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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 66 of 120

Wheat Growers' Union Opposes Amalgamation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The annual conference of the Wheatgrowers' Union of N.S.W. today rejected a resolution urging the…

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F.s.a. President Comments on Fed. Wheat Plan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 2

"It is wrong to say that the State Ministers agreed to the Commonwealth Government's latest wheat stabilisation proposals," said Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, general president of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Plan for J. Farmer Competition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: The executive of the N.S.W. Wheatgrowers' Union will consider providing divisional and State trophies for…

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Albury Sheep Show Opens Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 2

Excellent entries have been received for the Albury Sheep Show and Pair which starts to-morrow…

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Sheep Classing Characters Desirable in a Flock

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 4

However small the flock, periodical classing is necessary to ensure maximum returns. The following desirable characters…

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Wheatgrowers' Union Accepts Latest Wheat Scheme

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 4

A Sydney message: The Wheatgrowers' Union of N.S.W. accepted the Federal Government's latest wheat stabilisation…

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Wheat Sown at Tam Worth by Plane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Sunday: At Tamworth for the first time, grain has been sown from a specially equipped plane…

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Good Cattle Sale at Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

The improvements at the Gundagai saleyards were favorably commented on by the hundreds who attended the 2000…

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New Stud Cattle For Tumut District

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 6

Recent purchases of stud cattle by district graziers include the following:—Mr. D. G. Fuller Reka: 10 special stud Hereford cows and heifers from…

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Wheat Sown At Tamworth By 'Plane

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

At Tamworth for the first time grain has been sown from a specially equipped 'plane. Wheat was sown at the rate of four…

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Gold and Wool Prices Comparative Values

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 4

The price of wool has been considered by many people to have been very high. It is decidedly higher than immediately prior to the war,…

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Jute in Wool Precautions Necessary When Baling

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 4

More or less regularly each year a general complaint is sent out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign matter-principally jute fibres…

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farmers & Settlers' Association Corobimilla Branch

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 1

A meeting of the Corobimilla branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held on Friday, 9th July. There were present Mr. C. R…

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Brookdale Farmers Urge Extension of Electricity

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 4

A meeting of the Brookdale branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on 12th July. There was a good attendance…

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Farmers Criticise Lockhart Council Building Up the Fighting Fund

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

Boree Creek branch had a largely attended meeting at the Farmers & Graziers' Association on Thursday afternoon…

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179 New Farms For Ex-Soldiers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 1

Twenty additional estates, providing 179 soldier settlement farms, are ready to be taken over ant balloted for…

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Batlow Junior Farmer Cups Presented

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 4

"The Junior Farmer movement is a wonderful movement. It is growing in popularity throughout the country and it is helping to make…

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Docs Kill Sheep at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 2

Five sheep were killed and 23 badly mauled by dogs at Wagga trucking yards on Monday night…

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More Coal Wanted to Shift Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Additional coal to lift the 38,000,000 bushels which remained of last year's record 100,000,000 bushels…

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Further Test in Sowing Wheat by Aircraft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Tuesday: Continuing their experiments in the sowing of wheat from the air. East-West Airlines have made…

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