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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

2,206 stories in Riverina's papers · page 67 of 111

Minister's Wheat Price Forecast Mr. Abbott Alleges Harmful Effect

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Instead of jeopardising Australia's opportunities of augmenting world's depleted stocks of wheat by…

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States Tell of Wheat Problems West Australian Position Good

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) told the Premiers' Conference to-day that he would…

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£500,000 Damage in Big Sydney Wool Store Blaze

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: One of Sydney's greatest conflagrations broke out at the Ultimo Wool Stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. to-night, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of damage…

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Gundagai's Growing Importance As Stock Selling Centre At Yesterday’s Cattle Sale 1752 Head Sold At Average Of £11/15/-This District Has Become Outstanding Cattle Breeding Area

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 4

GUNDAGAI'S growing importance as a stock selling centre was forceably demonstrated yesterday when 1752 head of district bred cattle changed hands at an average price of £11/15/-, The average is remarkable, when it is taken into consideration that a good half of…

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Mr. Scully's "Red Herring" on Wheat Mr. Warren McDonald's Criticism

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 3

"Now that Mr. Scully and his fellow members, especially those in wheat-growing areas, are learning at first hand the great resistance to his alleged…

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Mr Scully’s “Red Herring on Wheat” Mr Warren McDonald’s Criticism

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 4

“Now that Mr Scully and his fellow members, especially those in wheat-growing areas, are learning at first hand the great resistance…

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£270,000 Damage in Wool-store Fire Flames Seen 50 Miles From Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1

Damage estimated at more than £270,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the No 2 store of the NZ Loan & Mercantile Agency…

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Future of Welfare Farm at Yanco Move for Ultimate Agricultural College

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 5

The M.I.A. District Council of Extension Groups wants the Yanco Welfare Farm retained as a rural training centre for ex-servicemen…

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Hens Lay More Eggs and Cows Produce More Milk On Wonder Farm in America

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 7

At Beltsville, in Maryland, the US has an 11,000 acre research farm the largest of half a dozen such farms, where they produce new and better…

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Sheep Dying Fast in Northwest

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Sheep are dying in large numbers in the drought-stricken northwest area of the State, because railways…

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Wool and Substitute Fibres

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY: The sale of 8,177,000 bales of Dominion wool last season from stocks held by the joint organisation should dispel any ideas…

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World Wants Wool Shipments Delayed

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 6

The sale of 8,177,000 bales of Dominion wool last season from stocks held by the Joint Organisation, should dispel any ideas held that substitute fibres now…

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Sale of Stud Jersey Cattle and Clydesdale Horses

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

A sale of stud Jersey ca[?]e and Clydesdale horses will be conducted at the Riverina Welfare Farm, Yanco, on Wednesday next, 28th August, by…

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Federal Elections Wheat Stabilisation Address by the Hon J. S. Rosevear

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

The Hon. W. J. Scully Minister for Agriculture, was to have addressed a meeting in Coolamon last Saturday. Owing to a breakdown in health, he was…

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Farm Topics Training for Rural Life Successful Youth School at Bribbaree

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4

A successful rural youth school, organised by the Bribbaree branch of the Agricultural Bureau in co-operation with the Division of Information and Extension Services and other Divisions of the…

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Progress in Closer Settlement Mr. Graham Meets District Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) met a representative gatherings of farmers yesterday at Eurongilly, Illabo and Old Junee…

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Junior Farmers of Corbie Hill Enter Radio-Speaking Contest

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

The Rural Bank of New South Wales is sponsoring a Radio Speaking Contest for Junior Farmers. Mr. J. Lee, the Leeton part-time…

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FARMERS and Settlers' Annual Conference

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 6

Cr. J. H. Marks has returned from Sydney wher he attended the annual conference of the Farmers and Settles' Association of New South…

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Subdivision of Large Area Farms For Horticultural Purposes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

ATTENTION is Invited to an advertisement by the Irrigation Commission appearing in this issue, drawing attention to the…

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Health and Humus Extracts from “Organic Farming Digest”

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

The fundamental history of civilisation is the history of the soil. The understanding of this is vital to all peoples who stand at the gateway of death. The…

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