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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,914 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 96

.. Young Farmers’ Corner .. Preparing for Next Field Day

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 7

POULTRY ENTRIES FROM NOW.— Members of clubs affiliated with the K.V.Y.F.A. are reminded that poultry to be entered in the next field day…

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Wheatgrowers Should Consider Oats Diversification on the Farm

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 4

Thanks largely to the introduction of new and improved early-maturing varieties, oat growing in N.S.W. has developed during the last thirty years on a…

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Commercial Special Deniliquin Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

JOHN MCNAMARA & CO. PTY. LTD. report having conducted a successful special sheep sale at Deniliquin on July 4, when they yarded 23,512 sheep…

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Country Party and the Wheat Plan

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 4

Following criticism of the Government's wheat stabilisation plan, the Country Party will move to exclude the 1945-46 crop from…

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Wool Sales 2500 Bales In Final Albury Appraisment

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 6

The Associated Albury Woolbrokers, Younghusband Ltd.. Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd., and Dalgety and Co. Ltd. conducted their eighth…

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Drought Relief For Dairy Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

In the House of Representatives recently, Mr McEwen asked: Has the Victorian Minister for Agriculture asked the Minister for Commerce and…

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N.Z. Butter Denied Hungry British; Going to Americans Wellington (Nz)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

The Mariposa will sail for Sydney on Saturday en route for America with 16,000 cases of butter aboard. Auckland waterside workers agreed to…

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Wool and Stock Reports the Riverine "Grazier" Office

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

Messrs. Wilkinson and Lavender wire under yesterday's date:—Sheep: There was a total yarding of 417953, of which 21,663 were sheep…

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Crops Saved 128 Points Of Rain Over Week-end

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

With a fall of 128 points of rain over last Saturday and Sunday, the outlook for Henry and district farmers has changed completely…

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Walla Farmers Protest At Fodder Imports

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 6

At a mass meeting of the farmers of Walla and district, held at Walla this week, the following resolution was carried unanimously: "That this…

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Munyabla Junior Farmers To Assist War Memorial Fund

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Munyabla Junior Fanners' Club, held at the home of Mr. A. Schuster on 29th June, it was decided…

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June Rains Assure District Crops Reports Agricultural Instructor

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 6

'The rain over the week end on the last two days of June was a most valuable fall," said Mr. G. C. Bartlett, Riverina senior agricultural instructor,…

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Mulwala Central School Notes Junior Farmers' Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

On Tuesday evening last Mr. Jack Webb., Riverina District Supervisor of Junior Formers' Clubs, visited Mulwala. During the afternoon…

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Sheep Skin Sales Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 6

There was a strong demand for 49,162 sheep skins offered for sale today and the market for ordinary lines was generally 1¼d to [?] a lb dearer, while better…

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Behind Wheat Stabilisation Plan TAMWORTH

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 2

“If the stabilisation scheme is not implemented, God help the industry and those returned soldiers who might take up land in the future,” declared Mr F…

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Contributory Charge on Wool CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 3

Mr Abbott (CP, NSW) in the House of Representatives today, asked Mr Scully if it was a fact that the five per cent contributory charge levied on the…

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High Rate of Farmers’ Deaths San Francisco

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 1

American Associated Press says that Dr Herman Young and Dr Ralph Chromley, of the Mayo Clinic, told the American Medical Association that…

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Farmer Killed: Truck Overturns

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 6

A farmer, William Traffit Hughes, of “Clear View.” Albury road, Wagga was killed instantly when the truck he was driving overturned a few hundred…

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Ex-Servicemen to Challenge Wool Appointments SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 2

The appointment only of 24 servicemen in a total of 47 wool valuers selected for Australian Wool Realisation Committee will be challenged by ex-servicemen’s…

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Wheat Crop Harvested In June

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 1

To harvest wheat in J[?]e is a rare occasion for this district but this year Mr D. Lemon has had this unique experience of gelling out his…

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