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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 120

Wheat Prices Terms of Sale to Britain Official Announcement

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

Half of the 56,000,000 bushels .M wheat that Australia has sold to Britain was sold on a basis of 3/1[?] a bushel f.o.b. for bagged wheat, and…

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Polled Merino Rams Not As Good Woolled. Better Doers Than Horned Sheep

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

Polled merino studs are on tie increase in New South Wales, the demand for hornless rams having exceeded the supply this season…

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World’s Wheat Position Fail in Production Unfavorable Conditions in America

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

The wheat crop outlook in the United States, Canada, and Argentina is unfavorable owing to lack of rain and excessive heat…

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Wheat Sales 7,500,000 Bushels for Japan Huge Sales to Britain

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

More than 80,000,000 bushels of Australian wheat—worth at least £15,000,000—have now been sold from the new season’s crop…

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Producer Gas on the Farm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

Wheatgrowers will be deeply interested to the latest tests that have been made with tractors operated by producer gas. The results that have been obtained, as reported this week, are astonishing. It is claimed that a saving of more than 70 per cent can be made on fuel costs by using…

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For the Man on the Land Milking Cows Demand Minerals Heavy Drain on Dairying Pastures Eradication of Stinkwort

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

Discussing in a recent address to farmers the importance of maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller, Superintendent of Berry Training Farm, pointed out that enormous amounts of mineral…

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Britain's Dairy Cheque £22,760,000 for New Zealand

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

Approximately £22,750,000 (New Zealand currency) will be received by the New Zealand Government for the butter and cheese which it has agreed to…

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Wool Appraisements Agents' Reports

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 3

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report that the appraisement of wool for the current season is proceeding to schedule, and the second week's series since the…

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Sheep Trucks Overcrowded Station Manager Fined

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 6

Alan C. Cowles station manager was fined £1 by Mr. Thornton, P.M., at the Moree Police Court, for having overloaded four trucks with sheep,…

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Bradford Wool Tops Market Spinners Cautious London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 3

There is a moderate amount of new business in yarns on the Bradford market at a further advance on recent rates, but the majority of…

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Wheat for Britain Prices Explained Question of Nationality of Shipping

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 6

The Australian Wheat Board this week made known the price paid by the British Government for the purchase of 1,500,000 tons of Australian wheat. The price…

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The Farm Home Painting and Treatment of Cement

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 9

The paint ordinarily used for house painting is not suitable for application to new cement, for new cement contains an alkali which will cause…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 7
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd. reports on the 18th instant:— Our appraisement catalogue No. 11,…

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Commercial Narandera Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 6

Dalgety and Co. Ltd, Narandera, report having conducted a very successful special cattle sale in the Narandera yards on Monday last, January…

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Markets Abroad American Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 4

Chicago wheat options were to-day quoted as follows:— May 1011/4 cents a bushel. July 981/2 cents, September 97 7-8 cents…

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Australian Wheat Increased Sowings May Be Needed London Forecast London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 4

Government circles express satisfaction that the anxiety has been lifted regarding the disposal of the Australian wheat surplus. It is…

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Bindweed Menace Australia's Most Hopeless Case on Yenda Farm Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 6

Mr. K. G. Carn, weed control expert of the Department of Agriculture, states that he doubts whether a more hopeless case of bindweed infestation…

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Narrandera Cattle Sale

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Narandera, report having conducted a very successful, special cattle sale in the Narandera yards on Monday 15th. Inst.,…

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Narandera Cattle Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. retort having conducted a very successful special cattle sale in the Narandera yards on Monday 15th…

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