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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 55 of 69

Wool Away

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

Deniliquin railway station seems likely to break another record this year. Already 21,416 bales of wool have left Deniliquin for Melbourne, only…

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Bungowannah Cattle Records at Melbourne Show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 9

Black polled shorthorn cross cattle from Messrs S. and G. Sassella Bros. “Kensel Green,” property, Bungowannah, broke…

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Yarding Averages 38- at Rand Sheep Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

At Rand on Monday, 20th inst., Younghusband Limited conducted their opening off-shears sale. The penning of 12,000 district bred…

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Wheat Scheme Ballot Closes October 7

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs. : The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Graham) today urged all wheatgrowers to complete their wheat stabilisation…

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Farmers Meet at Walbundrie

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

A meeting of the Walbundrie branch of the F. and S. Association was held on Saturday. The president, Mr J. Barker,…

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A Businessman’s Dairy

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 6

Being the persona views of an Albury business man, on items of news that effect the trading community…

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Drought Hits Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Indications are that the Victorian wheat crop will be very light this year. The long-needed rains…

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Three More Farms for Ex-soldiers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday : Three farms on “Tom’s Park,” Woomargama Estate (near Holbrook), are to be made available for…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 3

YOUNGHUSBAND LIMITED conducted their second sale of the season when they catalogued approximately 6500 bales. The selection, was again…

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23,143 Bates, of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 3

With September's conignments amounting to over 7300 bales, a total of about 23,143 bales of wool have left Deniliquin railway station for Melbourne…

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Wheat Board to Go in Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: There will be no State Wheat Board for Victoria, but the Government will authorise the Australian…

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Commercial Wool Values Lower in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The final day’s offering at Melbourne woolsales today was evenly divided between merinos and crossbreds principally from…

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Deniliquin Special Sheep Sale Good Yarding: Firm Values Sound Competition

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 1

JOHN McNAMARA & CO. PTY. LTD. report: Our opening series of large Southern Riverina off-shears sales which were…

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Wool and Stock the Riverine "Grazier" Office

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 2

Owing to the holiday yesterday there were no stock sales at Homebush…

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Country has Gone to Seed Wheat Outlook Unpromising Grasshoppers Hatching

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 1

The stock inspector (Mr. E.: Scott Rogers) presented his report for September at a meeting of the board today. He states that the…

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Rain Urgently Needed for Crops and Pastures

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 October 1948 · page 5

“DAIN is urgently required. Crops and pastures at present are still sound and holding their own, but good rain is needed within a fortnight,” said the district agronomist, Mr. G. C. Bartlett, in his monthly crop report yesterday…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 10

The associated agents selling in the following order: Dalgety and Co., J. D. Turner and Co., Goldsbrough Mort, New Zealand Loan, John McNamara…

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Wheat Ships Bank Up

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday : A shipping authority revealed today that there is a bank-up of 16 wheat ships in Sydney because…

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Poultry Farmers Hand Job to Minister

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 October 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues. : Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr Pollard) will be asked to make a personal Investigation into the…

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Wheat Stabilisation Plan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1948 · page 5

"The provision in the Wheat Stabilisation Plan concerning the regulation of wheat growing on marginal areas, only applies to…

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