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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Personal New Wheat Board Manager

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 2

Mr .and Mrs. Pat Power, junr left by mail train last night for Sydney, where they will spend a few weeks' holiday,…

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Closer Settlement on the Murray Rice Farms Urged for Soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: When the Government rice farm at Wakool was established two years ago the area should have been surveyed…

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World Trends [?] Dairy Production General Decline in Butter Output

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued the following report on world trends in the out out of dairy products:—…

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Cowra Wheat Distillery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

According to rumor, there is a possibility that the wheat distillery at Cowra may not resume operations this season in view of…

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All-wool Negligee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Lovely negligee in all wool, similar to one which Miss Australia will include in her wardrobe for her trip abroad. The…

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Water Conservation on Farms Revolutionary Scheme Outlined By Premier

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

In a recent address the Premier (Mr. W. J. M'Kell, K.C.) referred to his trip abroad. He said that his investigations were concerned mainly with the study of such matters as would prove of value…

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Rutherglen Fly Ruins Fruit Crops

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: About 75 per cent, of the peach crop has been ruined by the Rutherglen fly, which ravaged most of the orchard…

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Wool Tops Cheaper Careful Reduction

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

The export of tops from Great Britain for the nine months ending September 30, 1945, was 11,000 lb or three times the quantity…

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Districts Record Wheat and Oat Crops 68½ Bushels To Acre at South Gundagai Heaviest Yield in Twenty Years

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

This season the Gundagai district has produced the best oat and wheat crops in years, and the total yield will be the heaviest in twenty years. Among the various stands there has been phenomenal yields, and one oaten crop at South Gundagai averaged 68½ bushels…

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The Weather Experiment Farm Rainfall

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

Figures supplied by the manager of the Wagga Experiment Farm (Mr. A. J. Pinn) show that the rainfall registered at the farm…

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Wheat Receivals Heaviest for Years

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

Mr. C. Beaupeurt, secretary of the M.I.D. Co-operative Society, agents for Messrs Lindley Walker and Co., of Sydney, stated on Wednesday that…

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Wheat Growing Policy Minister Demands Flexibility

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

The New South Wales Governments policy in regard to wheat growing was clear. It favoured licensing but only…

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Wheat in Ear Girl's Unpleasant Experience

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

Miss J. Wells, of Leeton, experienced an unpleasant and unusual sensation in one of her ears on New Year's Day and on going to the…

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Eureka Wheat No Longer Stem Rust Resistant

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

The battle between stem rust and plant breeders seems never ending. No sooner, it would seem do plant breeders produce a…

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"A Silo on Every Farm Should Be Farmers Motto"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

"A silo on every farm should be the motto of every farmer," declared the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, when stressing the…

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Common Trouble of Dairy Cows Treatment of Warts on Udder

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

Warts, winch are really small tumours, occur frequently on the udder and teats of the cow. They are seen more often in young…

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Dept. of Agriculture Extension Notes Next Year's Apricot Crop

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

IT is a common fault among apricot growers to allow the trees to wilt badly once the crop is harvested…

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Fruit Crops Ruined in Goulburn Valley

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

RUTHERGLEN Bug has ravaged the orchards in the Goulburn Valley (Victoria). Growers there assess the damage in the vicinity…

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Greetings to Poultry Farmers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. W. Moyes, vice-president of the Wagga Poultry Club, lecturer on horses and animal husbandry at Wagga Experiment Farm, paid a visit…

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Dairy Drought Relief Application Date Extended

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 1

Closing date for receipt of applications from dairy farmers entitled to participate in the drought relief grant of £170,000 provided by the State…

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