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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

2,230 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 112

You Don't Need Butter for Good Pies!

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 2

The shortest shortest short-crust is made with lard and the flakiest pastry with margarine, so as far as pastry is concerned you can save all your butter for…

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Wool, Skin and Hides Dealers' Licenses

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 4

On Thursday last at the Court of Petty Sessions, George Henry Thomson, an employee of J. H. C. Lyons, was granted a renewal of…

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Wool Demand Stronger Japan and WooI

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 4

A definite strengthening in the demand for the better merino fell mongered wools latterly Has been experienced in Sydney. The…

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Wool Sale Dates for 1947-48 Season

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 1

Wool sole dates for the first half of the 1947-48 wool Reason have been allocated by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers…

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A.N.A to Fly 254 Sheep to Melbourne Show

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Australian National Airways will fly 254 sheep from Tasmania to the Melbourne steep show…

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Waste on Dairy Farms Through Faulty Management of Paddocks

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 4

In any commercial project a primary requirement for success is the adoption of methods of management Conducive to the minimum of waste…

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Wheat Crops "Satisfactory"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Favorable weather experienced over the greater part of the wheat-growing area early this season had resulted generally in a…

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Wheat Crops 'Satisfactory'

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Favorable weather experienced over the greater part of the wheatgrowing area early this season hid resulted…

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Increase in Butter Price "Necessary"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: The State Council for the Queensland Dairy. men's Organisation believed that an increase in the wholesale price of…

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World Demand For Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

To talk of limiting Australian agricultural production while scores of millions of neighbors in Asia are reported to be slowly starving to death is, to say the least, illogical. The only arguments that could be used to support such…

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Queensland Supports W.G.F. Wheat Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Following an address by the treasurer of the Farmers and Settlers Association (Mr. H.K. Nock) on wheat…

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Establishment of Adelong Saleyards Adelong Cattle Men, Graziers and Landowners Decide Site Selected By Committee

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

A public meeting was held at the Adelonia Theatre on Thursday of last week to consider the advisability and prospects of establishing saleyards at Adelong. The meeting was well attended and also was representative of all shades of…

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Yanco Man Uses Converted Army Tank on Farm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

LEETON, Thursday: T. Grace, a resident of Yanco, has had an Army tank converted for farm work. The tank is a General Stewart…

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Menace of Brown Rot in Crops

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 4

It is again seasonable to rewind growers of stone fruit of the importance of dealing with brown rot "mummies," which represent the…

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Storage of Farm-cured Bacon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 4

Farm-cured bacon often becomes [?]easty (rancid) through being hung in places where the temperature is variable, and it may also be…

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Loans to Farmers to Buy and Store Fodder

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 5

THE Premier, Mr. McGirr, announced that the Government's fodder conservation scheme had been extended…

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Converted Army Tank for Farmer at Gogeldrie

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 2

AN army tank, which has been converted for farm use, will be driven from Narrandera to Mr. J. L. H. Davies' property, Farm…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Annual Meeting of South Gogeldrie Branch

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 5

AT the annual meeting of the South Gogeldrie Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association it was decided to urge for the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Assn

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the Leeton Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held in the Band Hall on Tuesday night,…

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Tumut Junior Farmers'

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 4

Since our last report work has been progressing favourably. This being a slack period of the year much time has been spent in…

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