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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,729 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 87

Lucerne in the Wheat Rotation Successes with Sown Pasture

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 4

As lucerne is becoming more popular with the wheat farmer for use in the wheat rotation, a trial was commenced in 1947, al the…

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Cooling Milk on the Farm

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 6

There was a tendency on the part of some dairy farmers during the colder months to neglect the proper cooling of their milk,…

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Butter Position in Sydney Serious

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY. Thurs.: Although a “conservative” estimate by the State Marketing Bureau gives Sydney’s batter reserves as…

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Wool Classing Exam Today

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

Albury and district wool classing students will sit for their final examination at Wagga today. Examination will be conducted by…

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Commercial Store Cattle Clearance at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 14

John McNamara & Co. Pty. Ltd, Wodonga and Melbourne, yarded 1640 top quality store cattle at Wodonga yesterday when the whole penning…

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Big Sheep Loss Can Be Stopped

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 4

A warning to district sheep owners that worm infestation has caused an annual loss of £250,000 and is likely to…

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More Wheat Bins Being Built

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said today that NSW had been the only State to…

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Wool Auction System Will Stay

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

Sounder arguments than so far made to change the system of wool auctioning in Australia would have to be…

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Dairymen wont all production guarantee

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs: Any departure from a dairying return based upon costs of all production whether for the local or…

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Wild Duck, Swans Destroying Crops

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

Wild duck and other water birds are unusually numerous for this time of the year in the Rutherglen district. With the breeding season…

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Preparing for Albury Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 3

Mr Frank Williams, an employe of Dalgety and paused for a moment when the “Mail” cameraman visited the company’s wool stores yesterday. He is one of a number of men who yesterday spread hay…

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Commercial Albury Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 18

Dalgety & Co. Ltd. and New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. Ltd. conducted a special sheep sale at Albury yesterday when to a representative attendance…

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News From Wangaratta Record Cattle Values

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 19

WANGARATTA, Fri.: At Wangaratta cattle market twin Shorthorn bullocks, bred and fattened by Messrs F. J and F. V. Keogh,…

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Wool will be sold by auction

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 18

CANBERRA, Fri.: The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr McEwen) said today there was no…

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“Economic squeeze on farmers”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Fri.: The farmer was being subjected to an economic “squeeze” from every direction, the Premier (Mr…

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Australia has 113 million sheep

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 13

Today 85 per cent of Australia’s sheep are found in one great are on the inner side of the Great Divide in the eastern States, the…

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“Vote Yes on Wool”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 7

Sir,—The Australian Woolgrowers’ Council, with the help of the Graziers’ Association of NSW, is leading the opposition to the post…

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More Wool Being Used

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 11

Despite the appearance of a wide number of man-made fibres during the past two decades and their wide exploitation, the world’s per…

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Work of the Wool Board

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 12

Wool promotion in Australia is carried out by the Australian Wool Board. The functions of the board are to do everything possible to…

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U.s. Move on Wool “Monopoly”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun.: The United States gave strong indications yesterday that it was going to ask the United Nations to do…

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