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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Wool Milton Bales Appraised

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

More tan 1,000,000 bales have now been appraised this season in New South Wales mitres, Sidney, Newcastle and Goulburn Most of the…

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Molasses For Sheep Value in Dry Times

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Molasses Is of considerable benefit when fed to sheer under the extremely dry conditions now prevailing. In addition to its appreciable food value,…

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Pink-Eye in Sheep Method of Treatment

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

The hot, dry, windy weather prevailing in many districts has teen conducive to the occurrence of ophthalmia, commonly called "pink-eye," in sheep…

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No Appeal Against Wool Appraisement

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

Woolgrowers have no right of appeal in connection with the appraisement of their wool clips. The Central Wool Committee has…

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Correspondence Used Petrol to Canvass for Wheat

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

Sir,—In your last Friday's issue there appears a letter written by Mr. R. L. Black in reference to wastage of petrol. Any patriotic member of…

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Drastic Wheat Plan Mr. Wilson Urges Restriction

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Mr. Witson , M.P. (Ind Vic) has drawn up a plan far the rationation of the wheat industry involving the [?] of forming on hundreds…

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Australia's Wool Consumption British and American Turnover

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Win[?]be Carson, Ltd. report:-- As consumers of the [?]lip of the Commonwealth, the Australian mills are now of marked importance. Their…

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Dairy Farmers' Plight Threat of Herd Extinctions

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

"Never has the plight of the dairying industry in New South Wales been comparable with the present threat of extinction facing some of the herds in…

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Wheat the Robertson Scheme Statement by Mr. H. Robertson

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

At a meeting of the Executive of the Farmers and Settler’s Association held in Sydney on the 2nd of Industry 1942 , Mr. Hugh S. Robertson made…

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Wheat Still Coming Into RIVERiNA Receivals Far Exceed Estimates

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

Seventeen stations within the Riverina are still receiving 1941-42 season wheat. Most of it is coming via bagged wheat but it is rathe…

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New Wheat Harvest Figures 48,500,000 Bushels in N.S.W.

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

The latest estimate of the New South Wales wheat crop for the season just ended is 48,500,000 bushels. This figure was given by the…

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N.S.W. Latest Wheat Estimate Lower Than Average—But Better Than Last Season

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

The latest estimate of the New South Wales wheat crop for the season jus ended is 48.500,000 bushels. This figure was given on Tuesday…

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Lucerne as a Grazing Crop

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 6

During recent years there lias been developed a conception of lucerne as crop to he utilised for grazing almost entirely, and the stand required…

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Farmers' Debts Deputation to Minister Compulsory Writing Down Urged

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) to-day promised to place the State Cabinet a request from the Farmers and Secretary…

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Evacuation of the Dairying Industry

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

SHOULD Australia find itself in the unhappy position of having to repel an attempted enemy invasion, one of the most…

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The Quick and the Dead What Inspector Pritchard Found on Big Pig Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

A dead pig on a channel bank and live pigs wallowing in the mud with old bones about the banks was Health Inspector Pritchard's description of…

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Telegrams Farmers Debts

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Lands, Mr. J. M. Tully, yesterday promised to place before the State Cabinet, a request from the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Marginal Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—There is little possibility of an increase in the £300 now allowed to settlers who voluntarily evacuate their holdings in marginal…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 6

Pitt. Son & Badgery Ltd. report that their appraisement catalogue No. 68 was completed last week. It was of 5744 bales. comprising an attractive selection. The…

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Vegetable Farming Big Projects for M.I.A. Minister's Announcement

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—The change-over from the present-day vegetable market garden to wide-area farming methods, introduced by the Minister…

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