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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 164

Better Price for Wheat By Feeding to Pigs

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 5

Wheat is an excellent feed for pgs and at its present low price it is much more profitable to feed it to pigs, and, in effect sell it as bacon or pork, than…

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Wheat Bounty Payments Expected in Few Days SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 1

The Premier told Mr. Dunn' (Labor, Mudgee) that the wheat bounty payments would be made to necessitous farmers in a few days' time. He felt…

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Wheat For Pigs Value As Feed Restricted Grain Areas Advocated

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 3

Under the uncertainties existing I overseas, and the tapering and irregular nature of our weather, which may continue for another season, it would…

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Wheat Storage Grain Can Now Be Sen[?] to Sydney Terminals

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

Referring to a statement made some weeks ago to the effect that [?] further wheat could be received in elevators, the Minister for Agriculture…

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Farmers' Debts

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 1

The Premier of Victoria (Mr. Dunstan) in an attack on the Commonwealth Government's policy on the allocation of funds for farmers' debts,…

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A Bad Dairying Practice Mixing of Warm and Cold Creams

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

The mixing of warm, freshly separated cream with a cold, ripe cream from a previous separation is very often accompanied with disastrous…

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Free Information for Farmers Valuable Departmental Service

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

Not every farmer is aware that there is a free information service at his disposal. Local experiment and research, and contact with that of…

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New Method of Manuring Stubble Crops Attitude Towards Cost and Distribution of Fertiliser

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 3

With the introduction of the advantages to be derived by cereal fanners in areas of suitable rainfall through the combination of ammonia with…

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Free Information for Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

Not every farmer is aware that there is a free information service at his disposal. Local experiment and research, and contact with that of other States…

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Wheat Crop Official Commonwealth Estimate Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

The official Commonwealth estimate for the 1938-39 wheat crop is now 151,000,000 bushels, compared with the estimate of 145,000,000 bushels last…

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American Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

Chicago options were quoted: May 68 cents a bushel, July 6[?] 3/4 cents, September 69 cents. Winnipeg futures: May 60 7-8 cents…

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London Wheat London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

The demand for wheat cargoes was discouraging to-day but there was some inquiry from the Orient for Australians. Parcels were quiet…

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Slump In Wheat Greatest Production

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 16

Never in history hah world production of wheat in any one year reached the colossal total recorded in 1938. Exporting countries had…

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Wheat Bounty Payments to Be Made in Few Days To Necessitous Farmers' SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) told Mr. Dunn (Lab, Mudgee) in the Legislative Assembly to-day that cheat bounty payments would be made to…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool: "21/6; easy; some pressure near Australian; Canadian…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Japan Not Buying

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 9

News from the northern selling centre indicates good clearances at rates generally on a par with the close in Sydney, states a city…

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Pastoral Outlook Before and After February Rains Marketing Bureau Reports Riverina and Slopes Areas

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 3

The pastoral position prior to the last week of February was viewed seriously over the greater part of the State After that date, however, the advent…

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London Wool Sales Plan for Bigger Offering of Australian Fleece London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 6

According to the "Yorkshire Post," as an outcome of discussions last year between the British Wool Federation and Sir Dalziel Kelly and Mr. F. F…

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Interfered With Irrigation Channel Fivebough Farmer Fined Lestton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 4

At the Leeton Police Court, Harry Harris, of farm 101, Fivebough, was fined £3 with 3/ costs for interfering with an irrigation channel on the…

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Free Information For Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 9

Not every farmer is aware that there is a free information service, at his disposal. Local experiment and research, and contact with that of other…

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