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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 65 of 120

Outlook is Serious for Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

New South Wales wheat farmers, with those in other States, are facing one of the most serious problems in the history of the industry…

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Copper Deficiency in Soils Cause of Sheep Disease

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Coast disease of sheep, occurring in some coastal districts of South Australia and elsewhere, was shown by the Council for Scientific and…

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Wool Agreement’s Far-sighted Deal

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

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

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Record Wool Season Sydney Catalogues.‘worth£ 26,700,000

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

The lost Sydney wool catalogue of This [?] were finally appraised last week The quantity handled for the your totals approximately [?]…

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Area Under Wheat 6,500,000 Acres This Season Less Fallow

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

This season wheat sowing in new South Wales is expected to be shout 4,000,000 acres. The [?] sown with wheal for hay…

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Wheat Plan Sale of Surplus for Stock Feed Advantageous to Poultry and Pig-raisers CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

By selling wheat at reduced prices to pig and poultry raisers the Federal Government hopes to dispose of about 16,000,000 bushels of the 50,000,000…

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Failing to Register Dairy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

Desmond William Cowan was also charged with failing to register his dairy. Plea guilty…

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Correspondence Women As Farm Workers (To the Editor)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 5

Sir,—I was astounded to read in the city press that the Premier of Nwe South Wales (Mr.Mair) is advocation the employed of women…

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Success in Dairying Factors in Increased Returns

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Discussing at a recent conference of farmers the methods by which he had increased his gross returns per year for cream supplied to the local butter…

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Farm Lay-out Important Factor in Efficient Operation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Correct planning and the best possible lay-out of a farm are very important factors in its economical and efficient operation. They influence to…

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Farmers Want Moratorium Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) declared to-day that many wheatgrowers would be forced off their holdings unless the Federal Government immediately made…

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Air Minister Impressed by Welfare Farm Use as Trainees Barracks? Would Save £20,000

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

LATE yesterday afternoon the Minister for Air (Hon. J. V. Fairbairn) made an inspection of the Riverina Welfare Farm…

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No Rice Near Horticultural Farms: Commission Acts Protecting Orchards—Drainage Discussed Important Decisions for Rice Growers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 1

THAT the Commission had adopted the recommendation of the "preliminary" seepage investigators, Dr. Dickson and Professor Prescott, whose contention that rice growing should be segregated from horticultural farms was in agreement with the conclusion put…

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War—and Sacrifice (To the Editor, Coolamon-Ganmnia “Farmers’ Review’

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

Sir.—Please allow me, through the courtesy of your columns, to congratulate late the 20 members of Lugan’ hay press on their decision to contribute…

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Saving the Orange Crop Winter Irrigation

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

Citrus growers at Leeton and Gel[?] are in great difficulty in the driest winter experienced In the district for many years. Lack of rain has made…

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European Wool Imports Sheepskins Affected

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 1

Some idea of the loss of consumers of imported wool occasioned by the war is shown by the fact that the countries now…

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Famine in Europe Threat Accentuated By Soviet Occupation of Bessarabia Wool Position London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 4

Further accentuating the threat of famine in Europe, the Soviet appropriation of the territory of Bessarabia and Bukovina means…

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Sydney Sheep Show Plans for 1941

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 4

A proposal that no Sydney sheep show be held in 1941 was defeated by 35 votes to 11 at the annual meeting of the N.S.W…

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Serious Wheat Position Rain Badly Needed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

Although an area almost equal to that of last year has been sown to wheat in Now South Wales, crop prospects at present are Door, theserious…

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State's Wheat Sowing 2.7 Per Cent. Drop in Acreage

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 4

This season's wheat sowing in New South Wales is expected to be about 4,500,000 acres. This estimate has been made by the…

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