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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

1,576 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 79

Farmers' Stay Orders Further Extension of Period of Application

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 4

The Acting Premier, Mr. Baddeley, states that Cabinet on July 3, noting upon the recommendation of the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tally, approved…

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Released Soldier Seeks Rice Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 2

The following appeared in the Sydney "Telegraph" on August 2, and covers the interviewing of five-year soldiers who were in the front line…

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Guthrie Corriedale Tops Stud Sheep Sales in Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 4

The market was somewhat depressed owing to the recent very severe drought ana heavy losses of sheep, particularly breeding…

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Returned Soldier Poultry Farmers Refused Premits to Purchase Feed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Granted, loans by the Repatriation Department to begin poultry farming, ex-servicemen had been refused permits to…

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Rabbit Orders Stir Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 2

A vigilance committee to defend landholders against prosecution for failure to keep down rabbits was formed at a meeting…

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Farmers and Settlers Hold Annual Conference Fair Reward for Labor Is Association's Charter

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Nearly 200 delegates are in Sydney for the 52nd annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, the largest attendance recorded for some years…

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F.S.A. Conference Wheat Payments Protest Against Wheat Board Restriction

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Fanners and Settlers' Association conference agreed to the organisation of campaigns in all…

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Illabo Grazier Fined £15 Travelling Sheep Without a Permit

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 4

A fine [?]15 was imposed on John A. McCarthy well known Illabo district grazier, in the Gundagai Police Court yesterday for…

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Size of Wool Stocks What Is World's Total

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 3

Various reports have been issued that accumulated stocks of wool in the world are the equivalent of 13,000,000 bales. It is…

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Stock Inspector on Sheep Lice and Ked Infestation (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 5

Dear Sir— The position in respect of sheep lice and ked (tick) infestation is generally unsatisfactory, the…

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Communist Bait Farmers "How To Prosper"

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 3

Members of Molong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Assn. are not pleased, with the propaganda being put out by the Australian…

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Melbourne Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: In sympathy with the lower rates for heavy lambs at last Tuesday's auction, competition was again restrained for fat…

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Cootamundra Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 3

Pitt. Son and Badgery Ltd., and George Thompson and Co. report that at their sale at Cootamundra approximately 12,000 crossbred and merino…

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Commercial Wagga Cattle Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 5

The Associated Agents of Wagga—Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Younghusband Ltd., R. H. Blake and Co., Tapscott Thorne and Co., Farmers and…

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Cootamundra Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., and Geo. Thompson & Company reported on their sale on Tuesday, July 31, when approximately 12,000 crossbred and…

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Support for Wheat Quota Mr. Drummond on Wheat Prices

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: "The price of 5 2 a bushel for the entire wheat crop was advocated, not because it was sound, reasonable, or just, but…

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The Menace of Synthetics to Our Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 6

The menace of synthetics is for greater today than ever, and the greatest menace to our wool among them is the staple fibre rayon. Rayon is the…

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F.s.a. Conference Supports Quota System Mr. Drummond on Wheat Prices

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The price of 5/2 a bushel for the entire wheat crop was advocated not because it was sound, reasonable or just, but because the question had political importance and might defeat the…

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Careless Winter Methods Mean Dairying Troubles in Spring

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 4

Temperature plays an important part in the occurrence of bacterial defects to milk and cream. It is possible during the…

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Soils and Irrigation Extension Service Turning in Green Manure Crops

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 2

EVERY year from July to September, farmers of the M.I.A. are confronted with the question "When shall I turn in the green manure crop?" This question has received as much attention as any on these areas, and is one on which many varied opinions are expressed…

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