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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,726 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 87

Rice Growing in Wakool Area Commission's 5,000-Acre Job ("Pastoral Times")

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

A FLEET of tractors, drawing scarifiers, ploughs, delvers and graders, is now preparing Australia's largest farm of 5000 acres…

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Mechanisation of Dairy Farming

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 4

IN discussing the New South Wales Government's scheme under which farm machinery will be made available to farmers, the…

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Dairy Industry Subsidy May Be £4,000,000

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has announced a substantial increase will be made in the dairy industry subsidy. Payments…

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European Harvest Crops Lost Unless Rain Falls Early

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.—"The whole harvest in Central Europe will be lost unless rain falls within 14 days." said the "Daily Express" correspondent in…

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Farmers Transform Britain Remarkable Result During War

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

"Agriculture in one form or another has been carried on in Great Britain for at least 4,000 years," said Mr. Hudson, British…

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Rice Growing in Wakool Area Australia’s Biggest [?] FARM

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

A fleet of tractors, drawing [?] ploughs, delvers and graders, is now preparing Australia’s largest farm of 5000 [?] for rice-growing. The farm is on…

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Temora F. and S. Wants National Farmers' union

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

"That the Farmers and Settlers' Association advocate the formation of a National Farmers' Union and that membership be made…

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Poultry Notes Department's Farm at Seven Hills Experimental Work

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) advises that the name of the farm previously known as the Government Poultry Farm. Seven Hills, has…

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Local Sheep and Wool Classes Drop In Attendance

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

Unless there is an immediate increase in the number of students attending the Gundagai Sheep and Wool Classes, there is a distinct…

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Wheat Payments to be Finalised This Week

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

Several weeks ago Mr. J. I. Langtry M.H.R., was in Junee and promised that all wheat payments would be…

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Wild Sheep of Mootwingee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 2

A SHEEP that has run "wild"? for about five years, and now carries a coat of wool weighing approximately 40 pounds, was…

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Payments Under Wheat Stabilisation Scheme

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

MR. J. I. Langtry, M.H.R., advises that all payments under the Wheat Stabilisation Scheme, with the exception of…

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Farmers Want More Representation Rural Reconstruction State Committee

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 4

At a meeting of the N.S.W. Council of Primary Producers' Associations in Sydney last week, the Premier, as chairman of the Rural Reconstruction…

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Increased Dairy Production State Government Assistance

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 4

It is with particular pleasure I am able to announce that the State Government is prepared to provide substantial funds, to an aggregate of…

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Dairy Subsidy Awaits Terms of Court Award War-time Control of Land Sales

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 3

The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced last week that Cabinet had decided to grant an additional subsidy to the dairying industry, with…

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British Farmers Outstanding Work During War

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—Giving some facts about the results of the British farmers' war job, the Department of Agriculture says that the programme…

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Melbourne Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: At Newmarket to-day the early competition for fat bullocks was unsteady, but became firmer as the sales…

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Special Wagga Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 2

Dalgety & Co., Ltd., conjointly with Younghusband Ltd., Wagga. report having held a highly successful conjunction special sheep sale at Wagga…

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Sheep and Fox Values Extraordinary Market

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 1

A most remarkable development has occurred in the value of rural products, reports Messrs Winchcombe Cason Ltd. At recent Sydney…

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Stud Sheep And Settlement Tax Mr Sheahan’s Comment in Parliament

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 4

“IF IT IS SUGGESTED that it is essential to have monopolistic studs to produce rams in order to maintain the production of quality wool at a maximum .... if there is any possibility of our stud flocks being denuded, the Government would be well advised to establish…

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