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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,532 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 77

London Cargoes WOOL

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

Despite the ever growing traffic in manufactured goods it is significant of man's unceasing preoccupation with primary products that wool, the…

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Excellent Types of Beef Cattle Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 5

Judges in the Polled Hereford, Polled Shorthorn and Red Poll sections each commented on the vast improvement in quality displayed by stock this year…

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Commercial Reports Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. offered its tenth catalogue in Melbourne on Tuesday, March…

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Man Believed Drowned in Jerilderie District Flood 3000 Sheep Perish In Yanco Creek Maelstrom

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

A SUSPECTED BROWNING TRAGEDY and the loss of 3000 valuable sheep are realistic evidence of the floods surging north of Jerilderie. The creek at Yanco station rose 10 feet on Sunday…

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South Eastern Riverina Crop Report

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

Mr. G. C. Bartiett, district agronomist reports as follows: --The past two months have been very favourable both for the farmer…

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These Farmers “Delivered Goods”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Flood-bound farmers took unusual measures to get their produce to the city markets today…

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Huge Loss of Sheep Three Thousand Drowned in Flood Waters

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 3

Probably the heaviest loss of sheep that has ever occurred in these parts due to misadventure, took place on Saturday night last…

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Serious Sheep Mortally After Shearing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 1

A very serious mortally of 180 sheep occurred recently on a property in the Coonamble district a perty in the Coonamble district a few days after shearing advises…

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Henty District Clips Meet Improved Values at Albury Wool Atctions * . i it Values at Wool Atctums

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 6

Henty and district dips met with an improved market at the last major sale for the season at Albury last Thursday. Comeback and fine Crossbred wools advanced from 10 to 12½ per cent, and values for Merino fleeces increased 5 per cent. Strongest support came from Great Britain,…

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Individual Wheat Varieties Should Be Sown at the Correct Time

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

Under the old system of crop production, which used horses exclusively for drawing ploughs, cultivating imprements and seeding machinery, land…

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Junior Farmer Movement "New Deal" Advocated by C.p. Leader

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

"The position of the Junior Farmer Movement is a matter of concern to people throughout the State who are aware of the enormous value, both…

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Price Anomalies Cause of Drift From Dairy Industry

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 6

When the Dairy industry (Amendment) Bill, which among other things, alters the law with respect to the registration of dairy produce factories…

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Steady Sales of Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Shipments of wheat and flour had been proceeding steadily since the commencement of the season in…

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Tribesmen Sell Cattle to Aid Displaced Chief

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 7

LONDON, Fri.: Bamangwato tribesmen are selling their cattle, the main wealth of their Bechuanaland reserve, to raise a…

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Ovens Valley Farm at £70 Per Acre

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 10

“Fassiefern,” a dairy property of 178 acres, submitted on behalf of Mr James Ferguson, of Bowman’s Forest and situated at Whorouly, in the…

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Britain Gets More Butter

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 14

CANBERRA, Monday.— The volume of the main Australian food exports to Britain —butter and meat— has…

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Us Wheat Crop Down

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tues.: The Agriculture Department estimates that dry weather and insect pests will reduce the American winter wheat…

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Expanding Wool Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 10

NEW YORK, Wed. : An expanding us market for wool was forecast by Mr W. J. Fitzgerald, president of the Wool…

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Soaking Wool Prices

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

Some time ago a grazier of Illabo, in Queensland, had some old, very much discoloured wool from a second crutching that he was…

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More Butter for Britons London

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 2

Changes in Britain’s food rations announced to-day by the Minister of Food (Mr. Maurice Webb), included the following: Butter temporarily increased to five ounces…

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