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Farming & the land, 1940

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Wagga Technical College Classes Resumed Course in Farm Mechanics Should Appeal to Young Men of the District

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 7

After a week's vacation the classes conducted by the Wagga Technical College resumed last night. The first term's enrolments were very satisfactory…

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Education Tests at Welfare Farm Proves Failure of School System Of Advancement By Age

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 4

NOT THE least important part of the work at the Welfare Farm is the education test given the lads soon after their arrival; and…

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Mature Earlier, Carry Better Dorset Horns Under Irrigation Area Conditions Experiment Farm Comparisons With Southdowns

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 2

Marketing of Dorset Horn and Southdown lambs bred at the Leeton Experiment Farm (late Rice Research Station, Yanco), has…

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Sheep and Lambs

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 2

The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd. report on the following sales at. Homebush on the 20th: There were 22,911 sheep and lambs yarded from…

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Cootamundra's Sheep Show and Dog Trials

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 2

Schedules are now available for Cootamundra's annual sheep show and dog trials, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. July 2, 3, and 4,…

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Water Board to Pay Damages Supply Cut Off Poultry Farm Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 May 1940 · page 1

In the District Court today the Water Board was ordered to pay £50 damages to Mrs. Dorothy Wilkins, of Warrawee, for having cut off the…

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Sheep Dog Trials

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 4

A demonstration by sheep dogs and a group of sheep through, obstacles to be used at the New Smith Wales Sheep Dog Trial Workers Association's…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 7

Dalgety and Company Limited. Wagga, report having held a special sale on Saturday last, when 22,000 sheep were forward. The attendance…

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Sheep Improvement Merino Ewe Competition

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 1

THE annual Merino Ewe Competition for 1940 has been launched by the Farmer aud Settler" in conjuuction with the N S W. Department…

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Wheat for Poultry Feed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. G. A. H. Holbrow; superintendent for New South Wales, of the Australian Wheat Board, advises that, at the request of the Poultry Farmers'…

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Britain's Larder Butter and Bacon Replacing Danish Supplies Australia's Prospects

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 6

Since Denmark, the larder from which Britain has drawn vast supplies of dairy products, was seized by the Nazis, the question of the…

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Textile Rationing Benefit to Wool Industry Secretariat's Report

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 3

Rationing of textiles competing with woollen goods, which has been introduced in Britain, means that wool and its competitors will all start the…

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Wheat Harvest Big Yield in South Australia Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 4

The South Australian wheat harvest for the 1939-40 season totalled 40,984,746 bushels, the fifth highest yield on record. The yield is nearly 10,000,000…

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Fodder Stocks Farmers Increase Reserves Revealed in R.A.S. Championship Judging

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 4

There has been a large increase during the last 12 months to fodder stocks held by fanners and graziers in the central west. This point is…

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Pigs Instead of Wheat Versatile Farmer No Restriction Fears

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. D. W. Edis of “Prestonville Ariah Park who won the Temora Fodder Conversation Competition, and who was awarded third place in…

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Novel Storage for Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 7

Mr. B. T. King, of Kurrajong Park, Tullibigeal, has evolved a novel scheme to overcome the cornsack shortage. He has stored 4000 bags of wheat and oats…

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Australian Butter Overcharged in Britain Statement by Minister Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 7

Because of the attitude of the British Government in creating an artificial demand for margarine, he would not take the responsibility of urging a…

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Of Interest to Dairy Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 7

In our advertising columns to-day Messrs. P. W. Buchanan and Co., of 56 Young-street. Sydney, announce that they have the services of a leading…

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Wheat Sales 112,224,000 Bushels Sold Use of Old Bags

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 4

Wheat sold in the fortnight ended Friday last amounted to 5,550,000 bushels and average price of all wheat sold to date was equal to 2/8/ 5d a…

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Farm Plant Machinery Need for Adequate Housing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 7

With that time of the year at hand when both sowing and harvesting machinery will be temporarily out of commission, it is seasonable to remind…

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