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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 105

Want Rise in Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 3

WHEN THE WOOL AGREEMENT IS REVIEWED NEXT MONTH, THE COMMONWEALTH MAY ASK THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID FOR THE AUSTRALIAN WOOL CLIP…

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Wagga Sheep Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 3

The associated agents of Wagga (Messrs. Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Co. Ltd., Younghusband Ltd., Tapscott, Thorne and Co.,…

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Australian Wheat Stocks

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 1

There are at present in Australia 162,250,000 bushels of wheat. About 144,500,000 bushels of this remains from the last harvest, 4,500,000 bushels from the 1940-41…

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Heavy Showers of Rain Raise Wheat Farmers' Hopes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 3

The heavy showers which fell in Leeton on Thursday morning, while temporarily holding up the harvesting of rice which has been proceeding…

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Wheat Gas for Motors

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 1

An answer to two of our problems— the charcoal shortage and the disposal of large quantities of surplus wheat—is visualised in a car powered by wheat…

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Wool Agreement Higher Price To Be Sought

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 1
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

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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Wool Agreement Australia to Ask for Review

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced to-night that the Commonwealth Government…

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Wheat Area Reduced More Oats to Be Crown

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 2

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

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Wool Prices Mr. Tom Collins to Ask for Royal Commission

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 3

Referring this week to certain demands for an increase in the British wool purchase price, Mr. T. J. Collins. M.H.R., said: "Before bothering…

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For the Man on the Land Conversion of Old Wheat Land to Pasture Conserved Fodder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 3

In wheat districts the use of clovers for restoring fer[?] to depleted and eroded soils is becoming popular. The common procedure is to sow the clovers alone or with lucerne and Wimmera rye grass with the last crop of…

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Sale of Wool to Foreign Firms M.H.R. Dissatisfied with the Operations Wants a Royal Commission

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 4

Referring this week to certain demands for an increase in the British wool, purchase price, Mr. T. J.. Collins, M.H.R.. said that, before…

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Farmers Destroying Eggs

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 1

At the annual meeting of Walbundrie branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the activities of the Egg Board were criticised. It was…

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Use Farmyard Manure

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 4

To meet the shortage of artificial fertilisers many formers are now [?]king a definite attempt to handle the farmyard manure problem on sound practical…

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Delivery of Wheat to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 2

Mr. R. A. Lehmann, who is president of the Junee branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, speaking to this office by…

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Farmers and Settlers Henty Branch Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 6

The president(Mr. A. W. G. Wood) presided at the monthly meeting of the Henty branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association. The Mair…

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Phenomenal Wool Figures Increase

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 3

THE increase expected by the end of the current season will represent no less than 50 per cent on last year’s total. This outstanding increase has been maintained since the inception of the company. Advise us of your intention to have your Wool…

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Wool Prices Mr. Tom Collins to Ask for Royal Commission

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 1

Referring last week to certain demands for an increase in the British wool purchase price Mr. T. J. Collins M.H.R. said: “Before bothering…

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Walla Farmer Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 2

Attempting to cross a creek In a "flying-fox" on Friday, Adolph Ernest Beever, farmer, of Walla, was swept away and drowned. The…

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Wool

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:— The wool appraisement season throughout the Commonwealth is…

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