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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

2,206 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 111

Federal Wheat Scheme Minister to Confer with Growers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The proposals put forward by the Commonwealth Government for the stabilisation of the wheatgrowing…

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Sheep, Lambs, Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd., reports the sales at Homebush on the 31/1/1946. Sheep: 28,247 were yarded from a…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

In the Comeback and Crossbred section the Country Producers obtained for T. L. Keady, Cootamundra, 1 core 16½d. 1xbe 16½d, aaa core 16d…

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Wheat Scheme Criticised

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

Mr. Menzies, commenting on the Co[?]monwealth Government's wheat sch[?] said that the Liberal Party [?] that a great effort should be…

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A Famous English Cattle Breed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 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. Among 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 alone carried off two first prizes…

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Treatise on Wool Shrinkage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

The Chairman of the Australian Wool Board (Mr. Douglas T. Boyd) at the conclusion of the board meeting in Melbourne on Wednesday,…

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World Wheat Shortage Stockfeed Position

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. W. J. Scully, stated last Friday, that during past weeks an ever…

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High Quality Wheat New Records

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

So good was the quality of most of this season's wheat in New South Wales that the f.a.q. for the year would be the highest for probably a…

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Thefts of Sheep at Weethalle "Unbearable Racket"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

Sheep stealing in the Weethalle district near Wyalong is an "unbearable racket," Mr. A. L. McInness, of Weethalle, told a meeting of the Graziers'…

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Weevily Wheat Not Detrimental to Poultry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

Importation of weevily wheat from other States for stock feeding purposes raised doubts in some minds as to the possibility of such wheat…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. Reports on the 17th JANUARY, [?]

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

We submitted our Catalogue No. 179 on Wednesday, 16th inst., the [?]ment being finalised the following day. The offering totalled 6,088 bales the…

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Wool and Its Value Good Level Needed

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson. Ltd. report: The aim of the British Government is to increase the exports of tops, yarns, and woollen goods to a level 50 per…

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Federal Wheat Scheme Minister to Confer With Growers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

The proposals put forward by the Commonwealth Government for the stabilisation of the wheatgrowing industry will be discussed at a…

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Wheat Stealing Charge Returned Man Fined In Cowra Court

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 8

Herbert Oswald Buckley, discharged from the Army a few weeks ago, after five years' service, was fined £3 in the Cowra police court on a charge of…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Sir Earle Page to Urge Major Alterations to Plan

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

Major alterations in the Commonwealth Government's wheat stabilisation scheme will be urged by Sir Earle Page when the Federal Parliament…

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One Per Cent. Interest Urged Money For Farm Development

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

That money at a very low rate of interest should be made available for improvement of reproduction work on farms, was the unanimous opinion of…

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Free Advice for Britain's Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 6

Fifteen hundred specialists are to be enrolled into a new service which will put free advice on all manner of agricultural problems into the possession…

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Soldier Farms in Better Areas

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

A strong plea for ex-servicemen, to be allowed to acquire existing farms under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme was made…

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Rainfall Misrepresentation Farmer’s Ineffective Protest

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

Eustace Frank Witchell, farmer, of Weethalle, who appeared before Central Summons Court, Sydney, last week,…

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New Police Uniform Means Passing Of Hunting Crop

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Hunting crops or riding whips carried by officers of the Police Force in Goulburn as an insignia of office have been replaced by gloves…

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