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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

2,230 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 112

Drought Payments to Dairy Farmers Explained

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The method by which payments will be made under the joint Commonwealth and State scheme of assistance to…

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For the Man On the Land Britain's New Farm Policy Outlined

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

The production of more milk, meat, eggs and bacon is to be the aim of agricultural policy in the United Kingdom during the next two years. Announcing this switchover from growing crops to greater…

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A Fine Sultana Crop

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

Cr. W. Arbuckle, who is well known as a hard worker for the Show Society and other public bodies with which he is associated, is at…

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Coat of Arms for Farmers'union

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 3

The Rural Bank has just received from the National Farmers' Union of Great Britain a coloured reproduction of the Union's newly granted…

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New Manual on Power Farm Machinery

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 3

MANY helpful suggestions on the care and maintenance of power farm machinery are given in the new 64-page "Vacuum…

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Helson Bros. Magnificent Peach Crop Quick Harvesting Work

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 3

ONE of the finest peach crops to be seen on the Irrigation Area at the present time is at the Helson Bros' farm, about 2…

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Grain Sorghum Crops

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 2

Growers interested in grain sorghum are advised to inspect the present crops at the Leeton Experiment Farm immediately; as harvesting…

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Wagga Board Effort to Check Movement of Infected Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 2

In an effort to check the spread of lice in sheep, the Wagga Pastures Protection Board stock inspector and rabbit inspectors will endeavor to inspect all sheep at district stock sales…

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Wool Clip May Be Worth £100,000,000

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday: Dr. Edgar Booth, chairman of the International Wool Secretariat and the Australian representative…

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Wagga Drome Suggested for Small Farms

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 2

Wagga civil aerodrome has bees suggested as a suitable site for extension of the Gumly small holdings scheme…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

At their Sydney auction of 18th inst., Pitt Son & Badgery, Ltd submitted a selection containing many well-grown wools in good order, and drawn from a…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 7

At their Sydney auction of the 18th instant Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd submitted a selection containing many well grown wools in good…

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Forbes Grazier Loses Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 4

Mr Bill O'Neil, of Forbes, had the misfortune to lose 80 well bred sheep last week when he struck a patch of couch grass on the road,…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 7

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd Wagga, report practically 100 p.c. clearance with their special sale of just over 16000…

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Tumblong Man Challenges Wheat Committee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 2

The powers of the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Committee are challenged by Mr. Gordon O. Robertson, of "Wynyeh," Tumblong…

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Tumblong Man Hits Out at Wheat Stabilisation Committee

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 6

Well known Tumblong farmer and grazier, Dr Gordon O. Robertson, does not pull his punches. Challenging the powers of the Wheat Stabilisation Committee, he has decided to ignore that organisation. After the committee had sent a…

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Huge Farmers' Loss in Britain

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: The National Farmers' Union believes that It will be necessary to have discussions a Cabinet level to consider, the bigges…

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The Soil Conservation (Amendment) Bill Practical Assistance To Farmers In Soil Erosion Control

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 7

As a further Important step in the Implementation of its policy of conservation of our natural resources, the State Labor…

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Drought Payments to Dairy Farmers Explained

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 1

The method by which payments will be made under the joint Commonwealth and State scheme of assistance to dairy…

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Tumut Wool Tops Albury Market Super Merino 59½d

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 2

Dalgety & Co. disposed of their catalogue of 6500 bales of wool to a large attendance of buyers at Albury on…

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