of News Injured Farmer Dies

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 2

Henry James Dunn, aged 56, farmer, of Currawarna, died in Wagga hospital yesterday. He sustained a fractured skull when debris from a wall…

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Wagga Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 2

Dalgety and Co Ltd., In conjunction with Younghusband Ltd , held a most successful special sheep sale at Wagga on Monday last. 27,000 sheep were yarded and…

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Munyabla Junior Farmers Interesting Talk on Polwarth Sheep

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Munyabla Junior Farmers' Club was held, on Wednesday, September 8, at the home of Mr. C. Doig. The…

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Wool Classing Examinations

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 5

In the recent wool classing examinations conducted by the Sydney Technical College examiners 103 students from Albury, Wagga, Goulburn,…

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Australian Wheat For Bengal MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 3

A proposal that surplus Australian wheat [?]ould be shipped to India to relieve the [?]gal famine was made to the Prime Min[?]er (Mr Curtin) today, by the Victorian…

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15,000 Young Sheep Sale at Boree Creek

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. Corowa and Fischer Bros., of Bor[?] Creek, will hold their annual sale of off-shears sheep, a total of…

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Rand Market Many Sheep Lines to Be Offered

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 3

Particular are advertised in this issue of Rand Market, when 5000 well bred local sheep in many lines, will be offered by Younghusband Ltd.,…

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Wool Shows Effects Of Season MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 2

Cressbred wools submitted at the [?]st of the present series of oppra[?]ments this week showed the adverse effects of the dry growing season, equally as much as the…

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