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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,330 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 67

Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 10

The following is the order of sale of today’s Wodonga Cattle Market.— John McNamara: Farmers and Grazlers; Dalgety and Co. [?]…

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Junior Farmers Compete in Beef Cattle Championship; a Lesson to Corowa District Boys

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

Roy Lindley, a 121 year old member of the Gundagai Junior Farmer's Club, has won the beef cattle State Championship of the Junior Farmers, winning the Rural Bank trophy. John Staffor, 13 years and 9 months, member of the same club, won second place in the…

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A Large Load of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

Above is a picture of wool arriving at Deniliquin railhead for trucking to Melbourne; The is on the Deniliquin weight bridge and was caught by our moving photography last week before deliveries were refused owing to the unprecedented demand on trucks here due to the N.S.W. coal miners’ strike and curtailment of N.S.W. rail service…

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Graziers Must Apply for Wool Trucks Railway Restrictions Cause Acute Problems

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 1

GRAZIERS not applying for truck space were running the risk of living their wool consignments rejected the local railway station, ( Mr. H. J. Shanahan, the Deniliquin stationmaster) said today…

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No Goods Trains for Hay Line Many Services Suspended - Movement of Wool Affected

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 4

MIXED and goods services have been indefinitely suspended on a large number of N.S.W. branch lines, including twenty. one in the southern part of the State. On ten of these lines, including Yanco-Hay, the suspension operated from…

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Provision for Dairying Subsidy in 1949-50

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government intends to set aside £25,575,000 for subsidising butter and cheese consumed in Australia in the financial year…

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Farmers Support Chifley in Crisis

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: About 500 delegates from NSW, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania today attended the annual…

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“Crop Prospects Favorable”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 July 1949 · page 14

SYDNEY, Tuesday : Crop prospects continue favorably, and the position can be regarded as sound, states the monthly crop report of…

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Cattle Sale

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 1

Mr. M. Fenaughty and Messrs. John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. will hold an important cattle sale at Jerilderie on Wednesday, 27th…

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Farmer on Intent to Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 1

Ernest Charles Lunt, 38 a dairy farmer, of Nariel, near Corryong, was sent for trial on an intent to murder charge…

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Sheep Show Holiday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 2

Holiday arrangements for the Sheep Show next Wednesday are not uniform Because of the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the fourteenth Melbourne Series of wool sales in the 194849 season, held on June 27th, 28th, 29th and…

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Farmers Want Walla Road Repaired

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 1

Culcairn Shire Council wrote to a meeting of Henty Farmers and Settlers' Association on Tuesday, that it was council's intention to carry out…

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The Early Potato Crop

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 3

Early potatoes should not be planted too deeply, otherwise emergence is likely to be slow, and the risk of rotting increased,…

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Anthrax Case in Dairy Cattle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 14

A recent mortality in a herd of milking cows at Narrandera suggested to the district stock inspector the possibility of anthrax…

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“Wool, Wonderful Wool”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 15

“Wool, Wonderful Wool,” is the slogan [?]dopted by Albury Show Society in arranging a [?]isplay showing the finest wools of the world in [?] natural state, the finished product, and…

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Stomach Fluke of Cattle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 22

The stock inspector at Casino recently Investigated mortalities in young cattle following scouring and loss of condition caused by…

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Wool for Fashion—wool in the Home

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 15

In recent years wool has not only entered the fashion field, kilt has actually taken the fashion lead, so far as fabrics are concerned. For a long time wool was regarded as a suitable…

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Emphasis on Wool

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 16

Though next week’s fashion parade will display garments of different materials, the emphasis…

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More Butter, Meat for Britons

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 July 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: The British Ministry of Food yesterday announced increases in the butter, meat and bacon rations…

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