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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 45 of 120

Vet. Advocates Dairying With Sheep Lush Feed Makes Cow a Necessity

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

"THE problem on this area is not so much water and feed, it is using those advantages to turn stock into profit. The goods in the soil have to be put into purchased stock to obtain a higher value when taken to market. This necessitates careful attention, otherwise the…

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Wagga Stock Sales Better Prices for Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

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

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Sandigo Branch Meets

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

A meeting of the Sandigo branch of the F. and S. Association was held in the Sandigo hall on Saturday evening last. There was a satisfactory…

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Whatever Your Line of Farming

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

Whatever your line of farming— wheat or wool growing, fat lamb raising, dairying, fruit growing, vegetable production, poultry raising, bee…

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Farmer's Successful Claim Payment of £100 to Company Directors Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

A company in which Colonel John Wesley Mitchell, of the A.I.F., was stated to have been a director was mentioned in the County Court…

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Mixed Farming Success at Harden

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 7

Mr. Ben J. Stocks, of Linden Hills, Cunningbar, in the Harden district, was at Flemington last week, when a truck of aged ewes, which he had…

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Junior Farmers Club N.s.w. Field Day Planned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 7

On Tuesday, May 14, there will be an instruction field day for all members interested in Dorset Horn sheep and pigs. This day has been…

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Danger of Precedent Re-valuing Seepage-damaged Farms Warning to Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

"THESE assessments are in respect of farms stated to be affected by seepage, and the Council will need to see that in…

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CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editor, Coolamon-Ganmaiu “Farmers’ Review.”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

Sir,—I crave space in your paper to refer to certain remarks by Mr. W. [?] Logan, made at the mutual meeting of the Gunmain A. and P. Association…

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Maize Crop Review of Conditions and Forecast of Yield, Season 1939-'40

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

The adverse conditions which prevailed throughout the bulk of the growing period last season were repeated this year, but to a more…

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Arsenical Dipping of Sheep No Injurious Effect on Wool

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 3

It is sometimes stated that the repeated dipping of sheep in arsenical solutions for the treatment of lice is harmful to the wool, but a recent test…

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Wheat Pool F.S.A. Advocates Further Advance Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 2

A further advance of 1/ a bushel on wheat in No. 2 pool, 1939-40 season, to enable growers to meet the cost of production, was advocated by the…

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Wheat Sowings Minister Warns Growers Limitation Urged This Season Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Cameron) to-day issued a warning to wheatgrowers to limit wheat sowings this season…

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Water for Dairy Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 3

For the best results from dairy cows the water supply should be of good quality, plentiful, and easy of access. Running water and troughs…

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Car Crashes Into Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

When a car driven by Mr. William Curteis, of Black Rock (Vic), crashed into a mob of 900 sheep near Kyeamba on Friday, 45 of the animals were…

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News for the Wool Grower Civilian Consumption In Britain

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 4

Recently the Director General of Equipment and Stores in the British Ministry of Supply, by name Lord Woolton, made a…

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Wheat Industry Marginal Areas Federal Grants to States CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 3

The allocations from the Commonwealth Government's £500,000 grant for relief in marginal wheat areas were announced to-day by the Minister for…

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The Farm Home Garden

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 2

A flower and vegetable patch, however small, should be a feature of every farm home. Most soils can be made to produce successful gardens, points out…

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Winter School for Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 2

It is proposed to hold the usual winter schools at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, this year, from the 2nd to 12th July…

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