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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 120

Wheat Bounty Rural Bank Calculating Final Payments Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The Rural Bank, the distributing authority for the wheat bounty in New South Wales, was now making the necessary calculations to determine…

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Anthrax Outbreak Heifer Dies Near Jerilderie Other Cattle Die at Tocumwal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

For the past few days reports have been heard over the wireless and read in a section of the Press that an outbreak of anthrax among cattle that…

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21d. for Lambs Wool Gundagai District Claims a Record

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

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

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Record Wool Clip £75,000,000 Expected Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The proceeds to Australia from the sale of the record wool clip this year would be £75,000,000, the secretary of the New South Wales…

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Wheat Overflow at Silos Adequate Measures Reported Taken Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

country reports indicate that adequate measures have been taken to protect the overflow of wheat at silos from the weather and mice. Millions…

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To-day's Wire News British Government's Price for Wheat Canberra

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

It is understood that the price to be paid by the British Government for wheat will be about 3/9 a bushel. It is also understood that the British…

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Wheat Storage Problem Statement by Minister “Federal Government Failed.”

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

At a meeting of farmers called by the Cowra branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, said that he…

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Queen Leads Record Wool Demand Knitting Socks with Footmen’s Wives

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

The demand for wool in Britain is now ten times greater than in peace time. This is chiefly because of the activities of women's working parties,…

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Wheat Centre Congestion Reason for Leeton's Biggest Stack Longer Hauls Preferred to Waiting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

THE largest stack of wheat which has ever been seen at the Leeton railway yards is directly due to the difficulty which carriers are having in unloading at silo stations in the Barellan district. The men prefer to haul the wheat up to twenty miles further rather…

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Wool to Foreign Countries Payment of Profits After the War MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

Woolgrowers will not receive the profits from wool sold to foreign countries until one year after, the war has ceased. This is the effect of a…

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Wheat Position Country Party Appeal to Government Will Help to Solve Problems Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

An appeal to the Government to issue a full statement on the wheat position was made by the deputy-leader of the Country Party (Mr. Thorby) to-day…

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Wool Sales to Foreign Countries No Payment of Profits Till After the War MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Woolgrowers will not receive the profits from wool sold to foreign countries Until one year after the war has ceased. This is the effect, of a…

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Sale of Wheat to Britain 3/9 a Bushel Expected For 15,000,000 Bushels CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

it is anticipated that within the next few days an agreement will be reached between Australia and Great Britain for the sale of portion of this…

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'Farmers' Rising Costs Allowance Made, Says Minister

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

It was wrong to contend that primary producers had received no allowances for increases in their costs, said the Minister for Customs (Mr…

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No Trouble Sizing-up Peaches This Year; Will be Large Crop Late, in Tune with Seasonal Conditions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

THE size of the coming crop of canning peaches will certainly present no problem to growers or the cannery, opine Leeton officers of the Department of Agriculture, who have made a careful survey of all the varieties produced on the area…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Election of Representatives

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 6

THE period for which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy Produce Board were elected will expire on the…

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If Area Apple Crops Not Cleared by March 1 Growers May Obtain Acquisition Advance on Remainder Light Local Yield

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

LEETON district apple growers who have been fortunate enough to secure a crop of any dimensions in the present…

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Sparse Export Grape Crop Black Spot Hits Vines

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

OBSERVERS of the area's grape prospects predict that the coming season's crop of O'Hanez, which is the chief export variety,…

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New Wheats for Old Advice to Farmers Test Against Standard Varieties

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

There has been wide interest in the last season or two in the production of new wheat varieties, and farmers have been keen to test them in trial…

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Pastoral Cup

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 10

Temora will defend the Pastoral Cup against Weethalle to-morrow…

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