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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,255 stories in Riverina's papers · page 69 of 163

Fashion Forecasts Lamb's Wool Coat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 7

Quite one of the newest and most chic of materials for winter coats is the lamb's wool which can be dyed in the most fashionable shades…

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Items of News Waste in Wheat Headlands

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 4

Many farmers waste far too much land around the headlands, comments the senior instructor of the Department of Agriculture. Land costing £6…

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Help for Farmers State to Guarantee Debts Advances by Banks at Low Interest Rates Wheat Farms Must (Be Converted Into Mixed Farms)

The Daily Express · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 1

The annual State Conference of Agricultural Bureaux was opened at Hawkesbury Agricultural College today, over 300 delegates from all parts…

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Wheat Pool Poll to Be Taken Outcome of Conference SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 1
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THE ACTING-Premier. Mr. Buttenshaw, was trenchant regarding the proposed wheat pool. He said that the Government was not…

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House of Commons Rhineland Evacuation King Fuad's Visit Bulk Purchase of Wheat LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 1

In the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Henderson, was asked by a member if the Government was bound…

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Dairy Produce Australia-new Zealand Merger Combined Selling Floor in London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 2

Further details of the new co-operative selling organisation in London to handle Australian and New Zealand produce have been supplied by Mr. C…

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Farm Engineering Value of Concrete Constituents and Uses

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 6

Perhaps the greatest argument in favor of the use of concrete on the farm is its durability—it is white ant proof, and it neither rots nor burns…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 4

Excellent progress is being made with the Junior Farmers' Club in Wagga and with other clubs in the district. Not only are the boys keen;…

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With the Man on the Land. Pastoral When Baling Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

When baling wool, the bales should be as even in weight as possible. Between 3001b. and 3361b. is a good weight for fleece wool,…

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Wool Auctions

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 8

Messrs Pitt, Son and Badgery report under date 19th July:— Business in this centre continues in lines of locally treated wools…

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Sheep Killed by Dogs

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

In April 480 sheep were sent to graze in the foothills on a property skirting the outer suburbs of Adelaide. Of these 100 have been killed by flogs and…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

At the Agricultural Bureau conference at Hawkesbury College yesterday, in a discussion on the marketing of wheat, Mr. K. K. Field, Murrar, said that…

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Sheep Show and Dog Trials

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 2

The Cootamundra A.P.H. and I. Association is to be congratulated upon the success of its third sheep show and dog trials. Started with some…

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Waste Land in Wheat Headlands

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

Many farmers waste far too much land around the headlands, comments the Senior Instructor of the Department of Agriculture located in the…

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Wheat Pool Opposition at Junee

The Daily Express · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 2

At a meeting of the Junee F. and S. Association on Saturday, a member of the Executive, Mr. E. E. Field, was presented, and the proposed…

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When Baling Wool Useful Hints

The Daily Express · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 2

When baling wool, the bales should he as even in weight as possible. Between 300lb and 336lb, is a good weight for [?]ece wool, “pieces,”…

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Commercial the Wheat Market Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

The local wheat market is steady, Bulk wheat in parcels sold at 5/11½ to 6/ and bagged lots 6/1½ to 6/2 per bushel…

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London Wool Sales London, July 23

The Daily Express · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 4

The wool sales closed. There .were catalogued 101,146 bales, and it us estimated there was sold to home trade 31,000 bales, continent 43,600,…

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Wool Markets Australian Inference Eastern Competition

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 7

The importance of Australian markets as a force in establishing a world basis for wool values is illustrated by the statement of an English authority…

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