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Farming & the land, 1941

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Britain’s Wool Control an All-time Record

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

The British Government now de[?] controls the wool from 209,000,000 sheep the clips of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and…

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Docking and Other Prevention Measures Committee's Recommendations : Suppressing Fly Strike in Sheep

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

FURTHER steps in the prevention of blowfly strike in sheep are described by the Special Committee which investigated the problem in the following article of this series for district owners. The significance of length in docked tails is first dealt with:—…

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Wheat Harvest Estimated at 63,300,000 Bushels. Smaller Quantity for Export

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

Australia’s wheat harvest for 1940-1941 is officially estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician at 83,300,000 bushels, This is the first…

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Australia’s Wheat. Harvest Nearly 92,000, 000 Bushels Low Yield Per Acre

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

The season’s wheal harvest in Australia is estimated at 91,900,000 bushels, against 210,246,000 bushels last season, These are the figures of the…

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Australian Stud Pig Breeders to Meet in Melbourne To Discuss Wheat and Cold Storage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

Mr. E. H. Graham, of Wagga. president of the Australian Stud Pig Breeders' Association, will leave for Melbourne on Monday next to attend a meeting on that…

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Affect of Nitrogen Shortage On Area Farmers Substitutes for Sulphate of Ammonia Use of Green Manure Advised by Research Station

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

OWING to the war there is and will be a considerable shortage of nitrogen for agricultural use. Ammonia and nitrates are both used in large quantities for explosives and other munitions of war. For this and other war reasons, there will be a shortage of chemical…

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"Summer Cover Crops and Nitrogen"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

Some concern has been expressed by one or two fruit growers at a Departmental recommendation in regard to the growth of…

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Farmers & Settlers’ Association Coolamon Branch. Annual Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

On Tuesday last, the annual meeting of the Coolamon Farmers and Settlers’ Association was held in the School of Arts, when the retiring…

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Pioneers of Dairy Co-operation an Illawarra Venture

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

"The claim that the late Mr. C. E. D. Men res was the pioneer of cooperative marketing in Australia is not correct," said Mr. D. McFndyen, of…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 7

Dalgety & Co. Ltd. report having submitted a catalogue of SOU bales on Monday, which was finalised the following day The wool was drawn chiefly from…

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Butter and Cheese Compulsory Acquisition From Factories Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 8

The Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) to-day ordered the compulsory ac[?]uisition of half the output of certain manufacturers of butter and cheese. This…

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Empire Show Entries Wheat and Dairy Produce

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 6

Excellent support for two of the agricultural sections of the Royal Empire Show is revealed in the number of entries received for wheat and dairy produce…

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Australian Tobacco Crop Breakdown of Conference

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 4

Failure to reach agreement on a minimum price for the 1911 crop of Australian, tobacco leaf caused an…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 4

The Formers and Graziers Cooperative Co., Ltd., reports on the 11th inst.: We submitted our No. 42…

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Grass Conditions and Pastoral Outlook

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 4

The total registrations of rain for January were well above average in most areas. The drought, which was substantially relieved over the…

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60 Per Cent: ! What Pastoral Firm Has Paid Back Romance of Country Producers Selling co

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 4

Figures just released by the Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd. Tell a remarkable story of service for the man on the land on the part of an…

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United Country Party Temora Electoral Council Annual Meeting Interesting Wheat Discussion

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 5

There was a large attendance of delegates at the annual meeting of the United Country Party at Temora on…

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Farmer Run Over by Disc Plough

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. G. MeVittle, of Sandy Creek, Barellan, was run over by a disc plough. Both thighs were badly cut by the sharp flange on the furrow wheel…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4
Also in The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 11th inst :— We submitted our No 42…

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