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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

2,206 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 111

R.a.a.f. Camp for Farm Training

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: The International Harvester Co. of Australia has purchased from the Disposals Commission half of the…

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Wool Appraisements

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. report having submitted for appraisal last week a total of 3813 bales. The catalogue…

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Canadian Butter Ration Cut

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

OTTAWA, Monday. (A.A.P.): Due to declining production, the Canadian butter ration will be reduced from six ounces to four…

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Phosphorus Requirements of Sheep Question of Supplements

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

For many years it was an accepted and advised practice to feed phosphorus supplements such as bone meal and di-calcic phosphate to sheep, the…

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Appeal to Wheat Growers to Extend Acreages

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

"Wheat growers throughout Australia will be asked to extend their a[?]eages in the coming season to ensure maximum exports to relieve the…

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Drought Relief For Dairy Farmers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon E. H. Graham, said that payment of drought relief to dairy farmers would be made this week…

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Government Wool "Grab" Alleged by B. COLE £7,000,000 Due To Producers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

Has the Federal Government "grabbed" £7,000,000 profits from the operation of the appraisement scheme, which should have gone to the woolgrowers? Mr. B. Cole, who was a growers' representative on the…

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6,000 Soldiers Entitled to Farms Planning for Success

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

More than 6,000 certificates entitling soldiers and ex-soldiers to ballot for land to be made available exclusively for servicemen had already been…

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Grim Outlook for Food in India Vast Damage to Crops

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON. Monday. (A.A.P.) The story of irreparable damage to food crops throughout India becomes steadily grimmer, says…

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Goulburn Stud Sheep Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

Top price for Merinos at the Goulburn annual sale of stud and flock rams was 85 guineas for one of a consignment of 20 stud rams…

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Gunnedah Special Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., Sydney, and Fleming and Ross, Gunnedah, report a satisfactory clearance at their cattle sale on Friday last. The…

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Wheat Yield Estimated at 144,000,000 Bushels

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA. Tuesday: The estimated production of wheat in Australia for the 1945-46 season ending in June is approximately…

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Soldier-Farmers Exploited

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: "Take a Job on a farm before buying one." is the advice given to ex-servicemen in the Department of Agriculture…

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Jindera Farmers Fined

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

Two Jindera farmers vere each fined £7 and ordered to pay £1/19/8 costs by the magistrate at the Albury Court yesterday for…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

THE FARMERS' AND GRAZIERS' CO OPERATIVE GRAIN INSURANCE & AGENCY CO. LTD, report on the 30th January 1946:—…

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Bounty for Poor Crops Mr. Enticknap Seeks Aid For Wheatgrower

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

Payment of a bounty for the wheatgrower whose crop failed this season was suggested by the Member for Murrumbidgee (Mr. A. G…

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Sydney Technical College Sheep and Wool Classes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

The evening session of the above classes will be held on Wednesdays, as previously, from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 pm., and commencing on February…

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Sydney Technical College Tumut Sheep And Wool Classes

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 3

The [?] sessions of the local sheep and woo! classes will open on the dates shown below. A new [?] based on [?]…

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German Butter Machine

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

EDMONDTON (Alberta), Thursday (A.A.P.): Dr. F. G. Hood, chief of dairy research in the Canadian Department of Agriculture…

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Famous English Cattle Breed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

Britain is world famous for the quality of her cattle, which have provided her with a rich and important export trade. Along the best known of the breeds are Hereford cattle, outstanding for the quality of the beef they yield. Here is a prize-winning Hereford bull, which in one show carried off two first prizes…

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