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Farming & the land, 1944

1,697 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 85

Wool Grease Wanted for War Purposes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Persons engaged in the woolscouring or fellmongering business must take steps to recover the wool grease…

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Dairy Farmers Favor Casual Labor, Says Minister

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) said to-day that the main reason why dairy farmers were going out of production…

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Most Wool Transported Rationing And Stock Prices

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 5

The wool transport position improved so much in late December and January that arrivals of the clip to date in Sydney and…

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Harvesting Award Ban on Application to Wheat Lifted

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, wed.: Judge Kelly in the Arbitration Court to-day lifted the suspension on the harvesting award as it applies to…

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Second-hand Farm Plant Under Price Control

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The maximum selling prices of secondhand farm machinery, including tractors, were subject to price…

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Wool Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co Ltd. reports on the 24th inst.: We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 126 on Thursday, January 20th,…

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Wool Appraisement

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. submitted at their wool appraisement in Sydney on Wednesday a representative catalogue drawn chiefly from…

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Power Alcohol From Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

It has been announced that the power alcohol distilleries will be at War[?] (Vic), Wallace (SA), Cowra (NSW) and Codie (WA). The Cowra…

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Local & General Cootamundra Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 5

On the 18th instant Messrs. Geo. Thompson and Company, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd, of Sydney…

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Pastoral Workers Proposed Shearers' Act Mr. Fallon's Views

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: If the union sought a Federal Shearers' Accommodation Act to cover the whole Commonwealth the…

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Australian Wheat Better Prices Likely

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: "As all wheat delivered to No. 6 pool was likely to realise 4/ or a little more at growers' sidings on bagged basis, it appeared…

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Wagga Cattle Market Fats to 15/ Dearer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

The associated agents of Wagga (the Farmers and Graders' Co., Ltd., Tapscott, Thorn & Co., A.M.L. and F. Co., Younghusband Ltd., and Dalgety and…

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Rural News and Views Losses From Sheep Blowfly

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

Research work on the blowfly problem over the past fifteen years has shown that the enormous losses occasioned by this pest could be greatly…

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Arrears of Rates S.w. Wheat Area

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

The President (Cr. Killen) reported to the meeting of the Carrahool Shire Council on Monday that in company with Crs. Munro and Barry…

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World’s Wheat Sur[?] Canada Sees Reduction

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

A despatch from Ottawa, Canada, dated 30th October last, [?] Reduction of the existing world wheat surplus is in pro[?] before [?]…

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Dairy Farms And Labor

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

The Federal member for Eden-Monaro, Mr. Fraser, who has completed a survey of the South Coast dairy industry, believes that a…

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Move to Defeat Drummond Labor "Wool" Stunt At Armidale

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 1

"The Labor Party is making an early start in its attempt to unseat Mr. D. H. Drummond, Deputy Leader of the Country Party, from…

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Lucerne Silage for Dairy Cows

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

Owing to seasonal conditions being unsuitable for hay making during the summer of last year, an attempt was made at…

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W.A.S.P.S. Growing New Crops Opium Poppies for Morphine

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

History is being made in Australian agriculture by members of the Women's Agricultural Security Production Services (W.A.S.P.S),…

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