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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 105

Lonely Farm Houses Must Be Protected, Says Magistrate Doolan Alleged Breaking and Entering at Gogeldrie

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 6

WHEN an application was made for a reduction of the £30 bail on which Norman Ronald James Gates (32) was committed for trial on Wednesday, on a charge of allegedly breaking and entering the dwelling house of Nicholas Sidney Ellis at Gogeldrie and stealing…

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Evacuation of Live Stock Dairy Country Concern

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Intense interest has been aroused in the scheme for the evacuation of live stock for the south coastal districts in the event of a state of emergency…

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“We Must Not Quit” Pacific Reactions and John Whites Letter (By a Farmer’s Daughter.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Several [?] has elap[?] since the Jasm[?] Pearl Hatter. We tuned in for the overseas news, and concluded the Bar Eastern situation…

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Green Feed for Poultry Suitable Crops

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1

March and April are two of the best months for planting [?] and clovers and where it is intended to [?] such crops the [?] should now be in…

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Sydney Sheep Show Abandoned

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The annual sheep show in Sydney will not be held this year. This was decided to-day by the council of the New South Wales…

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Coastal Defence "Much Bread and Little Butter"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) appeared before the House Naval Affairs Committee to-day to answer…

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Sheep and Wool Classes

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 1

The technical college sheep and wool classes which resume at Gundagai on Thursday 26th February at 9 a.m. present an opportunity for…

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Pastoral Letter by Bishop Burgmann

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

"These are the times when the no[?]ely virtues come into their own it is the honest, hard-working, efficient, and good-humored people who are…

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Goulburn Wool Appraisement

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

Catalogues submitted for final appraisement on Wednesday 18 instant, totalled 2300 hales wool being drawn chiefly from…

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Commercial Sydney Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 3

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. report that for their Sydney appraisement last Thursday they offered a typical late season catalogue containing some free,…

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America's Record Wool Consumption

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 3

The United States consumed a record quantity of apparel wool in 1941. Final figures for the year are not available, but…

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Local & General Sydney Sheep Show Will Not Be Held

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

The council of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders Association unanimously decided not to proceed with the promotion of this year's sheep show…

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Wheat Stubble Areas Put Them to Good Use

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 3

Wheat farmers may make good use of stubble land which they do not intend to crop this year and at the same time provide more and better…

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The Wool Clip Two-Thirds Appraised Exports to china

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. reported on the 10th: Over two-thirds of the 1941-42 Australian clip has been appraised to date this season. The…

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Garin Elevator Polilcy Criticisms by Farmers and Settlers Association

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) states that his tion has been drawn to reports of certain meetings of branches of the…

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Quarter Sessions Friday Afternoon Before Judge Markell. Crop Lien Case

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

Edward Charles Howard, Lydia Howard, Cecil David Howard, and Rodney Edward Howard were charged with disposing of a crop under [?]en at…

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Lonely Farm Houses Must Be Protected

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

When an application was made for a reduction of the £30 [?]ail on which Norman Ronald James Gates (22) was committed for trial at Leeton…

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Nodule Worm of Sheep

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

Phenothiazine is the only drug known to be effective against the nodule worm when given as a drench. It is scarce and expensive and the…

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No Sydney Sheep Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 4

The Council of the N.S.W. Sheep-breeders' Association unanimously, decided not to proceed with the promotion of this year's Sheep Show…

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Inspections and Eir-tags for Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

As a result of the many difficulties associated with the war effort, the council of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association has decided to dispense…

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