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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 68 of 69

5/6 Bushel, Less Freight, Advance on New Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs: The rates to be paid as first advance on the wheat from crop now being harvested were announced…

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£2 3-4 Million From Wool Worth Of Albury Sales

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 14

Total value of wool sold in Albury to date In the present series was £2,746,788. Proceeds from the sales at the beginning…

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Farmer's Narrow Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3

While adjusting a power take-off on his tractor and header at his property, ''Illoura," Burramine South one day last week. Mr. William Duffy had the…

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Riverina Crop Championship

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3

Messrs A Sutherland and E. A. Macpherson, of Barmedman, gained first prise in the Riverina Crop championship, with a crop of Bencubbin,…

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One Dairy Herd Tested For Tuberculosis

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 4

Maher Bros Glendook advised the Municipal Council on Wednesday night that they intended to supply raw milk of Deniliquin in the near future. All…

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Wheat Champ. to Harden Holbrook Crop Third

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY Friday: Gabo wheat. sown by Mrs. J.,A. Ross and [?] R. Ross of [?] Harden, has been Awarded the…

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Australian Wool For Russia

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 14

Russia’s spectacular entry into the wool market has caused prices that smash all records. Close secrecy about the buyer’s identity is kept by the brokers bidding at suction, but this picture taken in Melbourne recently shows the destination…

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“Sheep a Week” Scheme to Aid Holbrook Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 5

At a meeting of Holbrook Community Hospital committee, Mrs Heriot, representing the Hospital Auxiliary, was welcomed to the…

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Wheat Stabilisation Questions; Problem of Crop Failures and New Growers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

Discussing the Wheat Stabilisation Bill in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. W. A. Chaffey (CP, Tamworth) said that if the legislation had been passed by the Federal and State Parliaments before the ballot was taken, growers would have been better able to assess the…

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Handling of the Wheat Harvest

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

The State Superintendent of the Australian Wheat. Board has advised Mr. Charles Cutler, MLA Member for Orange, that…

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Losses and Debts of Pastoral Company Falkiner Case Disclosures

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

The provision in the amending War Service Land Settlement Bill, which dispossesses Mr C. L. S. Falkiner of the block of land which ballot, in a…

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11A Wheat Pool; Complaints About Dockage

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

A number of wheatgrowers have complained about the 4th advance of 2- on No. 11 Pool not being paid on 11A Pool, which…

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Losses and Debts of Pastoral Company; Falkiner Case Disclosures in Legislative Assembly

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

The provision in the amending War Service Land Settlement Bill, Which dispossesses Mr. C. L. S. Falkiner of the block of land which he won in a recent ex-serviceman's ballot, was vigorously criticised in the Legislative Assembly by the Deputy Leader of the Country Party…

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Record Dividend Declared by Butter Factory 821/2 per cent. of Shareholders’ Outlay Returned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 1

PAYMENT of a record dividend (20 per cent.) was endorsed at the 42nd annual meeting of shareholders of the Deniliquin Butter Factory, and Farm Produce Co. Ltd., held at the company’s, office on-F: May afternoon. The chairman of…

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25 Million Bushels of Wheat in S.a

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tues: State Government’s Statist’s estimate of the 1948-49 wheat crop in South Australia is 25 million bushels,…

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Commercial Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 14

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., In conjunction with Younghusband Ltd., Wagga, held their December special sheep sale on Monday. It is doubtful if a…

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Did Not Destroy Rabbits District Farmers Fined

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 5

Several property owners were [?] in Albury Court yesterday [?] charges of having failed to [?] rabbits on their…

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Falkiner Field Station Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 1

In response to further enquiries made by the "Pastoral Times" it is learned that the first wool sold by the Falkiner Memorial Field Station recently…

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Successful Special Sheep Sale at Echuca

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited (inc. in England) report a-yard mg of 9500 good quality sheep and lambs at Echuca on…

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Deniliquin District Wheat: “Quite Phenomenal”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 4

The chairman, of Melbourne Corn Exchange (Mr. Ralph Tyner) in a letter to a Deniliquin friend, stated that he had recently seen some wheat…

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