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Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 105

Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 4

Daigety & Company Limited report that the Sydney wool appraisement series No. 76 (the 26th round for the current season) was finalised on Tuesday last. The…

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£22,000,000 for Wool Should Dispel Dispondency, Says Minister

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Pointing out that N.S. Wales had received aproximately £22,000,000 for wool clip last season, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) said…

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Wool Contracts and The Sheep Position

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 5

The purchase of Wool by the British Government in Australia South Africa and New Zealand, was automatically a stabilising…

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Zoned Sheep Shearing to Save Labor Stud Sheep Exempt

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 3

[?] result of regulations about to be [?] under the National Security Act, [?] limits are set to the period in [?] this year's shearing must be carried…

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American Wool Prices Dominion Mill Activity

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 2

Prices for wool are showing a slight advance in the United States. Quotations for tops on the New York Futures market are about 4…

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Tumut Land Board Case of Interest to Farmers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 1

Before the Tumut Land Board, comprising Mr. Connelly, Chairman and Messrs J. B. Sharp and A. N. Fuller, members, sitting at Tumut on…

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Conversion of Old Wheat Land to Pasture

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

In wheat districts the use of clovers for restoring fertility to depleted and eroded soils is becoming popular. The common procedure is to sow the…

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Wool Agreement Higher Price to Be Sought

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.-When the usual time for review of the wool agreement with Britain falls due in May, it is the intention of the Federal…

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Wheat Area Reduced More Oats to Be Sown

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 4

Less wheat and more oats may be expected in New South Wales this season. That is the opinion of Mr. H. C. Stening, Chief Instructor in Agriculture. Apart…

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Maize Crop Review of Conditions and Forecast of Yield Season 1941-'42

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 3

Dry weather prevailed in most maize producing areas for a large part of the growing season. The droughty spell was relieved on the…

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Tumut Plains Junior Farmers' Club

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

The Tumut Plains Hall was on the night of Friday, 24th inst., a scene of lively excitement, for the annual Junior Farmers' juvenile was in progress…

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Melbourne Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At Newmarket to-day the 35,000 fat sheep offered were of fairly good quality. Prices were mostly equal to last week's, but heavy wethers…

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Butter and Cheese Insurance

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Butter and cheese insurance against war damage, involving up to £3,500,000, will be undertaken by the industry as a single…

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Grower Opposes Wheat Restriction

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 2

For the eighth, successive year Mr. W. J. Bryant was re-elected president of the Cowra branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. Mr. Bryant…

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Wheat Shortage Forecast Grower Opposes Restriction

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 2

For the eighth successive year Mr. W. J. Bryant was re-elected president of the Cowra branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at the recent…

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Bought Sheep For 6d Each, Now Wandering Roads

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 3

Motorists travelling between Junes and Wagga in the past few months must have noticed batches of stray, apparently…

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Stub Sheep Sales in Sydney [?] Guineas For Boonoke Ram SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 5

A special stud ram from the Boon[?] Stud, Conargo, was sold for 700 [?] at the stud sheep sales to-day. A Haddon Rig ram brought 650 gns…

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Manpower For Dairying Official Schedule

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 5

After protracted negotiations between the Primary Producers' Union and the (Director-General of Man-Power (Mr. Wurth) a schedule of reservations has…

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American Wool Needs Acute Sheep Position

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 2

All records for consumption of wool in the United States have been beaten by recent activity, The quantity used in 1941 was the…

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Sheep Attacked Dogs Worry Graziers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 2

Mongrel dogs, prowling at night in packs, are causing havoc amongst sheep on properties bordering the township of Junee…

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