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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 62 of 120

Wool Agreement Far-sighted United Kingdom-commonwealth Deal Many Countries Now Non-buyers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 7

Australian woolgrowers have had good reason to be thankful for the contract between the United Kingdom and Australian Governments providing…

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Increased Dairy Exports to Britain

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: Providing adequate shipping facilities are available, Australian exports of dairy produce to Great Britain will probably…

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Walbundrie War Effort Committee to Assist Soldier Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 6

A public meeting was convened by the committee of the Walbundrie Win the War Effort to consider the method of assisting soldier farmers who have…

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Dairy Produce Increased Exports to Britain Bigger Cheque Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 4

Providing adequate shipping facilities are available, Australian export of dairy produce to Great Britain will probably be more than £2,000,000…

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Stud Sheep Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 4

MANY PENS PASSED IN ON FINAL DAY SYDNEY, Thursday. Bidding was very weak at the final sheep sales to-day. Many pens were passed in at well below the figures expected. The highest price was 300…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2
Also in Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review, Adelong and Tumut Express

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 21st June: We submitted our appraisement…

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Red Cross Stall at Sheep Show

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2

Buy your poultry, cakes, vegetables, sweets, and jams from the Red Cross stall at the sheep show next Wednesday. The stall will be in the…

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Area Sown to Wheat for Season 1940-41 Rain Needed for Crops

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 6

For the purpose of making an estimate of the area sown and to be sown to wheat in the current season (1940-41) questionnaires were…

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Canadian Wheat Record Production Predicted

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2

LONDON, June 21st. [?] Canada is Italy to break all records in Arain production this year, She has nearly 1,000,000 more [?] under…

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Agricultural Shows Part Played in Improving Farm Products

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 3

Discussing at a recent conference of fanners the work of agricultural societies, Colonel G. C. Somerville, Secretary of the Royal Agricultural…

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Improvement of Farm Products Part Played by Agricultural Shows

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 7

Discussing at a recent conference of farmers the work of agricultural societies, Colonel G. C. Somerville. secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society,…

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Pumping Enables Citrus on Hills to Be First Irrigated Main Canal Filling to Serve Other Farms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 2

THIRSTY citrus growers at Merungle and Corbie Hill will be enabled to have an irrigation before others on the M.I.A. by…

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Why Barrack Troops in Unhygienic Sheds, Tents, When Modern Welfare Farm Available? Local Council Puts Strong Case to Defence Authorities No Move by Air Ministry: Shire President Advocates Use by Army

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

One of the most noticeable omissions of the defence authorities, from a local point of view, is the fact that the outstandingly suitable buildings of the Riverina Welfare Farm have not been appropriated, for the use of one of the fighting services for training…

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Ganmain Farmers and Settlers’ Assn

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

A meeting of the Ganmain branch the F. Mid S. Association was held in the Literary Institute on the 8th inst., when the President, Mr. H. R…

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Control of Soil Erosion a New Handbook for Farmer

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 3

Gulliver, during his travels, expressed the opinion that "whoever could make two ears of corn, or twt blades of grass, to grow upon a spot…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Sydney, report that since the wool appraisements began early in October, approximately 1,395,000 bales have passed through the…

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Sydney Sheep Show Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 4

A decision regarding the holding of the Sydney Sheep Show next year is to be decided by the Council of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders…

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Bishop's Pastoral Till Justice and Truth Prevail

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 9

The Anglican Bishop of Goulburn, the Right Rev. E.H. Burgmann), in a pastoral letter, writes:—My Dear Friends,…

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