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Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 164

Bringenbrong Sale Five Farms Sold

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 6

At a land sale at Lower Bringen[?]rong, Upper Murray, on Tuesday, five farms were sold at prices ranging from £10 to more than £20 an…

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Sheep Skins Dearer

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: At the Sydney sheep skin sales of the past week, the market opened without quotable change, but competition…

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Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery report on Friday's Wool sales: We found the market very firm for all description, competition being keen and general,…

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Yanco Welfare Farm Talkie Equipment to Be Installed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 1

A talkie equipment is to be provided at the Yanco Welfare Home. Specially selected films ore regarded by the Child Welfare Department, as…

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Lockhart Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3

Macfarlane, Webb and Francis, auctioneers, Lockhart, in conjunction with the Australian Estates Co. Ltd., of Melbourne, report having conducted…

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Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 7th inst. We submitted at our sale on Thursday, 5th instant, a catalogue of 8,000…

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World Wheat Glut

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

At the International Wheat Advisery Committee meeting in London, strong criticism was made of the Australian, Canadian and Argentine…

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Melbourne Wool Auctions

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended January 14, 1939,…

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European Wheat Frosts May Affect Crops India As Market for Australia Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

There is a possibility of frosts taking a heavy toll of European wheat crops, declares the weekly report of the Lindley, Walker Wheat Co. In…

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European Wheat Frosts May Affect Crops India as Market for Aust. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

There is a possibility of frosts taking a heavy toll of European wheat crops, declares the weekly report of Lindley Walker Wheat Co. In India…

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Wool Sales Brisbane Market Firm Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3
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Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that the Brisbane wool sales opened to-day, with values very firm at last week's Sydney improved basis. There…

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Value of Research Graziers' Support for Wool Levy What Other Countries Are Doing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

Emphasising the necessity for and prospective value of the wool levy, the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, directs attention to the close…

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Farrer Obelisk Memorial Unveiled Tribute to National Service In Producing Improved Wheat Varieties CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3

Unveiling a granite obelisk at the grave of William James Farrer, at Lambrigg Station, near Tharwa, to-day, the Minister for the Interior (Mr…

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In New South Wales Thousands of Sheep Lost Fires in Yass District Men Badly Burnt Near Adelong Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

The death roll from bush fires in New South Wales increased to six to-day when the charred body of a man was found by two boys in the scrub…

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To Clarify Muddy Water for Domestic and Farm Use

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

Clayey matter which is too fine to settle, and which causes water to appear muddy, can be removed by adding to the water small amounts of…

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London Wool Sales London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

The wool sales opened with a steady demand, but there was a under-current, of cautio, and some withdrawals of merinos. Continental…

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Waiting for Wheat Cargoes Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

It is considered by shipping men that, as soon as the world wheat market returns to normal, sewn windjammers, which are at present in South…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

A prime wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool "Unchanged, steady, on Argentina and Indian drought;…

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N.s.w. Wheat Wins at Chicago

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

Four New South Wales wheatgrowers gained the four awards in the class for white wheats at the International Livestock Exposition and Grain and…

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