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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

2,206 stories in Riverina's papers · page 68 of 111

N.z. Judge for Wagga Sheep Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 2

Great interest is being displayed by breeders in the next Riverina show and sale of British and Australasian stud and flock rams at…

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Wool Clip Moves by Road Instead of Rail

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 1

Streams of wool, timber, skins, produce, and mixed goods of all kinds from Riverina are now flowing along the great arterial roads of southern New South Wales, towards Sydney. Huge tracks, carrying loads of up to 15 tons, are providing almost…

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Riverina Wool Now Goes to Sydney by Road

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 1

Huge trucks like this are now crowding the roads to Sydney, taking by road the wool and other produce that cannot go by rail because of the coal shortage. One of the trucks shown in this picture is carrying 14 tons of wool, the other 10 tons. The…

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Drought Ruins Queensland Crops; Milk Producers Threaten Strike

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: Queensland's wheat crop, which has been estimated at 8,000,000 bushels, has been ruined by the prolonged drought. At the same time about 1000 milk producers in south…

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Wagga District Crops Improved by Recent Rains

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 2

Although the recent rains have improved crops, the cold weather has retarded to some extent we growth of natural pastures…

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Scarcity of Merino Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1

The very bad seasonal conditions which ruled in New South Wales and parts of Victoria during the past few years has unfortunately been the…

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Australia's Wheat Prospects

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: The prospects of a fairly, reasonable wheat crop this season were particularly good, said Mr. A: W. S. Moodie, Chief of the Division of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture,…

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Gundagai Now Centre of Road Transport Activities Wool, Timber, Produce and Mixed Goods Being Moved by Motor Lorries

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2

Gundagai, situated on the Hume Highway, is now the centre of much road transport activity. Streams of wool, timber, skins, produce, and mixed goods of all kinds from Riverina are! now flowing along the highway towards Sydney, and are returning laden with supplies…

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Stock Routes and Poultry Feed Farmers to Visit State Projects

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2

Members of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association were gratified at the meeting held on Saturday night…

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Market Expansion for Dairy Products Near North Possibilities

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2

Prospects for the expansion of Australia's dairy products are summarised by R. B. McMillan in an article in the "Review of…

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Estimation of Sheep Blowfly Numbers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 1

Attempts to estimate the density of sheep blowfly populations are described in Bulletin 195, just issued by the Council for Scientific and Industrial…

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Wool Clip Moves by Road Instead of Rail

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 4

Streams of wool, timber, skins, produce, and mixed goods of all kinds from Riverina are now flowing along the great arterial roads…

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No Sign of Weather Break; Many Sheep Dying Cold On Alps Prevents Thaw

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Drought conditions continue over practically the whole of New South Wales, and weather experts can see no change in sight. Although efforts are being made to transfer…

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

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 4
Also in The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser

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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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1946 · page 2

The Country Producers' Selling Co.' Ltd., write us: As the forthcoming wool auctions, scheduled to commence on 2nd September, approach, everyone…

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Local & General Estimation of Sheep Blowfly Numbers

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1946 · page 2

Attempts to estimate the density of sheep blowfly populations are described in Bulletin 195, just issued by the Council for Scientific and Industrial…

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U.s. Purchases of Wool Exports

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1946 · page 1

Of all wool exported from Australia during July, America bought approximately one-third, according to the export bulletin issued yesterday by the…

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Export Price for Butter “Farmer Missing Out Again”

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 7

The recent export increase had shown that the Government failed to recognise the necessity for an incentive price to rehabilitate the…

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Lake Cargelligo Sheep Sale

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 2

Dalgety & Co. Ltd Sydney in conjunction with Peach Benson Co, Lake Cargelligo report a successful special sheep sale at…

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