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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 120

Neglected Dairy Herd Tumut Man Fined £20 Magistrate's Stern Rebuke

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 5

AT THE CONCLUSION of a case at Tumut yesterday, Mr. Frank Grugeon spoke in strong terms to Matthew Egan, who was convicted on a charge with having on January 1st, ill-treated 22 milking cows by not milking them for three days after calving. The P.M…

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MARGARINE Use Encouraged In England What Dairy Industry Has to Face Wide Publicity

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 4

An idea of the valuable nature of the Publicity being given to margarine can be gathered from a statement by Professor Mottram, who…

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Scope for Improvement Farmers Must Be Self Reliant

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 2

There are few, if any, Industries whose position cannot be cnormously improved by careful stocktaking and revision of methods Even if indi…

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Wagga Cattle Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 2

Messrs. Younghusband Limited, auctioneers Wagga, report having held a special cattle sale at Wagga on 3rd May, when they yarded…

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Griffith Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Narandera and Griffith, report having conducted their usual monthly salt at Griffith on Monday, 6th May, when…

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Wool Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser, Adelong and Tumut Express

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 6th Inst. It has been arranged that the clearing up appraisements of the…

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Pigs Instead of Wheat Versatile Farmer No Restriction Fears

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 7

Mr D. W. Edis. "Prestouville," Ariah Park, has little to fear from wheat restriction. Already he has cut his wheat area by half, and has…

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Sheep Improvement Merino Ewe Competition

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 7
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

The annual merino ewe competition for 1940 has been launched by the "Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with the New South Wales…

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Breeding Commercial Sheep Two-year Competition

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 7

A section of the Sydney Sheep Show that is always of great interest to the breeders of commercial sheep is that known as the "two-year…

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Wagga Stock Sales Sheep Market Dearer

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 3

At the sheep sales at Wagga yesterday, there was a total of 5250 penned (1950 fills and 3300 stores). The fats included a good proportion of wethers,…

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Wheat Certificates Forty Thousand Issued

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

On March 30, the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce voiced a complaint to the Australian Wheat Board concerning an alleged delay in issuing…

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Progressive Payments for Wheat Crop Waiting on Britain, Says Mr. Nock, M.H.R.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 1

Until Great Britain had paid for 28,000,000 bushels of wheat—halt her contract—the Commonwealth Government would not be in a position…

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Popular Wheat Production Growers’ Divergent Views. Compensation for Curtailment

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

A motion, objecting to any form of wheat restriction during the war, was withdrawn at a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association’s Executive…

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Wool Prices Federal Government Decision Graziers Gratified SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

Satisfaction was expressed to-day by the Graders' Association of New South Wales with the decision of the Federal Government to empower the Federal…

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Wheat Storage Questions in Assembly Government to Investigate SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

Before the next wheat harvesting season begins the State Government will investigate the question of storing the estimated…

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Poor Potato Yields Tableland Trial Crops Total Failure in South

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 7

The effect of the recent drought upon crops in some of the principal relate districts is revealed by figures just issued by the Plant Food Advisory…

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