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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 67 of 105

Control of Brown Vegetable Weevil In Well-established Crops

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

Mr. T. McCarthy, Chief Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, advices that in areas where the larvae or grabs, of the brown vegetable…

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Dairying Industry Planning Improvements Investigation Committee's Recommendation

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

An increase in the returns to dairy farmers is expected to follow the recommendations made to the Federal Government by a…

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Drift From Dairy Farms More Milk and More Fodder Crops

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—As evidence of the drift from dairy farms to the fighting services, and its effect on primary production, it was…

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Big Cattle Trek 10,000 Moving From West to East

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—As a precautionary measure against the Japaness invasion of W.A., the vanguard of one of the largest overland treks…

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Farm Work Supplies of Rice Mr. Abbott Urges Use of War Prisoners "Panic" Buying

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Urging Australia to follow the German example of putting war prisoners to work on farms, Mr. J. P. SYDNEY, Sunday.—Following the recent announcement by the Supply Minister (Mr. Beasley) that the rice would be…

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More Sheep in N.s.w. Output of Wool Maintained

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 4

New South Wales sheep at the close of March last totalled 56,737,000, an increase of 1,169,000 on the number a year before, so that the…

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More Sheep in N.s.w. Output of Wool Maintained

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 2

New South Wales sheep at the close or March last totalled 56,737,000, an increase of 1,169,000 on the number a year before so that the…

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Coolamon Farmer's Awful Plight Falls Before Advancing Tractor

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 2

[?] result of an extraordinary [?] on the afternoon of 9th [?] which he narrowly escap[?] to death by a…

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Coolamon Farmer's Awful Plight Falls Before Advancing Tractor

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 4

As the result of an extraordinary accident on the afternoon of 9th August, in which he narrowly escaped being crushed to death by a…

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Wool Industry Women to Work in Packing Stores

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—States that labor was urgently needed to the wool industry and that in the Women's Land Army could…

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Wool and Substitute Fibres New South Wales Clip

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 7

In the United States, wartime government regulations provide that a proportion of substitute fibres must be mixed with wool in…

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Gundagai Cattle Market Firm Fat Cows and Vealers Bring £19/11/

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 8

The Associated Agents (E. A Tout &C Co., L M. Boyton and P. J. Sullivan and Co) report holding a very successful cattle sale last Tuesday…

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More Sheep in N.s.w. Output of Wool Maintained

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

New South Wales sheep at the close of March last totalled 56,737,000 an increase of 1,160,000 on the number on the year before, so that the quantity of wool…

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Wagga Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

The associated agents of Wagga (Messrs, Farmers and Graziers,' Tapscott, Thorne & Co.,A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., and…

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Less Wheat in Reverina

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

A curtailment of wheat growing has been evident in many parts of the Riverina in recent years, progressive farmers gradually realising that the…

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Wheat Theory Upset North-western Seed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 2

Some Riverina wheat growers recently sought to overcome the superphosphate shortage by planting seed from north western areas, where the…

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Wheat Bags Silo and Stack Deliveries

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State superintendent of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. Holborow) to-day made an announcement with regard to bags…

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IHabo Silos To Open for Delivery of Wheat as Fodder

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 1

An official of the Government Grain Elevators will be at Illabo on Monday. August 31st, to deliver wheat to any farmer wishing…

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Kikuya Grass on the Lawn and the Farm Resistance to Dry Weather

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

Of recent years, kikuya has been largely used as a lawn gross in Sydney suburban areas. While it undoubtedly makes a good lawn, objection is…

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Mr. Nock Replies to Mr. Lengtry (To the Editor. “Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers’ Review,”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

Sir,-In a recent issue appeared a statement from Mr. J. I. Longuy. M.P. attempting to defend the Minister for Commerce on his proposal to take the e[?]…

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