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Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 76 of 164

Holland Grows Bigger The Sea Yields 6,000 Farms

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 7

Quietly and steadily a. European country is gainging new territory and no other country has raised any objection. Holland…

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"Facial Eczema" in Sheep and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 4

During recent years the disease condition known as facial eczema in sheep and cattle has been somewhat prevalent in New Zealand. The name…

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Wheat Crop Below Average

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The latest estimate of the Australian wheat crop this season places it at 154,500,000 bushels, the Commonwealth statistician (Dr. R. Wilson)…

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WOOL & WHEAT Desperate Position Sir Earle Page's Appeal CANBERRA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The wool industry was today compelled, because of its desperate position, to make an unprecedented re quest for a bounty, declared the leader…

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Urana Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantle Agency Co. Ltd. and Messrs. J. M. Smith & Co., Urana, agents in conjunction, report having held a…

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Wheat Prices

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The price of wheat in Sydney on Tuesday reached to 2/3 1/2 a bushel. exclusive of storage charges, and thus equalled the record low price in…

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Wagga Stock Sales Cattle Market Dearer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

The associated agents of Wagga (the A.M.L. and F. Co., Younghusband Ltd., S. V. Best and Co., the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., and Dalgety…

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Australia as a Wool Consumer How Much Wool Do You Wear?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 7

Addressing a recent conference of south-western district farmers on the outlook, for the sheep man, a departmental instructor made interesting…

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Wagga Saleyards Rearranging Cattle Pens Engineer's Report

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

When the Wagga Municipal Council met last night, it had before it the following report from the engineer (Mr. H. J. Chaston):—…

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Artificial Sheep Breeding Experiments in N.S.W.

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 7

If results of practical experiments recently carried out on stud sheep stations prove as successful as expected, it is not unlikely that the stud sheep…

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Artificial Sheep Breeding Experiments in N.s.w

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

If results of practical experiments recently carried out on stud sheep stations prove as successful as expected, it is not unlikely that the stud…

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Wheat Investigation Utilisation for Industrial-purposes Canberra

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The Australian Agricultural council decided to investigate the possibility of utilising wheat for industrial purposes in view of the present…

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Confidence in Sheep Larger Sale Teams for the Sydney Fair

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 7

The fact that breeders of both merino and long-wool sheep are sending larger teams to this month's ram sales than they did last year indicates…

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Wool Sales Widespead Competition in Sydney SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

At the concluding session of the Sydney wool sales yesterday competition was widely spread. Japanese and Continental buyers were active with…

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Wheat Investigation Utilisation for Industrial Purposes Imported Stock Aids Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 4

The Australian Agricultural Council to-day decided to investigate the possibility of utilising wheat for industrial purposes in view of the…

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Wheat Schemes Stabilised Price Proposals 70 Be Submitted to Loan Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Any decisions arrived at by the Agricultural Council on Thursday and Friday of last week to stabilise the price of wheat for the Australian…

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Wool Industry's Desperate Position Sir Earle Page's Appeal Unprecedented Request For Bounty CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 4

The wool industry was to-day compelled, because of its desperate position, to make an unprecedented request for a bounty,…

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LOCAL & GENERAL District wool clip sold in Sydney: FMGTumut, 11 aaa e w h 13½d

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

Four tenders were opened by the Department of Works and Local Government relating to the conversion of the nurses' home into paying…

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For the Man on the Land Stirring up Wool Consciousness Care of Lambing Ewes Sudan Grass Poisoning

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 7

Efforts to stir up wool consciousness in the United States of America are meeting with success, states Dr. Clunies Ross, of the International Wool Secretariat. As a result, the public are beginning to insist on…

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Passing of Well Known Dairyman He Late Mr.h.a. McDONALD

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 6

AS recorded in our last issue, Mr. Hugh Archibald McDonald passed away in the early hours of Tuesday last from pneumonia…

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