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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 85 of 164

London Wheat London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

Wheat cargoes were easy to-day, sellers conceding 1½d to 3d. Business was negligible. Parcels were in better demand. Australians were unaltered…

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American Wheat Winnipeg

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

Winnipeg futures were quoted: July 58 7-8 cents a bushel, October 60 cents, December 61 7-8 cents…

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The Wool Position English Supplies

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

The improved values secured for wool at the closing series of Brisbane sales were caused by the extensive purchases made by…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool to-day: "20/9; shippers more pressing; contract deliveries not…

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Winter Shelter for Sheep The Value of Trees

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

During the winter, more particularly towards the latter part, heavy [?] is commonly enough brought about in the colder districts through…

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Our Pastoral Pioneers How They Overcame Difficulties Mr. Will Carter's Tribute Address to Apex Club

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

Members of the Wagga Apex Club listened with rapt attention last night to a most interesting address on our pastoral pioneers by that well known…

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The Sheep show N. E. Wright Wins Grand Championship Merryville Pty., Ltd. Win With Ewe Record Main Day

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 2

Yesterday Cootamundra was lucky to have so much sunshine for the main day of its thirteenth annual separate sheep show and dog…

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Wheat Industry Stabilised Price 4/ for First 3000 Bushels Urged Meetings at Temora and West Wyalons

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 2

Between 500 and 600 people attended a meeting in the Temora Shool of Arts on Monday, held under the auspies of the Temora District Council…

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Of Interest to Motorists and Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 2

The attention of motorists and farmers is drawn to an advertisement in another column of this issue by Mr. Gus, Smith, of Young, who has…

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Farm Transport Suction Gas Units to Counteract Petrol Shortage Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 6

The president of the Graziers' Association (Mr. Killen) said to-day that his association was concerned to ensure that, in the event of a national…

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The Man on the Land the Farm Comes First in Germany System Australia Could Apply With Advantage

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

The propaganda of hate so dominates our lives in these world-mad days that the good that is in all nations is lost incontemplation of the…

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South Africa's Wool Clip Reduced Sheep Numbers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 7

In 1930 the number of woolled sheep in the Union of South Africa was 44,021,000 head, but by 1935 the total was 30,316,000, drought having caused…

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Pastoral Award

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 7

Application is to be made to the Commonwealth, Arbitration Court for a variation of the Federal pastoral award in the direction of elimtnating…

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PASTORAL Marketing the Small Wool Clip Need for Improved Methods

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 4

There was room for much improvement in the way the average farmer marketed his wool clip, pointed out a departmental sheep and wool…

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Wagga Cattle Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 3

Messrs. Younghusband Ltd., auctioneers, Wagga, report having held one of the largest cattle sales ever [?] in Riverina at Wagga on 30th…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 8
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 30th June: Selling conditions in Brisbane during the second week of the closing…

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Auctioneers' Reports Cattle Sale

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

The special cattle sale, advertised by the A.M.L. and F. Co., Wagga, and W. J. Fulton, Leeton agents in conjunction, was held on Tuesday…

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Sheep Show and Trots

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 3

The Griffith Agricultural Society advertise in this issue Two-day Sheep Show and Sheep Dog Trials, on July 11 and 12, with the addition of…

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Wheat International Conference Canberra

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

Although the International Wheat Conference begins today in London, Australia has not yet accepted the conference's proposals for world price…

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