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Farming & the land, 1940

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 29th instant: We submitted our 18th Appraisement…

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Drastic Import Cuts Goods from Non-Sterling Countries Special Consideration for Farm Machinery Australian Manufacturers Pleased SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 4

The latest drastic reductions in the importation of goods from non-sterling countries, announced yesterday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) amounts to £1,650,000 sterling, or more than £A2,000,000…

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Wool and Wheat Containers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

Referring to the necessity for hav­ing containers for wheat and wool to replace the ju[?]e ones for the forth­-coming harvest and shearing, Mr. Tom…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

The Chairman of the Central Wool Committee recently made available some interesting figures regarding appraisements to date, and the…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times, Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser, The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 29th instant: We submitted our 18th appraisement catalogue comprising 5348…

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Leeton Special Sheep Sale

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., in conjunction with Messrs Allen and Wright, report having conducted a special sale of store sheep at the…

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Big Loss of Sheep

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 4

An estimate of the total number of sheep lost in the recent disastrous fires in the western district of Victoria states that at least 50,000 head…

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"Wool" From Trees

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 1

To "wool" from trees and milk must be added "wool"' from whales, a recent development in the manufacture of artifical fibre, which has…

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Bagged Wheat in Bulkheads Additional Payment to Farmers State Government Action

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

The New South Wales Government has now decided to pay to wheat farmers who delivered wheat in bags to bulkheads and bulk grain sheds last…

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Melbourne Sheep Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 7

At the Newmarket sales of fat sheep to-day 230½ trucks and 5585 by road were drawn for, an increase of 7500 on last Tuesday. The quality of the…

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Junior Farmers State Wheat Championship Awards Wagga Lads First and Second

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

The State championship in the wheat growing project (requiring the grOwing of two acres for grain), conducted annually by the Junior Fanners' Club…

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Balkan States' Wool Possible German Source

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

Considerable interest attaches to the supplies of raw material in the Balkan States, as a result of the situation with Germany in that quarter, In…

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Wool and Stock Values Stability and Drought

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Usually in time of droughty conditions, stock values decline because of the sparsity of feed. The dry…

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Wool Appraisement 600,000 Bales Still to Be Handled Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

About 600,000 bales-about 18 per cent of the current Australian wool clip-remain to be appraised before June 3, stated Winchcombe Carson…

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Dairy Herd Depleted By Eating Green Thistles SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 1

Twenty-two cows of a herd of 60, belonging to Mr. J. H. Keyes of Muswellbrook, have died, as a result, it is believed, of eating green thistles…

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Leeton Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 3

Dalgety and Company Limited, Narandera, and Allen and Wright, Leeton, report having conducted a special sheep sale at Leeton on Friday, March…

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American Wool Trade

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reported on 2nd: With the United States receiving large orders for military equipment from Great Britain and France,…

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