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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

3,295 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 165

Dairy Farming Riverina and South-West Slopes Slackness by Producers Deplored

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 5

Mr. L.W. Ssott, senior dairy instructor for Riverina and the South West Slopes, in his monthly report, states that in February the weather…

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Bounty on Wheat. More Than £1,000,000 PAID

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 3

Payments made under the Wheat Bounty Act 1931 on wheat of the 1931-32 season, at the rate of 4½d a bushel up to February 25th…

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Wool Marketing Reduced Charges Sought Brokers Adamant Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The negotiation between the annual conference of the Glaziers' Association and the Woolselling Brokers' Association for the purpose of obtaining…

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Two Train Loads of Sheep Trucked at harden Owner Pays £1200 and £900 in Freight. HARDEN

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 3

A record day's trucking at Harden took place on Wednesday, when 9000 wethers from Mr. W. F. Ross's "inverlochie" property were trucked to…

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A Farmhand Mangled in Cultivator

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

Alfred Edward Swanson, 67, was found frightfully mangled witha cultivator on Mr. Tom West's farm [?] Trungley, and about six miles from…

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Advantages of Dairying a Safe and Stable Industry

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 3

As a secure and permanent occupation it is generally contended that none of the common forms of farming compare with…

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A Farmer’s Point of View

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

Look, then into thine heart, and writer! Where i Sir, I can hoar someone whistling distiscity. It is Sunday a bright cool day. By looking out of a…

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Treatment of Farm Horses. (From a Paper Read by a South Australia Farmer.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 1

The first attention of horses in the morning is to lake them out, to water, if there is not a regular supply of water within reach in the stable…

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PASTORAL Worms In Sheep Wisdom of Early Treatment

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 18

Sheep are still showing the effects of the peculiar winter conditions of last year, observes a departmental report. The increase in the…

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Wool Charges Brokers Refuse Reduction

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 12

Resentment was expressed by many delegates at the Graziers Conference at the refusal of the Sydney Wool-selling Brokers to reduce…

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Canberra Wheat Marked Success in Greece

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 20

Since Canberra wheat was first experimented with in 1924-25 at the Salchika Plant Breeding Station, Greece it has proved so Successful that the…

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WHEAT World Situation Exportable Supplies Smaller

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 16

Some interesting data on the world wheat situation has been compiled recently by the International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, from…

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Albury Wool Sales Values Down Slightly

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 16

At the Albury wool sales prices for merinos, comebacks, and fine crossbreds were 5 per cent lower, while medium and coarse crossbreds…

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Australian Butter Success In England Judge Congratulates Australian Factories

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 20

"At the Empire dairy produce competition held at Islington, England, recently great difficulty was expertenced by the judges in awarding the…

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Wool a New Era Ousting Artificial Filaments

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 13

The opening up of a new era in the woollen industry is envisaged up Dr. S. G. Barker, Director of Research, Wool Industries Research…

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"Use More Wool" How Mattresses Can Be Made at Home C.w.a. Members Tell

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 6

Mrs. J. Matthews, of Wagga, group president of the Country Women's Association, has received a letter from Mrs. Lucy T. Bull, of "Tarcoola,"…

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Graziers' Conference Many Important Decisions Government Control of Stock Selling Opposed Wool Brokers Refuse To Reduce Selling And Handling Charges

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 12

Declaring that Australia would not "turn the corner" until there was an assurance that primary industries would continue to produce the…

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Dairying Filling the Overhead Silo

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 18

The proper packing of the material in the silo is most important. If not properly packed or sufficiently tramped to exclude air, spoiled…

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Riverina Dairying Value of Irrigation Routine Work Needs Greater Attention

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 18

"The value of irrigation has been strikingly illustrated in some cases where production has been maintained at the peak level against a…

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