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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Labor on Farms

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The formation of an Emergency Rural Labor Corps, from which labor could be switched to meet the needs of any…

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Dairying Court Case

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

At the Tumut Police Court, before Mr. Sargeson, P.M., John C. Cregan was charged with that, on or about January 6, 1944, he then being a…

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Catch-crop of Chickens

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

A poultry expert has pointed out that although the normal hatching season is still four or five months off the urgent need for eggs emphasises…

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Vegetable Farming Machinery Reduce Manual Labour by 80 Per Cent

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

A TRIBUTE to Australian farmers, and to those engaged in the food industry, was paid by Colonel Hester of the U.S. Army,…

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Demonstration On Poultry Farm How To Tell A Good Layer Pullets That Lay Through the Winter

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 3

UNDER the auspices of the Leeton Poultry Club a very interesting lecture and demonstration on methods of culling…

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South-western Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

Carting of wheat in the Ardlethan district has been completed for the season, the total number of bags delivered at the…

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Dairy Industry Farm Machinery Pools Sowing of Fodder Crops Urged Important Recommendations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—To ease production difficulties, the Australian Agricultural Council to-day recommended the extension of farm…

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Butter for Britain Alternatives for Australia More Production or Less Consumption

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: To maintain its butter quota to Britain, Australia could either increase production or decrease consumption, said the leader of…

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Subsidy For Dairy Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Australian Agricultural Council to-night endorsed a suggestion that dairy farmers should be paid in off periods a…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on 15th instant: Our appraisement catalogue No. 128 was submitted on Thursday…

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Wool Appraised at Goulburn

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain insurance and Agency Co Ltd., Goulburn, report:— Our Appraisement 58 was…

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U.S.A. Sheep Slaughtering Meat Demand Decreasing Flocks

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

The quantity of wool received at NSW appraising centres this sea son is now nearly 1,100,000 bales and shows an increse on the total…

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Wool For Health Its Valve to Allied Forces

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

The unique health-protective and health-promoting qualities of wool give this fibre a special value, says the Australian Mercantile Land and…

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Poultry Lecture by Government Expert on Brobenah Road Farm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

Under the auspices of the Leeton Poultry Club, a very interesting lecture and demonstration on methods of culling out…

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Unclean Dairy Premises at Brungle Offence Proved, But Case Dismissed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 7

At the Tumut Cout of Petty Sessions last Thursday, before Mr. Sargeson, PM, J. W. G. Smith Senior Dairy Inspector, proceeded…

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£60,000,000 Fall in Farm Debts

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

Australian farmers have reduced their debts by £60,000,000 during the war, according to the Minister for War Organisation of Industry…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 5

Goldsborugh Mort and Co., Ltd., report having submitted for appraisement on 4th instant, a catalogue comprising 4,994 bales…

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High Returns for Wool 12/ a Sheep in N.s.w

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

Grown sheep in New South Wales are likely to show an average gross return of almost 12/ for wool this season because of the heavier fleeces cut in most…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 7
Also in Coolamon-Ganmain Review

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op.' Co., Ltd., reports on 15th inst: Our appraisement catalogue No. 128; was submitted on Thursday, 10th inst…

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