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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 85

Great Wool Turnover More Than 1,000,000 Bales

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 6

For the 19th successive year wool turnover on the Sydney market this season will total more than 1,000,000 bales…

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Machine Age in Farming

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 4

Under modern scientific methods vast drops are being produced in New England district on what in some cases was virgin…

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Miners and Farmers Government Attitude ? Provides Striking Contrast

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 1

“The ea[?]e with which miners, who so desire it, can be released from the Army, is in striking contrast to the difficulty of securing…

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Minister For Lands' New Policy As Regards Liens Over Wheat Crops And Wool Clips

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

When recently travelling through the country the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, states that he had brought under his notice the…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 3

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., obtained for F. W. Gown, Coolac, aaae at 22 1/2d. aaah at 2ld, bk[?] at 19 [?]d Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report:…

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World Wheat Situation Decrease in Carryover

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 1

IT is still impossible to obtain reliable statistics of wheat production and stocks in U.S.S.R., China and countries under Axis…

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Fire in Storage Shed Wool Packs and Oats Destroyed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 3

About 5.40 p.m. on Friday a fire broke out in the galvanised iron sheds in the yard of Messrs. C. W. Wall and Co., Bolton Street. The…

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Wool Clip Increase in War Period 20 Per Cent in N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The Austral[?] wool clip since the war has [?] an increase of about 400,000 [?] per annum over the pre-war…

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Better Farm Conditions Commission Warns Of Cost

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 2

The first report of the Rural Reconstruction Commission, issued last week, states that the reinvigoration of farming by…

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Melbourne Sheep Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Fat sheep were of slightly improved quality at the Newmarket sales to-day. The opening sales showed dropped prices…

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MIA Rice Crop Men to Be Obtained From Wagga and Elsewhere

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Within the next [?] weeks 220 men will be needed [?]larvest rice in the Murrumbidgee [?] Area, where a bumper…

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Melbourne Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: At to-day's Newmarket fat bullock sales the quality was on a par with last week. Competition was strong from…

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Heavy Meat Loss 27,000 Unkilled Sheep

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 4

Because mainly of absenteeism, stop-work meetings, and strikes, 27,000 sheep intended for shipment to the United Kingdom were left unkilled at the…

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N.s.w. Wheat Bigger Licensed Area

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 2

It is estimated trat 4,300,000 acres will be licensed in New South Wales this season The State Office has 80 far issued…

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Tired of Living Former Griffith Farmer in Bankruptcy Court

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.: Henry Lucca, an Italian bankrupt of Wyong, told the Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day that he was tired of living and that a…

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Woman Found Dead at Lonely Farm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wed.—When police visited a farmhouse situated in a remote part of the Morphetville district to-day they found the…

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Miners and Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 5

The ease with which miners who so desire it can be released from the Army is in striking contrast to the difficulty of securing release of genuine…

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Farmers' Annual A. & P. Returns

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 1

Returns are to be forwarded within the next few days to all owners of agricultural, dairying and pastoral holdings in the Leeton Police…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on 4th inst.: We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 133 comprising over…

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Uncollected Wheat Money

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 7

More than £2500 has not been collected by wheatgrower who participated in the No. 2 and No. 3 pool. (1939-40, 1940-41). This balance is…

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