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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,532 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 77

Lice in Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions at Jerilderie recently, Carl Roth, of Mudgee, was fined £80 for offering lice infested sheep for sale at Finely on…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 14

The following is the order of sales at today’s Wodonga Cattle Market:— Farmers and Graziers, Younghusband Ltd., Goldsbrough Mort, Gippsland and…

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Wheat Outlook Not Encouraging

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

In the course of a somewhat optimistic forecast of the Australian wheat outlook, the new quarterly publication. "The Bank of New…

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Items of News Films for Sheep Men

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

The Australian Wool Board will show a series of five educational films in the Walla Hall on Thursday, June 1. Films will deal with…

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Minimum Reserve for Wool (To the Editor)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 12

Sir,—As one grower who has taken an active part in promoting a minimum reserve plan for wool in the past 10 years, I ask for space…

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Farmers’ Problems Discussed at Walla Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 10

“Pig breeders, dairy and poultry farmers are the wheat farmers’ best customers because they use wheat as fodder, However,…

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Wool Values Up 20 P.c

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 18

ADELAIDE, Tues brokers estimated that prices realised at the opening of the wool sales, today were from 15 to 20 per cent. above those at the…

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Ex-Soldiers and Farm Loans

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 11

Eligibility of ex-serviceman who were discharged on or before September 2, 1945, to apply for agricultural…

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Successful Special Sheep Sale

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., associated with Messrs. McLaughlin and Crittenden, and in conjunction with…

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Less Fine Wool

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 13

SYDNEY, Wed.: Fine wool production throughout the world had dropped very greatly, Mr O. Falkiner, MLC, president of…

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Canadian Wheat for Britain

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 3

OTTAWA, Wed.: The Minister for Trade (Mr C. Howse) yesterday announced that he expected the United Kingdom to…

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3 Million Bushel Storage for Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: The State Government has decided to erect four bulk wheat sub terminals each of three…

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To the Editor the Wool Levy Scheme

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 9

Sir.—There has appeared in the Press a letter by Mr. J. P. Abbott, former M.H.R. for New England stating a case against the wool…

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Serious Sheep Mortality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

A serious mortality in sheep is reported from the Quirindi district and is being investigated by the Department, of Agriculture. Of 500 ewes early…

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Merinos Favoured for Fine Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 5

Fine-wooled Merinos may compete more than favourably with other breeds in using highly improved pastures, judging from the…

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Melbourne Firm to Stage Fashion Parade at Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 10

Albury Show Society yesterday accepted the conditions imposed by Prestige Ltd., of Melbourne, to stage the fashion parade at its annual sheep show next month. Dame Enid Lyons, MHR,…

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Cow Used as Farm Hack

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

“Strawberry” not only keeps the home of this New Zealander supplied in milk, but is used as a farm hack. Picture shows the cow with saddle and rabbit traps standing contentedly by while the farmer sets…

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Letters to the Editor The Wool Levy Scheme

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 16

As a woolgrower who gives a fair amount of thought to our pastoral industry, I was interested to read Mr. C. D. Renshaw’s…

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No Increase in Price of Butter and Tea “For the Present” Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 1

State Prices Ministers today deferred decisions on increases sought the price of tea, butter and petrol and decontrolled only two of the 250 items submitted for consideration. The only price increases…

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Sheep By Air From Tasmania

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

Mr. H. W. Tuck of Borambola, Benalla, has just taken delivery of a consignment of 90 young Southdown rams. which he purchased during a…

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