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Farming & the land, 1938

3,820 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 191

Melbourne Wool Sales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 8

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Ltd., Melbourne, report under date of 13th inst, as follows:-- Sales this week concluded in the…

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Leeton Case Alleged Sheep Stealing Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 3

Thomas Jenner, 45, laborer, was charged at the Central Conn to-day with having stolen a sheep value at £5, the property of Nicholas…

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Stud Cattle Sales 240 Guineas for Coonong Bull

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 16

The stud cattle sales were held at the R.A.S. showground during the week. Notwithstanding that the quality…

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The Fruit Crop

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 7

This season's harvest of fruit has proved exceptionally heavy. The Batlow Packing House aud Cool Stores report record handling, and…

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To and Farmers Agricultural Conference

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 13

While the Government had sincerely promised to help the farmers of this State, it recognised that this was only an insurance policy, for it…

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A Lifetime on the Land Reminiscences of a Pastoral Pioneer PART 7 Life in the Outback—corongo Peak in Drought Time—a Black Snake Pays a Visit—magpies Shelter in the Home—two Waifs

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 2

And so that was Corongo Peak, I went out and had a look at it on the morning after our arrival. As far as, the eye could scan the plain stretched…

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Wheat for Sheep Feed

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

When Mr. Harrison, assistant manager of the Silo Board, was in Urana, during the week, Mr. J. M. Smith interviewed him and secured…

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Commercial Wagga Sheep Market

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 6

The associated agents of Wagga (Younghusband Ltd., S. V. Bast and Co., the A.M.L. & F. Co., the Farmers, and Graziers' Co-op. Co., and Dalgety…

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Melbourne Wool Auctions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 6

The Melbourne wool brokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during last week was 11.45d per lb., or £13/12/3…

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Japan's Wool Imports Exporters' Request to Government Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

A meeting of the Wool Export Association ciation to ask the Government to permit the import of fresh wool. It was also decided that all…

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Lockhart District Farmers to Meet on

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 2

Lockhart Farmers and Settlers' branch will hold its annual meeting on Friday afternoon next, at 2.30 p.m. Questions affecting the men…

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Farmers and Settlers Wagga Branch Meeting P.p. Board's Activities

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 3

Owing to the bad weather, the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, which was to have been held on…

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Mongolian Wool for Japan Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

The Japanese Government has decided to permit the unrestricted importation into North China of Mongolian wool, of which it is understood…

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Wheat Carry-over Approaching Dwindling Point Decline in European Output London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

By July 31 the Wheat carry-over will have dwindled to vanishing point in most Importing countries, is the opinion of the "Financial…

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Dairy Cows Production Improvement Scheme Yields in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 3

The dairy branch, Department of Agriculture, supplies its monthly list showing the milk and butterfat yields of registered pure bred cows recorded…

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Storage of Wool for Defence Purposes Australian Inquiries in Britain Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 1

Inquiries are being made by the Commonwealth Government to ascertain what Great Britain is doing in connection with the storage of wool…

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Farmers' Lament

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 3

Under its spreading hopeless debts The farmer's homestead stands; Its lord a mournful man is he As he ploughs his man mortgaged lands,…

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Restoration of Soil Fertility Problem of Wheat Growing Detrimental Effects of One-crop Farming

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 6

Throughout the wheat districts there was a tendency on the part of many of the more progressive farmers 10 change over their operations trade…

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Wagga Sheep Market

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

The Associated agents of Wagga report having held their fortnightly sheep sale at the Wagga municipal saleyards on Thursday of last week…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 7

THOMAS Jenner was charged at the Leeton Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M., with stealing at…

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