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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,726 stories in Riverina's papers · page 46 of 87

Dairymen Seek Electricity to Mechanise Farms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. A. P. Foster, of Bandongrove, and L. Middlebrook of Bandoba, North Coast dairy farmers, told the Local…

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Werribee Cattle 5000 Sold in 12 Months

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Nearly 5000 cattle from Werribee Farm had been sold for human consumption since July last, when National…

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Record Prices For Goulburn Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 4

Five State records for different type of wool were established at the Goulburn appraisements during the season just closed…

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Wool Stocks and Consumption Huge Meat Deal

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 2

The United States has imported large quantities of wool since the war started but consumption has been on unpredecented levels…

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Farmers Can't Get Sheep-proof Wire But Stacks of It Rusting in the Rain

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 July 1943 · page 2

WHEN a letter was received at the Council meeting on Wednesday night from the Minister for Munitions, stating that all wire…

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Butter Shortage May Affect Red Cross Work

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1943 · page 1

In a letter to "The Times" (London) the chairman of the London committee of the Australian Red Cross (Mi. Twyford) soys that owing…

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Sale of Dairy Herd and Plant

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 July 1943 · page 3

A very successful sale of the dairy herd and dairy plant of Messrs. J. T. and T. E. Wilkinson, of "Springfield,'" was conducted at the Tumut Saleyards…

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Special Cattle Sale at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1943 · page 6

Although for quality, the penning of 1200 cattle at Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co's special sale at Wagga on Tuesday did not measure…

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Strike Regulation Invoked Victorian Processors of Dairy Products

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.—Victorian employees in the processing of dairy products and members of the federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving…

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Sheep Open New

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1943 · page 3

Using an old caravan route over a 16,000 ft. pass from India to China for the first time in a century a route no white man has ever taken…

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America Urged to Stop Buying Australian Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 July 1943 · page 1

Senator O’Mahoney (Wyoming, USA) urges that purchases of Australian wool, to increase reserve stocks in the United States, be…

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Trouble at Goulburn Sheep Sale Stock Inspector’s Action Bring Protest

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 July 1943 · page 5

Apparently the absence of the stock inspector, Mr. F. Hilldred from his duties because of illness led to confusion and…

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All for Good Planning In Farming Industry

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 July 1943 · page 6

“One of the most potent influences for good in the primary industries has been the establishment of war agricultural…

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Apply for Wheat Licence Before July 31

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 1

Wheatgrowers in New South Wales who desire to sow wheat for grain for the 1933-44 season must make application for the necessary licence…

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Wool Production 50 Per Cent. Increase in Crossbred Variety

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—History is repeating itself in wool production in Australia. Since the war started the quantity of crossbred…

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Farm Available North Barellan Settlement Purchase Area

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 4

A notification appears in the current issue of the Government "Gazette" stating that it is declared that the settlement area described…

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The Farmer and His Sons

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 3

One day Jones was yarning over his dividing fence. Brown, he said, the slaughter don't make commonsense,…

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Farmers & Settlers Wagga Branch Meeting Ceiling Prize for Chaff

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday night in the M.P. and…

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Seed Wheat for Export to Iran

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1943 · page 2

The secretary of the Wagga District War Agricultural Committee (Mr. W. H. Sunman) is in receipt of the following letter from the Department…

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Mistook Poison For Tea Camden Farmer's Death

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mistaking poison for tea. Charles Gordon Montisoure, aged 58 years, a farmer in the Camden district, yesterday boiled…

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