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Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 71 of 105

Caklands Special Sheep [?]

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

John M'Namara & Co., Pty., Ltd., Melbourne, assocaited with Mr. J. F. Brennan, report having conducted a successful special sale at Oaklands on…

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Wagga Special Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Wagga, report holding a special sale on Saturday when they yarded 1200 head of store cattle at the Wagga saleyards The…

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Junior Farmers' Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 2

A meeting of Borambola-Lower Tarcutta Junior Farmers' Club was held at Borambola School, those present being: K. Patient (who presided.) G…

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Wool and Store Sheep South American Stocks

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 7

The improved price of wool in conjunction with the better pastoral outlook has brightened the inquiry for store sheep,…

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Pressing More Wool Into Every Bale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 1

Over a period of years the average weight of wool per bale in the Commonwealth generally has gradually declined, the figure for all…

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Wool Industry Rationlised Drastic Changes Made by Government

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 2

The Government has adopted a number of recommendations designed to rationalise the wool industry said the Hon John J Dedman,, Minister for War Organisation of Industry, to-day. These decisions were of considerable importance and would conserve labour and…

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Bringing Back the Sheep and Cows Britain Now Trying Out Revolutionary Breeding Process

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 2

Britain has begun the Empire’s first large scale experiments in artificial inseminaton, the revolutionary breeding process which after…

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Farmers and Politics

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 6

The Farmers Annual Conference which was held last month, was well attended and successful, in spite of the war and manpower…

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Wool Producers Requested to Reduce Flocks to Provide Sheep for Canning

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

THE Government has adopted a number of recommendations designed to rationalise the wool industry, said the Hon. John…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson & Co. report that 4000 bales of wool were appraised in their Sydney catalogue on Wednesday. The…

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Wheat Harvest Farmers Urged to Conserve Manpower

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY,Thursday.—Because of the limitation of petrol supplies, shortens of rolling-stock to keep the silos clear, the difficulties of…

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Wheat Committee Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 2

A meeting of the Coolamon Shire Wheat Committee was held in Coolamon on Wednesday. Mr. Stevens, Chairman of the Hay Land Board, presided, other…

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Next Wheat Harvest Growers' Problems

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

"The problem of securing this season's wheat harvest is going to present many difficulties but farmers can help themselves to some extent by…

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Twenty Thousand Silos for British Cattle Owners

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

British farmers have always recognised that the profitable raising of stock involves fodder conservation. Striking proof of wartime Britain's…

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Wool Values Hale Now Worth[?]

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

At the British contract Units, the average value of the current Australian clip is approximately £2.10 [?] than the preceding those years…

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New Wool Shed at Methul

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

At a time such as this the possibility of erecting substantial improvements on a farm would be discounted, for various reasons, the chief, parities, being the…

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Wool Values Bale Now Worth £19/15/-

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

At this season's British contract prices, the average value of the current Australian clip is approximately £2/10/ a bale more than for the…

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For the Man on the Land Rationalising the Wool Industry Labor and Transport Bacon Pig Scarcity

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

The Government has adopted a number of recommendations designed to rationalise the wool industry, said the Minister for War Organisation of industry (Mr. Dedman) on Wednesday. These, he said, would conserve labor and…

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Free Service for Farmers Why Not Consult the Department?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 4

Farmers are reminded that in the Department of Agriculture there is still available to them a service of value to all who make their living…

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Effect of Millet on Succeeding Crop

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 1

Millet is often thought to have an adverse effect on the succeeding crop, but if this occurs it is due to depletion of moisture and not to its effect…

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