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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 49 of 164

Red Poll Cattle Meeting of Breeders English Shipment for 1940 Easter Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 3

The possibility of a shipment of Red Poll cattle reaching Australia in time for exhibition at the 1940 Royal Easter Show was mentioned at the annual…

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Wool Sales Good Competition in Sydney Japanese Buying Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

Compared with the closing Sydney wool sales before the Easter recess, best wools to-day ruled about par for average and Inferior sorts were five per…

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Serious Cattle Diseases Loss of £3,000,000 a Year Finance for Research

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

The Australian Cattle Research Association is faced with the problem of raising enough money to continue its investigations into contagious abortion…

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Breed Societies' Meetings Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep (N.s.w. Branch) Licensing Ram Breeders Strict Supervision of Quality

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 8

With a view to eliminating inferior rams and to ensure that rams from registered flocks only should be allowed for use in the production of…

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Farmer's Experience

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

A farmer at Jackson's Waterholes had a peculiar experience last week Whilst cultivating with a team o[?] ten horses, he noticed the horses…

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Wine Grapes Crop Rain Causes Damage But Tonnage Equal to Last Tear Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 2

Despite extensive damage to the wine grape crops on the Irrigation area by abnormally heavy rains, the quantities processed at Area wineries will be about…

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Co-operation Between Council and Commission in Building Regulations for Residential Farms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

THE RECENT decision of the Council to control the buildings on residential farm blocks under the Local Government Ordinances…

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Wool Board

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

The Wool Board emphasised at its meeting that the woollen industry is the most important of all industries to Australia. As a primary industry it…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd. wired, us late yesterday. At our wool sales today we experienced good, general competition, and the market ruled…

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Sheep Show Proposal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

Preliminary plans in connection with the annual sheep show to be held in Sydney on June 21-24 were discussed at a meeting of the Council of…

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Annual Sheep Show Selling Arrangements in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

British breeds of sheep entered in the show catalogue and sold during the currency of the annual sheep show to be held in Sydney from June 21 to…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool to-day: "22/6; steady; immediate outlook dominated by…

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International Wheat Preparations for Conference London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

It is understood that an international wheat conference may be held early in the summer. A preparatory committee is now considering a…

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Wool Sales Japanese Again Active Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

Under good general competition the market at the wool sales to-day ruled fully firm at yesterday's rates. A special feature of the sale was the…

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Recipes Lemon Butter Cake

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 8

Take [?] sugar, a little grated lemon on rind, 3 oz. butter, 2 eggs, the juice of 2 lemons. Beat the sugar butter, and lemon juice and put…

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Proposed Wool Bounty

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 3

It is considered unlikely that a penny wool bounty will be granted by the Government, even if threats by the graziers…

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Good Prices at Local Cattle Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 4

Dalgety and Company Limited, Gundagai, report having held a most successful cattle sale at Gundagai, on Saturday last, 16th April, when they…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 3

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool to-day: "Unchanged; steady; U.K. frustrated Canadian and…

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Wool and Free Trading Poland & Czechoslovakia

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 7

As a result of the Easter recess, wool transactions in Sydney have been limited, but the market tone has shown…

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Wool Sales Sydney Market Firm Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 6

Under good competition from Yorkshire and the Continent, and with good support from Japan, the wool market ruled fully firm to-day at…

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