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Farming & the land, 1944

1,697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 85

Bush Fires 100,000 Acres Swept Thousands of Sheep Lost

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 2

About 100,000 acres of grasslands were swept by fire in the country between the Burro. River and the Lechlan River on Wednesday and…

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Butter for Britain Ration May Be Reduced Restriction of Ice-cream Production

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 4

Among proposals which have been suggested to the Government for increasing food supplies to Britain is that the manufacture of ice cream…

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Sydney Technical College Sheep and Wool Classes

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

The 1944 sessions of the Sydney Technical College sheep and wool classes will commence next week, in the showground pavilion. The class…

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Sheep and Wool Class a Training for Your Son

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

UNDER the present appraisement scheme of purchasing wool from the producer, it is essential that the wool be well classed. In…

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Narandera Sheep and Wool Class A Training for Your Son

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Under the present appraisement scheme of purchasing wool from the producer, it is essential that the wool be well classed…

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

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Grown sheep in N.S.W. are likely to show an average gross return of almost 12/- for wool this season because of the heavier fleeces cut in…

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Wheat Payments

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2

The Minister for commerce (Mr. Scully) states that it is expected the final payments from No. 5 Pool will be made soon, and that a further…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., report having submitted for appraisement on 16th inst. a catalogue comprising 5331 bales…

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Wheat Payment Increase

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 1

An increase in the payment to wheat growers for the first advance on the 1944-45 wheat crop was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr…

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

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

To ease production difficulties, the Australian Agricultural Council has recommended the extension of farm machinery pools by the…

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Butter for Britain Ration May Be Reduced

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Among proposals which have been suggested to the Government for increasing food supplies to Britain is thai the manufacture of ice cream…

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Cattle Drovers Government to Pay £3 a Day

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2

Cattle drovers will be offered £3 a day to bring cattle from the Northern Territory and Western Queensland. This is part of the…

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Wool Display at Canberra Interesting Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2
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CANBERRA, Monday: A copy of the 1942-43 wool cirque from Great Britain for £73,553,911 is now enclosed in a glass case in…

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Brutal Treatment of Sheep Man Fined and Castigated By Magistrate

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

"Very brutal treatment indeed. You can consider yourself lucky that you have not been sent to gaol," was the comment of Mr. W. R. S. Kelly,…

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Wool Stocks in America Costs After Leaving Australia

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said that stocks of Australian wool were built Up in the United States in 1941-42 when there was…

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Labour on Farms Emergency Rural Corps Recommended

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 1

The formation of an Emergency Rural Labour Corps, from which labour could be switched to meet the needs of any rural industry suffering…

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Dairy Industry Subsidy Production Costs Inquiry

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

A special sub-committee appointed for the dairying industry's own organisations is now revising production costs as the basis for a submission for…

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Mechanised Farming Helps to Speed Up Huge Vegetable Programme

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 1

Farmall Tractor with a 4-row cultivator, cultivating Navy Beans. Photograph by courtesy International Harvester Coy…

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Wagga Base Hospital Monthly Meeting Hospital Farm Mooted

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Wagga Base Hospital last night it make decided to make inquiries regarding the…

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