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Farming & the land, 1940

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Cattle Breeding and Management

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

The chief aim of cattle breeding, Bald the Assistant Herdmaster of the Derailment of Agriculture in a recent address to fanners, was to…

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21d for Lambs' Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

A record that cannot be beaten has been made in on appraisement of lambs' wool from P. G. Tait's property, Junnong-Jugrowah…

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ANTHRAX Drover's Death Outbreak Amongst Cattle

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

It is commonly reported around Morundah that a well-known Narrandera drover lost his life through that dreaded disease known as…

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Wheat Carter Injured Griffith

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

G. Turner, of Binya, was admitted to Griffith Hospital with a crushed foot. The wheel of a waggon, loaded with, wheat, passing over It. He was…

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Markets Abroad Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool: "No. 1 Manitoba from Halifax 36/1½; Vancouver No. 2,…

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A New Process for Making Wool "Unshrinkable"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

THE Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, will shortly publish a full account of a new and relatively simple process for…

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Weather - Damaged Wheat Question of Suitability for Seed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 1

Excessive rain when wheat crops are ripening or ripe often lead to certain defects in the grain. These defects might be described as stages of…

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Wheat Carter Injured Wheel Crushes Foot Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

G. Turner, of Binya, has been admitted to the Griffith District Hospital suffering from a crushed foot as the result of the wheel of a waggon, loaded…

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Good Crops Grown By Junior Farmers at Urangeline

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 1

The wheat crops of the Urangeline Junior Farmers have exceeded expectations and the judge's estimate by yielding 30 bushels. Bryan…

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Death of Narandera Drover in Charge of Anthrax-Stricken Cattle Outbreak of Dread Disease While Awaiting Trucking

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

A SERIOUS outbreak of anthrax in cattle is believed to be directly connected with the death in Narandera District Hospital of a widely known district drover. He was in charge of a mob of three hundred cattle—twelve of which died of the dread disease while waiting…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Election of Representatives

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 5

The period for which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy 'Produce Board were elected will expire on the 30th April, 1940…

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Bradford Wool Tops London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5

A fair amount of business in fine wool yams is being dealt in, for delivery in the next rationing period, at an advance averaging about 9d per lb on…

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Wheat for Finland Buenos Aires

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

President Cortiz has authorised the shipment of 50,000 tons of Argentine wheat to Finland…

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Wheat Despatches From Southern Railway District

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2

During the week ended last Saturday, 103,418 bags of wheat and 121,437 bulk were received through railway gates in the southern railway district…

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Anthrax Among Cattle Deaths at Tocumwal All Precautions Taken

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2

Last night a meeting of the Morundah Progress Association was held to consider reports that a number of cattle had died at Tocumwal from…

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Wheat at Leeton Big Stacks Accumulating Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

Big stacks of wheat are accumulating at the Leeton railway siding and up to the present 50,174 bags have been received. This represents an…

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Drover's Death Had Charge of Cattle with Anthrax Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

The death has occurred in Narandera Hospital of Mr. Prank Pearce Welsh, a well-known drover of Narandera, who became suddenly ill while…

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Wheat Storage Problem Statement by Minister "Federal Government Failed"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5

At a meeting of farmers called by the Cowra branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) said that…

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Wheat Despatched From Southern Railway District Week Ended January 6

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 5

During the week ended last Saturday 103,418 bags of wheat and 121,437 bulk were received through railway gates in the southern railway district,…

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