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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,399 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 70

Wheat Deliveries

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 3

From last season’s harvest (1943-44), 94,804,000 bushels of wheat were delivered to the Australian Wheat Board. In most States tire sample was…

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Expensive Jam and Butter

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 2

Pleading guilty to a charge of having been in illegal possession of two tins of jam and two lbs. of butter, Percy Victor Dawes, soldier, aged 35,…

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Sale of Monaro Cattle at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 2

Dalgety and Co Ltd and John McNamara and Co Pty Ltd, in conjunction, report: We submitted a Special consignment of 570 mountain-bred store cattle from Kan Yunis…

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Big Disparity in Wool Prices Holbrook Woman’s Figures

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, Mrs J. J. Crouch, of Holbrook, spoke…

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Farmers’ Problems Discussion At Walbundrie

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 3

A meeting of the Walbundrie War Agricultural Committee, to which the public was invited, heard addresses by Mr T. Jolly,…

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District Farmers and Settlers Important Resolutions Carried

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 3

The following delegates were present at the quarterly meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, held at…

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Butter Factory for Finley

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 4

The Secretary of Berriquin Co-operative Society Ltd. (Mr. G. A Edwards) has received word from the Dept. of War Organisation of…

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Newmarket Cattle Sales. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 2

The yarding of 1695 fat bullocks at Newmarket today was 55 lighter than last week, and keen competition firmed prices to 10/ desert. The highest price for the year…

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Wool And Its Future

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 3

We have received from Messrs Angus and Robertson, Ltd., Sydney a most interesting booklet, "Wool Australia's Great Awakening."…

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Good Sheep Sell Well Successful Sale at Urana

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 3

An outstanding yarding of young crossbreds were greatly admired by a fair attendance of buyers at the Urana special sheep sale…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Wounds and Injuries of Horses Method of Treatment

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 4

At the present time, with veterinary advice often difficult to obtain, farmers are frequently called upon to use their own ingenuity in…

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Dairy Cattle Test

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 2

Reporting to the Rutherglen Shire Council, Mr. A. R. Grayson, B.V.Sc., district veterinary officer, Benalla, stated that he carried out tubercular…

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Turning Back the Files... 10 Ears Ago: (From the “Pastoral Times” March 16, 1934)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

ACCIDENTS.—Roy Harrison, of Deniliquin, suffered injuries to his back and a deep wound in his leg as the result of a fall from a sulky .... When…

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Wakool Rice Crop

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 1

A large number of machines and men are engaged in harvesting rice at WakooL The yield from the big crop of more than 4000 acres is expected to…

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Opening Conjunctional Special Sheep Sale at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 2

John McNamara and Co Pty Ltd (Inc. in Vic) and Dalgety and Co Ltd (Inc. in Eng) [?] having conducted their opening conjunctional special sheep sale at Albury on…

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Long-term Contracts Sought U.K. Purchases of Our Meat And Butter MELBOURNE, Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 6

The Commonwealth and the the United Kingdom Governments have negotiated the acceptance of the Principle of long-term contracts for the…

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Commercial Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

To a [?] of buyers from Echuca, [?] Finley, Corowa, Yarrawonga and various parts of the Riverina, Australian Mercantile Land and [?]…

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May Rains Benefit-wheat Belt Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

“May rainfalls on the wheat belt of, between one and three inches have greatly improved prospects of all cereal crops.'” says Mr Macindoe. cereal…

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Plane For Every Farm NEWCASTLE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

“It is my hope that private flying will expand until every outlying farm has its own small plane,” British Parliamentary delegate FIight-Lieut R. D…

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Wool and Its Future

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 1

We have received from Messrs. Angus and Robertson Ltd., Sydney a most interesting booklet, "Wool, Australia's Great Awakening."…

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