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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Farm Mechanisation, in N.s.w. Foundation of New Era

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 4

Whatever difficulties had occurred in the early stages of farm mechanisation, it had already proved its tremendous value to agriculture, just as…

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Butter Ration Little Hope of Early Increase

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The production of butter in Queensland. Australia's chief dairying State, does not appear to justify the hope for a restoration…

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Australian Farmer Easier Life Than in Canada Visitor's View

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Owing to a defect in a flying boat's radio equipment the departure from Australia to New Zealand of the British and…

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The Wool Clip

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 1

During the 1943-44 wool appraisement season the total number of bales of wool to be appraised was 3.606 684, with a…

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Starving Sheep Saved by Rain Shearing Extension Wanted

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.: Unless the manpower time limit on bearing is extended more than 40,000 week and starving sheep in the north-west of…

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District Stockowners Condemn Department Handling of Pleuro Pneumonia Outbreak at Gocup Movement Of Infected Cattle Causes Concern

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 3

Stocfeowners in the Gundagai and Tumut districts have strongly voiced their disapproval of the manner in which the stock branch of the Agricultural Department has handled the pleuro-pneu monia outbreak in cattle at Gocup Last week a representative…

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Sheep, Lambs, and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 5

The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd., report the following sales at Homebush on July 10: There were 33,585 sheep and lambs…

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Sheep and Lambs

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile L. & F. Co., Ltd., report that on Monday 33,585 sheep and lambs were in for sale consisting of 17,443 sheep and…

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Wheat Stabilisation Forward Crop Reruns Larly

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

In order to [?] the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Board, growers are [?] to forward their crop returns as [?] [?] The forms for thees are…

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Record Wool Income

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report: The record wool income of £73,871,748 has been realised for the past season's Australian clip. The number of bales…

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Australian Wool Consumption

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

War-time consumption of wool in Australia has reacted am than 450,000 bales a year. This compares with 210,000 bales, or…

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Wool Clip May Be 5 Per Cent. Down

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

The coming Australian wool clip is likely to be about 5 per cent, lower than the past season's, which yielded a record income of £73,871,748 from…

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Huge Wool Cheque £73,871,748 for Season’s Clip

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

When final payments are made at the end of this month, Australian woolgrowers will have received £73,871,7[?] for the [?] crop…

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Farmers Not to Cut Hay

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 1

Farmers at Walla Walla, Culcairn, and Walbundrie have decided not to cut hay for commercial purposes next season because of unsatisfactory…

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Farmers' Problems

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 5

The following is issued for publication by the Department of Post War Reconstruction: Primary produces, like other…

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Agricultural Bureau Chain System at Homebush Diversified Farming

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: "Since the introduction of the chain system I have seen big young men become physical wrecks," Mr. S. Ware,…

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Murrumbidgee Co-op.. Dairy Co

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 2

Nominations closing at 5 p.m. on July 31 we invited from candidates for election as directors of the Murrumbidgee…

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For the Man on the Land (By "Cultivator") Food, Farmers and Freedom Survey of Rural Problems

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 4

Mr. Victor Weybright, an American farmer and author, While on an official assignment in Great Britain, as an independent observer and first hand participant in to-day's "agrarian revolution," contributed the following interesting…

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National Catholic Rural Movement Conference at Wagga Adopts Land Settlement Scheme Small Areas For Part-Time Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 4

The fourth Wagga Diocesan conference of the National Catholic Rural Movement, which opened at Wagga on Monday, was concluded yesterday afternoon. The conference considered a report on land settlement and decided to open a fund…

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Theft on Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 4

At the Leeton Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Kelly, P.M., Donald James Howie, aged 18, was charged that on July 1, 1944, at Farm…

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