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Farming & the land, 1942

2,090 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 105

Farmers Buy Wine

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

Many farmers and country business men are now buying their wine at a very reasonable price direct from a Sydney Vintner. As a permanent…

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Riverina-welfare Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

The following functions were held at the Riverina Welfare Farm: The staff members and their friends held a social and dance on…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 7

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company Limited reports that the second series of appraisements for the new year in Melbourne commenced this week…

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Wheat Acreage Curtailment

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.-Wheat acre­age is to be further cut under the latest restrictions, which will be ap­plied on a scale with bigger cuts for…

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Butter Price Increase Urged by Producers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 7

SYDNEY Friday.—Criticism of the failure of the Prices Commissioner (Prof Copland) to grant an increase in the price of butter was made by the…

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Farmers Oppose Sydney Plan Water From Wyangala Dam

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 7

LAKE CARGELLIGO. Friday.—The pro-posal now being considered by the State Government for diversion o[?]water from Wyangala Dam to the Wollondilly River…

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Wheat Storage

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

It was mentioned by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, in Canberra, that he was giving consideration to the question of the…

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Wheat Acreage Large Areas to be Curtailed

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce has referred, again to the problem of wheat storage and to the necessity to restrict to some extent the total production of…

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Evacuation of Dairy Cattle From Coastal Areas In Event Of Invasion Tumut Gundagai District Will Be Reception Area in Event of Emergency

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 1

At a public meeting called burriedly in Tumut on Tuesday an officer of the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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Wool Price Increase ? Mr. T. J. Collins, M.H.R., Opposes

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

Mr. T. J. Collins, M.H.R., attended the Graziers' meeting at Young, and after the general business was concluded, took the opportunity of…

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Evacuation of the Dairying Industry

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

Should Australia find itself in the unhappy position of having to repel an attempted enemy invasion one of the most urgent and vital tasks…

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Farmers Buy Wine Direct From Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

Many farmers and business men are now buying their wine as a very reasonable price direct from a Sydney Vintner. As a permanent supply…

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Wheat Acreage Curtailment

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

Wheat acreage is to be further cut under the latest restrictions, which will be applied on a scale with bigger cuts for larger areas. This was…

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Farmers of the Future a Plea for Youth

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

Addressing a recent conference of farmers on the subject of educating the boy on the farm to take his place in the community as a citizen,…

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Farmers Oppose Sydney Plan Water from Wyangala Dam

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

The proposal now being considered by the State Government for diversion of water from Wyangala Dam to the Wollondilly River to relieve the water…

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Evacuation of the Dairying Industry

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

Should Australia find itself in the unhappy position of having to repel an attempted enemy invasion, one of the most urgent and vital tasks facing the…

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Review of Millet Crop Conditions As at 22nd JANUARY, 1942

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

The severe droughty conditions experienced throughout millet-growing districts, during the past two months have wrought havoc amongst crops…

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Mustard Growing in N.S.W. Yield of 355lbs to the Acre Farm Experimentalist's Report

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

A small area of white mustard was sown at Cowra Experiment Farm on May 14 of last year. Covering l-10ch of an acre, the plot yielded 35½lbs—or…

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When to Gut Crops For Silage

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

To produce good silage for dairy cows the crop should he cut when it contains the maximum food nutrients and is in the best condition for…

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"Beacon" System Queensland Farmers to Beat Ploughshares

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday—A new "beacon" system of warning farmers to blackout has been evolved in North Queensland coastal areas. As soon as…

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