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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 53 of 105

Dairying Industry to Be Investigated by Special Committee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The appointment of a special committee to survey the dairying industry was announced to-night by…

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“Wife Out State Parliaments” Farmers’ Demand Formation of County Councils Proposed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 July 1942 · page 6

A resolution advocating that State parliaments be wiped out. the sumber of Federal electorates increased and county councils…

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Wagga Cattle Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

The associated agents of Wagga—the A.M.L. & F. Co., the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op.. Co. Dalgety & Co., Tapscott, Thorne & Co., and…

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The Merino Sheep!

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 2

War conditions prevented the Cootamundra A.P.H. and I. Association holding the greatest sheep show on earth, the Cootamundra Sheep Show,…

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Cattle Impounded at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 2

On Sunday morning a Junee resident found a cow in his garden. On Tuesday morning he found 10 young cattle in the garden. The lot are in…

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Excess-area Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced that payment of 2/ a bushel would be made in respect to wheat grown by farmers on areas…

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Dried Butter and Eggs Wartime Exports

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

Dry butter is now being exported from Australia to England as non-refrigerated cargo. This was revealed last Friday, when…

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Eight Million Wool Cheque

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 2

The central Wool Committee announces that on July 31 it will distribute £7,887,543, the equivalent of 141 per cent of the appraised value…

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Wheat Payments Growers' Request Rejected

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Commerce Minister (Mr. Scully) has rejected the request by the Wheatgrowers' Federation for an all-round…

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Wheat Payments Growers’ Request Rejected

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 2

The Commerce Minister (Mr. Scully) has rejected the request by the Wheatgrowers’ Federation for tin all-round payment of 4/ a bushel for the new…

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Wool Future Post-war Plan

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

Heavier packing of wool bales and the utilisation of surplus sheen for food purposes, are advocated by the Australian Woolgrowers' Council in the…

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Five Wool Clips Big Australian Revenue

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:-- "Prospects now point to Australia producing another large…

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Wool Season Ends Appea[?] in the Country

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

The main wool [?] of the New South Wales [?] were completed last week. The quantity [?] in Sydney totalled 1,227,000 Isles, worth…

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Wool Cheque NEARLY £600,000 to Be Distributed

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

The Central Wool committee announces that on July 31st it will distribute £7,857,543, the equivalent of 14½ per cent of the appraised value of the…

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Wheat Pact Empire, Argentina and U.s.a. Post-war Relief

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced to-day that an important international wheat agreement has…

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WAGGA F.S.A. District Council Meeting Conference Resolutions Wheat Erosion, Super

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

The Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association of New South Wales [?] on Saturday at the M.P. and A.A. office, Wagga. The president…

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Federal Government’s Wheat Scheme Support From Tamworth Mr. H. S. Robirton Congratulated

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 1

L/B dier H. S. Roberion has received the following letter from the secretary of the Tamworth Farmers and Settlers’ District Council…

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For the on the Land Value of a Race Saves Labor When Sheep Classing Woolgrowfrs' Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

Sheep classing—which is best carried ont just before shearing, as the sheep are then carrying full evidence of their value as wool producers should be a regular practice with even the smallest flock. Even under wartime conditions, and…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Annual Meeting of Murrumbidgee District Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the Murrumbidgee District Council of the Partners and Settlers' Association was held in the Criterion Hall, Narandera, on Friday last, when there were present Messrs. E. L. Muntz (Sandigo, president), J. L. Bull and H. T. Scilley (Sandigo),…

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Premier Urges Landowners to Grow Fodder Crops Where Possible and to Make Ensilage

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 4

I WOULD AGAIN URGE UPON AGRICULTURISTS THROUGH OUT THE STATE, WHEREVER SUCH ACTION IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH OTHER AND MORE URGENT NATIONAL PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS, TO CONTINUE TO…

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