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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 105

LIVE-WIRES Wanted to Organise Farm Labor Pools

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 June 1942 · page 2

Country towns will be asked shortly to form farm labor pools. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Dunn) believes that if a “live-wire”…

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Move to Compel Farmers to Join An Association

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 June 1942 · page 4

Legislation to compel farmers to join a recognised primary producer association has been suggested by the West Wyalong District Council of…

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Wheat for Sheep Method of Feeding

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 4

Wheat, which is now available at a reduced pice for stock eeding purposes, is a useful feed for sheep. Fattening lambs and lambing ewes, the…

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Pleuro in Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 2

A case of pleuro-pneumonia has broken out on a holding near Crookwell. The district stock In­spector (Mr. F. Hildred) said that…

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Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 2

Messrs. T, Willams and Co., Cootamundra, auctioneers, in conjunction with the Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., Sydney, report a…

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Save Wool Packs!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 2

Woolgrowers are being urged to help themselves and the war effort by pressing more wool into each pack. By Increasing the Commonwealth…

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Beef Cattle Industry Aborigines to the Rescue

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 4

So acute is the shortage of manpower on cattle stations that the Director General ol Manpower (Mr. W. C. Worth has decided that no…

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American Wool Prices Lower Australian Position

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Though consumption of wool in the United States is proceeding on record levels, chiefly on Government account,…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Murrumbidgee District Council Annual Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Murrumbidgee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Criterion Hall, Narandera, on…

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Farm Call-up Minister to Seek Cabinet Action

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, said that the call-up of men in the dairying industry was not in accordance…

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Farmers Urged to Employ Women

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.— A state­ment that economic and political difficulties would arise if rural industries were declared…

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Exciting Happenings on Corbie Hill Farm When Electricity Played Pranks Fault in Installation Located

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 2

THERE were exciting happenings on the farm of Carlo Reghenzani at Corbie Hall, at the week-end when alarming pranks…

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Farmers' Patriotic Stock and Produce Drive Dates of Auction Sale Fixed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 2

MESSRS. Martin Rourke and Claude Jones, organisers of the annual Farmers' Patriotic Stock and Produce Drive, have arranged…

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Payment to Farmers Excess-area Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced to-night that payment of 2/[?] a bushel would be made in respect to…

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Rationed Super Priority Crops Statement by Minister

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—From July 1 sales of superphosphate in all States will be under the control of the Departments of…

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Cattle and Sheep Sales

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 2

At Narandera, on Wednesday next, July 8th, Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd, in conjunction with Geo. F. Culley and Co., will…

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Butter and Sugar

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There were adequate supplies of butter and sugar, and there was no foundation for rumors that these…

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Wool Packs Overcoming Shortage

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 6

Graziers in the Gundagai district are urged to assist in overcoming the many difficulties that have arisen in regard to the…

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Wool Disposal Agreement with Britain Proposed Continuation After War

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is the intention of the Australian Wool- growers' Association to seek continuance of the present wool…

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Women on Farms Good Work at Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 6

Some little time ago tome of the girls from the Agricultural Bureau Leadership Camps in the Gunnedah district undertook a regular course of motor…

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