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Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 164

November Butter Price Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 4

The final realisation for butter sold in November was an average of 140/5 per cwt. according to a statement issued by the Commonwealth Dairy…

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Australian Sheep for Korea Japanese Mission

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 9

Two Japanese sheep-breeding experts who arrived in Sydney in the Yamasimo Maru will spend two or three weeks in New South Wales…

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Stabilised Wheat Prices Newcastle Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 8

A scheme for the long-term stabilisation of the price of wheat at 3/6 a bushel at railway sidings, under the control of a Commonwealth board…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 8

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable from Liverpool: "22/3. steady, fair U.K. demand. Argentina reports no pressure."…

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Sydney Wool Sales Average 11.3d a Pound Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

The average price of greasy merino wool sold at auction at the Sydney wool sales this week was £13/19/2 a bale, or 11.3d a pound…

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Boxing Alabama Kid v. "Red" Farmer Contest a Fiasco Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 6

After 1[?] minutes of the tenth round had passed the contest between the two Americans, "Red" Farmer and Alabama Kid, at the Sports Arena…

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Ant Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 3

Some ants cultivate certain grata, such as trefoil, not for the sake of green fodder, but for the seed it produces. At harvest time the fine…

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Battleships or Burrinjucks? Farmland Defences Build Them Now Vital to Safety of the Empire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 8

Battleships or Burrinjucks? Warships or water? Cruisers or crops? Field guns or fodder? Planes or pastures? All the armaments Australia can…

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Poultry Care of Eggs on the Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 11

The method of storing eggs on the farm. awaiting despatch to market often leaves much to be desired. The room in which the eggs are kept…

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Rice Crops Saved

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 5

The rain has saved the rice crops in the Irrigation Area, and an almost 100 per cent is assured. Water from the Tumut River and Tarcutta Creek…

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Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

On Friday next the Cootamundra Associated Agents will hold a special sale of store sheep. Already a very attractive yarding is listed. Graziers…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 3
Also in Cootamundra Herald, The Gundagai Independent

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Farmers' Relief Board's Annual Report Small: Crown Areas Important Contributing Factor to Distress

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 1

The annual report of the Farmers' Relief Board for the year ended June 30, which has been tabled in Parliament, states that an important…

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Commercial WOOL

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report that the next Sydney series of wool sales will open on the 20th March, and close on the 30th March,…

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Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 7

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. (Sydney) report on the 2nd instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 2nd March: We submitted at our sale on…

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Wool Sales Sydney

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 1

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd., Sydney, reports on the 27th instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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