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Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 19 of 164

Wool Sales Sydney Auctions Bates Maintained Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

Under strong competition from all sections of the [?]de, the market ruled very firm at the wool sales to-day and yesterday's rates for all descriptions…

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Australian Wheat to Be Stored in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

To meet possible emergencies through international complications, 11,000 sons of Australian milling wheat is to be stored to provide for Auckland's bread…

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With the Man on the Land Encouraging Use of Wool Elaborate Display For Easter Show Decision of Sheeprbeed Ers’ Association

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 8

TO ASSIST in encouraging an Australian wool consciousness and to help to dissipate any ideas that hight exist as to the virtues of synthetic wool a sub-committee was appointed by the Council of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders’ Association on Thursday to stage…

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Grows Crops by Electricity

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 7

Mr. Harry Stephenson, a dairy farmer, of Leeds, England, grows high-speed crops by electricity to provide fresh food for his cows in mid-winter. In an…

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Farmer-baronet Killed

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 2

Sir Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cunning hame, 14th Baronet of Robertland, Ayrshire, who for eight years has been a farmer in the Manilla district, was…

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Wool, Sheep, and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Ltd. report: A welcome feature of this week's sales has been the strength of the…

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Ophthalmia in Sheep and Cattle Two Effective Lotions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Ophthalmia, an infectious inflammatory affection of the eyes, has occurred to a greater extent than usual in both sheep and cattle in the…

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Nonshrinkable Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

A new method of producing nonsh[?]akable wool using "enzymes"—completed substances in living cells— was disclosed in a report of the…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 8

The Fanners & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 8th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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American Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Chicago wheat options were quoted: May 68 5-8 cents a bushel, July 68 5-8 cents. September 69 1/2 cents. Winnipeg futures: May 621 cents a…

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Wool Report Local Sales

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson wired on Tuesday:-- We sold 7900 bales of wool at our Sydney sale to-day. Prices for well-grown wools showed…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act. 1938

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

FORMS of application to enable wheat growers to apply for assistance under the above mentioned Act are now available at…

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Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning of Sheep Need for Precautions

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

Referring in a recent report to occurrences of carbon tetrachloride poisoning of sheep, the Acting Chief Veterinary Surgeon of that Department…

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Kooba Herding Cattle at Tumut Unorthodox Treatment of Brilliant Colt

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

If you are invited to inspect one of Mr. F. W. Hughes' stations at Tumut, N.S.W., and happen to see a young and…

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For the Man on the Land Quality of Cream Necessity for Proper Blending Emphasised by Dry Season Apathy of Dairy Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

The hot, dry, dusty conditions experienced this summer have rendered it doubly necessary to exercise every care to preserve the quality of cream. Incorrect and delayed blending of cream on the farm has been the cause…

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Australian Wheat 80,000 Tons for Shanghai Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

Two cargoes of New South Wales wheat were reported to-day to have been sold to China, together with one cargo from South Australia. They…

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Wool Sales Sydney Auctions Strong Demand Continues SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

Under strong competition from the Continent and Yorkshire and good support from Japan and local mills, the market at the Sydney wool sales…

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The Wool Industry Methods of Reducing Cost of Production

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

To maintain the wool industry on a sound footing, with the capacity to compete successfully with the manufacturers of artificial fibres, it is…

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Grong Farmers Defeat the Big Store

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon teams representing the Big Store, Narandera, and Grong Grong farmers played an enjoyable match on the…

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Manslaughter Verdict Against Farmer Ballarat (V.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

The Jury to-day convicted Henry Bray, farmer, aged 52 years, of the manslaughter of Bruce Williamson, a schoolboy, on December 28. The…

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