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Farming & the land, 1944

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Wool Quality Serious Drift Deplored

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: "The deterioration of the quality or Australian wool is rapidly becoming serious," said Mr. B. C. Blaxland,…

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Wool Quality Defended "Merino Has Not Deteriorated"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

"The wool growing industry has not only maintained the high standard of efficiency it reached before the war, but has done a remarkably good…

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Wee Jasper Bush Fire Nearly 8000 Acres Burnt and 800 Sheep Lost

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

The fire at Wee Jasper referred to in our last issue broke out on Wee Jasper Station at mid-day on Monday of last week in…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

THE clubs in the southern part of the State had a most successful year for 1943, repeating a performance of 1942, and that was…

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Wool Appraisements Big Increase in Growers' Returns

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tues.: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said to-day that the statistics of Australian wool appraisements…

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Wool Quality Serious Drift Deplored

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 2

The deterioration of the quality of Australian wool is rapidly becoming serious.” said Mr B. C. Blaxland, who has been in the industry for 30 years…

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Criticises Federal Attitude to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Sarcastic criticism of the Federal Government in its treatment of fanners was expressed to-day by the central council…

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Wool for Europe Tests for the Sheep's Staple

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report: With the rising tempo of the war in Euorpe and in the East, the problem of relief for the was-suffering…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Since the resumption of wool appraisements in January, 331,269 bales have been appraised and the total quantity…

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Wool Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

The farmers and Graziers’ Co-op Co., Ltd. reports on the 3rd inst. We submitted our Catalogue No. 127, on Tuesday, 1st February, the appraisement…

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Wagga Cattle Market Yarding of 1080

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

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

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale Big Attendance of Buyers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

Younghusband Ltd. and Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Wagga, report having conducted their February special conjunction sheep sale at the municipal…

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Reserve Wheat Stock Sufficient for Four Years

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Thursday: "Without the 100,000,000 bushel crop just harvested. Australia's reserve wheat stock is sufficient to meet our needs for four…

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Wee Jasper Bush Fire Nearly 8000 Acres Burnt 800 Sheep Lost

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 7

At the fire at Wee Jasper last week, in thickly-timbered country which had been rung approximately ten years, and which carried a heavy…

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5/2 a Bushel for Wheat Also Supplies and Manpower Wanted by C P. Electoral. Council

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

A resolution urging that all wheat Crown on licensed areas tie paid for at 5/2 per bushel, country sidings, and that all supplies and labor be made available…

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Remarkable Crop of Mustard at Cowra

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 1

"This is the greatest mustard crop I have ever seen," declared an American expert as he watched the harvesting of the 60-acre crop of mustard on…

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Ferret Loose in Fowl House Farmer Loses Choice Pullets

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

HEARING a noise in one of his fowl houses on Wednesday night, Mr. T. Thomas, of Brobenah Road, attached little importance…

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Discontinuance of Dairying Failure to Notify Authorities Offence Proved, But Case Dismissed

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

At the Tumut Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Sargeson, P.M., John C. Cregan was charged with that on or about…

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Wheat Yields Reported Good in Most Districts

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: "Good yields have been recorded in most wheatgrowing districts in NSW and the grain sample, with few…

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Land Army Girls 220 More Required by Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Farmers at Batlow. Camden. Griffith, Cowra, Young, and Yenda were asking for over 220 additional Land Army…

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