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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Excellent Crops in Downside District Skeleton Weed Overcome

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

A surprising, though not unpleasant feature of the harvest just gathered, was the yield from many areas throughout the Downside district which, with…

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Australian Wheat Board Section of Producers' Representatives Ballot Closes Saturday, February 19

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 5

The wheatgrowers of NSW Will have on opportunity of voting for the election of two representatives to the Australian Wheat Board when the…

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Wheat Board Ballot

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 2

Attention is directed to an announcement in our business columns to-day in which wheatgrowers are advised that Messrs. G. A. Gibbons…

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Australian Wheat For Mexico

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP)—The columnist Drew Pearson, reports that Mexico, with United States help, will import 48,000…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report that 36d was obtained for a stylish line of super com appraised on behalf of the state J. Soubwell, Rye Park…

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Sheep Blowfly Control Recommended Methods Cheapest

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

In seasons when the blowfly is bad the cost incurred by the average grazier in combating fly-strike has been estimated at £35 per thousand…

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Wool Conference Menace of Synthetic Fibres

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Monday: A motion expressing concern and alarm at the freedom with which the manufacturers of synthetic fibres were…

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5/2 a Bushel Wanted for Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

A resolution urging that all wheat grown on licensed areas be paid for at 5/2 per bushel, country sidings, and that all supplies and labor be made…

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Record Wheat Harvest Yield in Ardlethan District

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

Carting of wheat in the Ardlethan District has been completed for the reason the total number of bags delivered at the various centres being…

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Wheat Supply Position Board Member's Review Grate Problems Ahead

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

Referring to the wheat position in New South Wales and Victoria Mr. E. Field. a growers' representative on the Australian Wheat Board, said…

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Fodder Conservation Important Aid in Dairy Production

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

THE New South Wales Government, in its anxiety to remove obstacles which in the past militated against maximum dairy…

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Wheat Board Election of Growers' Nominees

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

All farmers who are licensed wheatgrowers, irrespective of the acreage cropped, are entitled to vote at the election of representatives of the…

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Poultry Notes Establishment of Farm Selection of the Site

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

There is considerable interest to-day in poultry farming, and few good going concerns" are for sale, but the cost of a good stocked farm would,…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Co. Ltd., reports on the 24th instant :—We submitted our Appraisement…

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Australian Wheat Board Election

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

By advertisement in this issue, Mr. T. E. Kendall, of "Mayburn," Holbrook, advises wheatgrowers of NSW that he had been approved as a…

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American Wool Publicity Spirited Efforts

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 7

In the United States a pessimistic outlook on the future of wool is far from generally taken, but strong steps are being made to…

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Wool Conference Menace of Synthetic Fibres

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 7

A motion expressing concern and alarm at the freedom with which manufacturers of synthetic fibres were permitted to exploit the trade…

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Arrears of Rates South West Wheat Area

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

The President (Or Killer) reported to a meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council that in company with Crs Munro and Barry) and the Clerk…

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Relief Wheat Pool of 100,000,000 Bushels

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The International Wheat Council has announced plans to contribute an initial pool of 100,000,000 bushels…

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HOMEBUSH 70,000 Sheep Unkilled

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Almost 40,000 sheep remain unkilled in Sydney as a result of absenteelsm at Homebush Abattoirs this week…

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