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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

3,443 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 173

Relief To Farmers R.I.B. Working at High Pressure

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) stated that the Rural Industries Branch was pushing forward with the work of re-advancing…

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Shelter For Stock Another Argument for Trees on the Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 5

Trees provide a very necessary shelter tor stock of all descriptions. To see a mob of cows or sheep huddled beneath a tree during the…

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Wagga Boys' Success Junior Farmers' Prizes Jack Peacock's Vegetables

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 5

In connection with several Junior Farmers' Club projects, conducted in various districts, championship prizes have been awarded…

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The Farm Vegetable Garden Importance of Good Drainage

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 5

The question of drainage should be considered in relation to all classes of soil, but especially in relation to those that are at all heavy. Neglect,…

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To Help Farmers £1,000,000 Company Western Districts' Convention

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 10

The secretary of the Producers Advisory Council, Mr. H. L. A. Abbott, told the Western Districts Convention at Forbes that a Rural…

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£10,000 Company to Finance Farmers

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 April 1931 · page 12

The negotiations during the past two months for the raising of a private emergency loan for the assistance of wheat growers have been so…

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N.Z. Wool Sales Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 3

Strong Continental competition, generally outbidding Bradford, was a feature ,of the fourth Dunedia wool, sales. Halfbreds advanced on March…

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Flock Classing in Relation to Wool Improvement

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 3

The general financial position in this country has made it very difficult for primary producers to know exactly what to do for the best Their…

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Dairying at Ladysmith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 2

Mr. O. Muir, of Ladysmith, has started dairying with Mr. G. Brain and has gone to the coast to procure a herd of Jerseys. Mr. Stan Wild is getting…

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Fertiliser Supplies for Victorian Farmers Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

Definite arrangements wore made by the State Ministry yesterday for the three principal fertihser firma to supply superphosphates to struggling…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date April 9.— There is little to report in the local wool market owing to the Easter…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that there was keen general competition at the opening of the Brisbane wool sales today. Japan, Germany and…

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Sheep-fly Control Is Cypress Pine a Repellant

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 1

In regard to the work of the departmental sub-committee dealing with external parasites in Sheep which directs the investigations in blowfly control,…

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Sowing Wheat Points in Setting the Drill

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 1

As important operation connected with sowing is the proper setting of the drill according to the variety and condition of the seed. A drill set to…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Hodoe Before the Court. Found Guilty and Remanded for Sentence

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 3

After several adjournments, the charge against Thomas Felix Hodge, of stealing one sheep of the value of 5/, the properly of Percy Harold…

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Graziers Confer President's Address Governments Place Party Before Country Position of Wool Industry Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 1

Speaking at the annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, which was opened today, the president (Mr. F. H. Tout)…

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Rural Reliefs Ltd. New Company Formed to Assist Necessitous Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 4

Many well known people are included in the subscribers to the new company, Rural Reliefs Ltd., which was registered on Wednesday with a…

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Shelter for Stock Another Argument for Trees on the Farm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 1

Trees provide a very necessary shelter for stock of all descriptions. To see a mob of cows or sheep huddled beneath a tree during the bitter winds…

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Farm Relief Company Plans Born of F.s.a. Advocacy

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 3

A new stabilising influence in rural affairs has been brought into being. Last week a company known as Rural Reliefs, Ltd., was registered in…

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The Gullibility of the Farmers (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 3

Sir,—By press report I notice that our Federal member (Mr Parker Mooney) has been making a tour of the farming districts, apparently to try to…

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