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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,416 stories in Murray's papers · page 29 of 71

Farmers Urged to Keep Pow Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 6

Victorian farmers were urged today by the rural deputy-Director of Manpower (Mr Malcolm) not to discharge Italian prisoners-of-war…

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Local Poultry Farmers’ Problems (Continued)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 4

Under the new rationing scheme the poultry farmer is allowed only enough bran and pollard for [?] which in pre-rationing times would only be sufficient…

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Branding Sheep Suggested Discontinuance of Practice

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

The Hay P.P. Board at its meeting on Saturday considered the question of the necessity to brand sheep with a color brand,…

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Butter and Cheese Production Down CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

A steady decline in butter production is shown in official factory production statistics which were releases today. For the eight months…

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Riverina Wheat Stocks Are Nearing Exhaustion Point

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

Wheat stocks in the Riverina have been depleted to such an extent that there are now only 234,754 bags of wheat stacked at silos and on sitess…

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Commercial To-day’s Sheep MARKET(Supplied by John MeNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd.) NEWMARKET

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 1

Sheep, lambs and stores, 2/ to 3/ dearer. FINLEY SHEEP SALE At their Finley sale next Saturday…

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Stock Feed Shortage at Acute Stage District Dairyman Has Had to Shoot Cows and Heifers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

Shortage of stock feed at Albury has reached its extreme point, and stockowners are in desperation to keep their beasts alive. Pumpkins, swedes, onions, carrots and potatoes are being fed to stock, with any kind…

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Moving Dairy Cattle North

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 2

If dairy stock in Albury district are not soon moved to the north of NSW, where pastures are more prolific, many will die from starvation and cold. This…

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Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 2

There will he a yarding of 3440 fat sheep and [?] store sheep at today's Albury sheep market. The following is the order of sale: Goldsbrough Mort Young husband Ltd…

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Australia’s Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 3

Mr J. P. Abbott, speaking at the Political Science Congress at the Sydney University recently, gave the following particulars concerning the…

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Exodus From Wagga 620 Head of Dairy Cattle Leave WAGGA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 5

About 620 head of dairy heifers, ranging from six months to two years, were trucked from Wagga today to areas where green [?]…

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War Time Crop Returns

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

The following figures concerning war time wheat crops the [?] returns and current export value may be of interest to wheatgrowers…

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Albury Fortnightly Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

The associated agents held their fortnightly sheep market at Albury yesterday. when they yarded 2600 fat sheep and 350 store sheep. The bulk of the yarding in the…

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Fate of Hundreds of Dairy Cattle in Balance Anxiety of Albury and Wodonga Milk Producers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 5

Anxiety characterised all discussion at a meeting last evening of Albury-Wodonga Wholesale Milk Producers' Association. It was disclosed that it would be a race against time to save hundreds of dairy [?] in the district…

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Local and General Decline in Sheep Population

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

Seasonal conditions over the past three years are very marked in the decline of the sheep population in these districts. Returns…

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Another £1 Million For Wheat Growers CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 5

A further £1,187,500 will be distributed as soon as payments can be arranged to wheatgrowors in respect of wheat in No. 5 pool, the Minister for…

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Farmers Hard at Work

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

During the dry weather it was declared that farmers should go on strike unless they got the price for the products that they asked for but an inch…

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Will Consider Wants of Farmers CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 6

The acting Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) told Mr Rankin (CP. Vic.) in the House of Representatives today that he would confer with the Minister for…

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Young Farmers’ Corner

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 4

Amendments to Association’s Constitution. The Kiewa Valley YFA’s rules amending committee enjoyed the hospitality of its president. Mr J. A. Ford. and Mrs Ford…

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Inducements to Farmers Higher Prices For Their Products CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 5

It was expected that Increased plantings of fodder crops would take place following on the substantially increased first advance prices offered…

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