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Farming & the land, 1944

1,697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 74 of 85

British Farmers to Visit Australia

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1944 · page 1

Delegates of the National Farmers' Union, who will leave Britain at the end of this month for a tour of Canada, New Zealand and Australia, are…

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Closer Settlement Lease Farm Within Billaah C.s.l. Area Available for Application

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1944 · page 1

It is notified that the farm hereunder specified will be available for disposal as a Closer Settlement Lease under the provisions of the Closer…

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Tumut Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 October 1944 · page 3

The forty-second annual meeting of shareholders of the Tumut Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. was held in O'Brien's Hall on Saturday last. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. W. H. Hassett, presided over a large attendance…

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Accident on Farm Both Arms Broken

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 October 1944 · page 2

Keith Taylor, aged 19, son of Mr. R. Taylor, of Fivebough, was engaged in yarding horses on the farm on Saturday when the animal that he…

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Seed Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

We understand that stacks for seed wheat are to be established at certain railway sidings, where the varieties will be stacked separately. Fanners…

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N.s.w. Wheat Crop First Official Forecast

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 4

Wheat production in New South Wales last season (1943-44) as recorded by the Government Statistician was 47½ million bushels from an area of 2,696,000…

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Sales of Seed Wheat

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

Advice has been received that the Australian Wheat Board now desire that as far as possible wheat growers, who will not harvest sufficient wheat for the…

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Further Fall in Butter Output Predicted Dairymen Should Get 2s. a lb. Says C.P. Member

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 7

Unless something radical was done by the Army to release more men for dairying, and unless there was an increase of 6d a lb in the…

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Proposed Sheep Dip at Coolamon Sale Yards

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

At the last shire council meeting a petition, originated by farmers adjacent to Coolamon, and signed by farmers over a wide area, was read…

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British Wool Trade France And Sheepskins

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 7

The British woollen manufacturer will be faced with two classes of customers urgently wanting supplies of goods after the war, states…

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Goulburn Appraisement No. 68 Canberra Wool Secures. 39½d

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 6

Farmers and. Graziers, Goulburn, report:— We submitted for final appraisement on Friday 27th inst., an…

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Wool Industry Commonwealth Scheme Announced by. Mr. Curtin Research and Publicity

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Commonwealth Government has completed plans to further the Interests of wool and safeguard…

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Output Down by 74 Tons at Tumut Butter Factory Facts Revealed To The Annual Meeting Of Subscribers Co-operative Store Figures Disclose £2,455 PROFIT

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

Butter production at the Tumut Butter Factory for the year ended 30/6/44 fell to 679 tons as compared with 753 tons for the previous year. The co-operative store in tumnt showed a total turnover of £61,000 for the year The [?] from the factory was £18/16/9…

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Menai Explosion Farmer Faces Many Charges

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Follow-ing the explosion at a house at Menial, near Sutherland, yester-day. Clifford Alexander Maxwell,…

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Tumut Dairy Co. Shareholders' Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 3

The 42nd annual meeting of shareholders of the Tumut Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was held In O'Brien's Hall on Saturday last…

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Gundagai Must Have Closer Settlement Rich River Flats To Suit The Small Farmer Ideal Area That Could Give Good Living to Many Families

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 3

NO area in the Commonwealth is more suitable for closer settlement than is the Gundagai district. Rich, fertile flats run from one end of the district to the other. There are at least 40,000 acres of river flat country,…

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No Extra Butter Ration

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 3

The present butter ration of 6oz a head a week would not be reduced, but on the basis of existing production en increase could not be expected, the…

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Seed Wheat and Oat Position

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 5

The District Agrostologist, Mr. W. C. Duggan, has stated that, owing to the percentage of wheat and oat crops which have proved total failures, many…

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Sale of Salt for Sheep Lessons From Recent Restrictions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 3

"As a result of the experiences of the two years during which the recently-lifted restrictions on the sale of salt for sheep applied, it should be…

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Wool Research Big Changes Expectes in Use

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: After the war a striking extension the use of wool for clothing [?] follow the application of the…

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