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Farming & the land, 1941

1,943 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 98

Farm Field Day at Temora

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 4

It is anticipated that there will be a big attendance of district farmers at the soil conservation field day to be conducted by the Narraburra Shire…

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Wheat Being Moved

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

A large proportion of the wheat stack at the Leetoa railway station, many bags of which were wantonly slashed last week-end, necessitating…

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Grass Conditions And Pastoral Outlook (Department Report)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The weather during February was for the most part fine and relatively mild. With few .exceptions. rainfall registrations were fairly low Pastures,…

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Australian Wool Orders From Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

Commercial orders from the United States for Australian wool now total 461,000 bales, said the chairman of the Central Wool Committee to-day. The…

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Sheep Ticks Cause of Rapid Increase Influence of Feed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The fact that sheep ticks are capable of multiplying from one pair to 65,000 individuals in a year under favorable conditions, indicates the…

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World's Wool Supply Merino and Crossbred Position

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express

Winchcombo, Carson, Ltd., reported on the 11th: It is probable that in modern times the Continent of Europe has never been so cut off from wool…

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Wheat Sacks Slashed 5000 Must Be Trucked to Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

The senseless slashing of scores of bags of wheat in the stacks at Leeton railway station—with the consequent imminent danger that the great…

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South-west Wheat Area Reconstruction Progress Said to Satisfy

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

That there is a general feeling of satisfaction in the south-west wheat area at the progress being made with reconstruction is the opinion of the…

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Mortgage Bank Proposed by Wheatgrowers Wool for Military Uniforms

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The Wheatgrowers' Association meeting in Melbourne on Tuesday decided to ask the Federal Government to institute a mortgage bank to…

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Fresh Lucerne Fields Plenty of Seed Legume for Wheat Country

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

It is highly probable that more lucerne will be sown in New South Wales this season than for many years, the success of the crop in recent…

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Canadian Wheat Government Action PlANNED OTTAWA, Wednesday. (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

The Canadian Minister for Trade and Commerce (Mr. J. A. M'Kinnon) said today that the Government planned action to ensure that the visible supply of Canadian…

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Better Grassed Lands to Increase Farm Business a Critical Stage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

"A critical stage has been reached in the history of our grasslands, and certain measures to restore production are essential. without them,…

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Canning Abnormally Large Peach Crop Opportunity for More District Women to Assist

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

BECAUSE of the abnormally large crop of canning peaches which is being dealt with at the Leeton Co-operative Cannery, the…

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Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Council Annual Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Tumut Junior Framers' Club Advisory Council was held in the Tumut Intermediate High School…

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Possible Developments in the Dairying Industry

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

Various estimates have been made of the losses caused by the drought. In Queensland it has been stated that better production…

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Sheep and Wool Classes

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

More pupils for the class at Cootamundra are urgently needed. The military training has of course, militated somewhat. Nevertheless, for…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers Co-op Ltd., reports on the 13th March 1941 The arrangement of appraisement for the remainder of the current sea…

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Cootamundra Special Sheep Sale Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

George Thompson and Co., Cootamundra, and N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. Ltd., Sydney, report having conducted a highly successful special sheep sale at…

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Wool Report The Farmers and Graziers' Coop. Co., Ltd., reports on the 13th March, 1941

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 3

The arrangement of appraisements for the remainder of the current season is still under consideration. Necessarily these will be governed by…

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