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Farming & the land, 1946

2,206 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 111

Local Wool Sales

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd., report:-- 5486 bales of wool were appraised at our Sydney catalogue on Tuesday Results included: Ac. Estate A. A. Dalgleish…

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F.A.Q. WHEAT Fixed at 63½ lbs

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The f.a.q. standard for wheat for the current season was fixed today at 63½ lbs…

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Wheat Production Costs More Than 5/1 Bushel

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

The average cost of producing wheat in New South Wales was 5/1.6 a bushel, said the treasurer of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr…

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Distrust of Wool Secretariat Being Overcome in United States

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Dr. Edwin H. Booth, chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, who returned to London on…

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Annual Meeting of Munyabla Junior Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Munyabla Junior Fanners' Club was held at the residence of Mr. W. W. Wolter, when 13 members and prospective…

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First Training Farm for Returned Servicemen to Be Established at Yanco

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

MR. John L. Green, who has just returned from the instructors' school held at Hawkesbury College, states that it has definitely been decided to establish a training farm for ex-servicemen at the Riverina Welfare Farm. This will he the first of its kind in the State…

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F.A.Q. Wheat Standard

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday: The F.A.Q. standard of wheat for the current season vras fixed to-day at 63 1-8 lbs…

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Reduced Feed Wheat Quotas Feed Livestock or Human Beings?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday: Reduced feed wheat quotas to help Britain receive more food would operate in all States as from April 1, said…

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Local Sheep and Wool Classes

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 7

The 1946 sessions of the local sheep and wool classes will open on the dates shown below. A new circuit, based on Cootamundra will be…

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Drought Relief for Dairy Farmers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4

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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U.S.A. Use of Wool Population And Consumption

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 8

At least in the immediate future the greatest field for large wool consumption is America. The nation is rich compared with most…

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Re-establishment Loans . Help For Ex-Service Farmers Terms Announced

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 5

Ex-service men and women who, before they entered upon war service in World War II, were engaged in primary production and who now…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

Pitt Son and Badgery, Ltd. [?] for Graham Bros., from com w 22½d, 1 com w 21½d. [?] 18¼d…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2
Also in The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited reports on 9th February, 1946:…

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Wagga Farmers Opposed to Parallel Parking Narrower Footpaths Suggested By Businessman

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

Following the publication in Saturday's issue of "The Daily Advertiser" of the police, attitude towards outstanding traffic problems in Wagga, notably those affecting cyclists and the parking of vehicles…

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Motorist Kills 26 Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

GOULBURN, Monday: Stated to have killed 17 ewes and 9 lambs when the car in which he was driving at about 70 m.p.h. crashed…

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Australian Wool U.S. Considers Cut in Tariff

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

CHICAGO, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Dr. Louis Connor, principal commodity inspector for the Tariffs Commit sion, told the industry and…

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Junior farmers' Show at Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4

The Gundagai Junior Farmers' was formed about 18 held its first annual show at Anzac Park, Gundagai, on…

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Progressive Farmer Contest Near Completion

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Progressive Farmer competition, conducted by the New South Wales Agricultural Bureau, is nearing completion…

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