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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 69

Special Sheep Sale at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (Inc. in Eng.) report having conducted a special sale of some 8000 sheep and lambs at Corowa…

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Wheat Stack at Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

The Mathoura wheat stack now contains 22,800 bags. The district yielded 24,500 bags, 1500 having been transported to Victoria by rail…

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Lifting Victoria’s Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Five and threequarter million bags of wheat were loaded by the Railways Department between December 1…

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Serious Damage to Nsw Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—If the weather continues to be dry and hot for the next fortnight the bulk of the NSW wheat harvest will be…

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Commercial Butter Price Mr. Fadden Attacks Government

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Mon.: “The Chifley Government’s rejection of the dairy industry representatives’ majority recommendation of…

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112d at Sydney Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: Today’s wool sales opened under a keenly sustained demand, in which all sections shared. Values ruled from par to 5 per cent…

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Wool Branding Now Optional in Tasmania

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

Amendments to the Stock Act in Tasmania, which have recently become law, make the branding of sheep optional instead of…

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Rejection of Wheat Scheme Forecast Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

The President of the Australian Wheat Growers’ Federation (Mr H. S. Roberton) today predicted that State Ministers of Agriculture at the meeting of the Australian Agricultural…

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Body Strike in Sheep Promising Experiment with B.h.c. at Scone

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

The recent spell of cold wet weather has rendered sheep particularly susceptible to blowfly strike. During this period body strike has been very…

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Farmer Fined £20 for Not Feeding Horses

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

A Barmedman farmer who said he would not accept £1000 for one of his show houses was fined £20 at the Wylong Police Court…

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Wheat Agreement By End [?] CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

Possibility of a Commonwealth [?] wheat [?] plan [?] from the annual meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council is unlikely [?]…

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Newmarket Cattle Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Hot weather kept bidding quiet at Newmarket today, and the fat bullock market opened to irregular competition with…

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Wool [?] Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wed.: A record price for Newcastle, [?] a pound was paid for five bales of super style wool at Newcastle Wool sales today. The wool…

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Commercial Wagga Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

About 900 head of cattle penned [?] wagga by A.M.L. & F. Co. Ltd., were quite out of the ordinary for quality and condition. Drawn principally from…

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Albury to Get Wool Classes Back

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Full time wool classing classes are to be resumed at Albury, Ald A. A. Rogers announced at last evening’s meeting of [?]…

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No Agreement on Wheat Canberra Conference Fails CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

Annual meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council to-day failed to reach any agreement on a basis for wheat stabilisation for Australian wheat farmers…

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A. and P. Notes Temporary Hay Baler How to Improvise from a Wool Press

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 4

Many inland farmers growing lucerne, either under irrigation or on grazing areas, at times have suitable cuts which would make…

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Car Not Registered: Farm Hand Fined

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

In Yarrawonga court George Frederick Manson, farm laborer, of Bundalong, denied having driven an unregistered motor vehicle,…

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Special Albury Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

Messrs Dalgety & Company Limited, Albury, report having conducted a special sheep sale in Albury saleyards yesterday when an attractive yarding…

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Finley Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 1

JOHN McNAMARA & CO. PTY. LTD. report having conducted a special sheep, sale at Finley on Wednesday last, when they yarded 12,000 head…

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