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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 85

Wagga Stock Sales Cattle Market Easier

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 3

The associated agents of Wagga (the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Younghusband Ltd., the AML and F. Co. Ltd.,…

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Farm Land for Soldiers More Blocks Now Available

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 5

Eighteen more farm blocks have been made available for soldiers in the eastern and central divisions of the State in districts…

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Seasonal Conditions Dairying Instructor's Report

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1944 · page 7

Mr. J.W.G. Smith, senior dairy [?]nsructor of the Department of Agriculture, stationed al Wagga. in his report on the district says the month…

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Wheat for Stock Feed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Graham, MLA, has been advised, following his personal representations, that the following silos will be open for…

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British Sheep Breeders

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

A meeting of the Riverina District Committee of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep will be held in the M.P. and A.A. rooms on…

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Wool Industry Assailed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

Certain aspects of the Australian woollen trade are causing very serious concern to the growers, the manufacturers and the general public. The position is becoming so charged with possibilities that the very success or failure of Australia's post-war…

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Junior Farmers' Club N.s.w. State Championship Trophies Presented at Lockhart and Munyabla

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 5

The presentation of State championship trophies is a ceremony which has been held frequently in the southern part of…

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The Increased Cup Sheep and Lamb Slaughtering

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 2

The Australian wool clip since the war has shown an increase of about 400,000 bales per annum, compared with the pre-war total…

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Wagga Sheep Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 3

The associated agents of Wages held their fortnightly sheep sale at the municipal saleyards yesterday. A total of 14,585 was yarded,…

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Wool Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd. reports on 4th inst: We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 133 comprising over 5000 bales…

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Butter Subsidy Extension Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Addressing the Victorian Dairymen's Association to-day the president (Mr G. C. Howey) said that he had every reason…

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Wheat Varieties Departmental Recommendations

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 4

In recommending varieties of wheat for the different cereal-growing districts, the Victorian and New South Wales Departments of Agriculture are…

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Dry Spell Prohibits Increase of Wheat Acreage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: "There is no possibility increased acreage for wheat in NSW this season because the dry conditions have stopped farming…

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"Cruelty of Worst Type" Neglect of Sheep at Flemington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Leaving a number of sucker lambs and sheep unslaughtered in the pens at Flemington was cruelty of the worst type,…

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Argentina to Barn 2 Million Tons of Wheat Government Presents Use of Grain As Full. (From “The Christian Science Monitor.”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 3

While the United State is building up food stocks to cater for a liberated but hungry Europe, Argentina has decided to burn 1,000,000 tons of wheat as fuel…

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New Dairying Subsidy Being Considered by Government

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs. — A new substantial subsidy for the dairying industry to offset production costs is now being considered by the…

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Wheat for Stock Feed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 4

Silos will be open for the disposal of wheat for stock feed at the following places and dates: Harefield April 17 and 18; Shepherd's Siding,…

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Farm Statistic Returns Wanted by Police

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 4

Agricultural and pastoral returns should be completed by all landholders in the Wagga police district and forwarded to the police station…

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Sheep Blowfly Investigations

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 6

Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of blowfly strike in sheep are discussed in a bulletin just issued by the Council for…

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Sheep Breeder's Death

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 5

KIAMA, Sun.: While travelling by train from Albion Park to Berry yesterday Mr. Charles Victor Johnston, aged 66, of…

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