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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

3,431 stories in Riverina's papers · page 62 of 172

Wheat Commission. Evidence in Wagga

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

At the sitting of the Wheat Commission a Wagga last week Councillor [?] Old James [?]…

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London Wool Sales London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 3
Also in Daily Advertiser

At the wool sales 6721 bales were offered, including 154 from New South Wales, of which approximately 5298 were sold at late rates. Greasy…

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Autumn Wheat Sowings Substantial Reductions Likely

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 6

Confirming previous reports, agricultural instructors are of the opinion 'has there will be substantial decreases, in pats, in the area sown to wheat this…

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Wheat Growing Recent Developments in Disease Control

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 6

During recent years methodS have been evolved which have to a very large extent eliminated the uncertainty which formerly existed in regard…

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Sheep in Japan Interesting Article by Well Known Sheepclasser

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 3

The following article has been contributed to " The Australian Estates" by Mr. H. C. Pennefather, who has had many years of pastoral experience…

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Victorian Wheat Reduced Yield Last Season Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

The wheat harvest for the 1933-34 season yielded 42,613,406 bushels, according to the Government statist's report, this being 5,230,023 less than the…

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Price of Wool 10 Per Cent Fall in London

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

The price of wool in London fell 10 per cent, when the wool selling series opened on Tuesday. Offerings amounted to 7995 bales, which…

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Junior Farmers' Club

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

This journal, which has been advocating the formation of a junior Farmers' Club for Cootamundra is glad to at last see that a start has been made in a practical way. One…

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TO Fail at Dairying

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 3

There are a variety of practices conductive to failure at dairying. The following were enumerated in an American paper some years ago, but…

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Local and General Cootamundra Junior Farmers' Club

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 5

On Friday last Mr A. J. Chalmers, district supervisor of the Junior farmers' organisations (with headquarters at Cowra), gave an address at the…

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Book-keeping for Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 5

Book-keeping is not a practice that is taken to very kindly by most farmers, but some permanent record of purchases and sales, profits and…

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For the Man on the Land Administration of Crown Lands Farmers and Settlers' Resolutions Minister's Reply

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 6

The Minister for Lands (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) has given careful consideration to the resolutions affecting the administration of Crown lands passed at the last annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of…

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Dairy Act Proclaims Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 6

The Governor General to-day [?] claimed the Dairy produce Act [?] which began to operate from mar[?] The Act provides power to [?]…

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Warwick Farm Races. To-morrow (Saturday.) Selections

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

Hurdle Race: Hustler, Grecian Knight, Blue Ensign. Nursery Handicap: First Division: Buralaga, Farraday, Gay Less. Second…

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Trade Treaties Federal Cabinet Consideration Wheat, Meat and Butter Market Expansion Hoped Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 1

The Federal Cabinet at its Adelaide meetings next week will give the final touches to the many foreign trade treaties that are being negotiated by…

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Facts About Wool

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 12

Many interest facts about wool were related to members of the Legacy Club, at the weekly luncheon at the Australia, by the…

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London Wool Bales

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 3

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., Melbourne, announces the receipt of a cabegram from its tondon office regarding the opening of…

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Wayside Jottings Butter or Grease

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 5

Opposing the restriction of butter production and urging the government to set out after new markets, a Trafalgar (Vic) farmer said the…

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Sheep Blowfly a New Jetting Mixture

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 May 1934 · page 14

The blowfly pest should shortly be abating, but to the sheepowner its control is always a more or less present, problem, and any advance…

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