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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 70 of 120

U.S. Curious Over Australian Wool for Russia

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.): Australia and New Zealand are likely to be objects of official…

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Doing with the Man on the Land [?]Aste on Dairy Farms Through Faulty Paddock Management

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 3

In any commercial project a pri[?]ary requirement for success is the [?]se of methods of management that [?]volve minimum waste. On many…

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“Ellerslie” Ballot to Conducted This Week Ex-Servicemen To Get Twenty Nine Farms

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 1

The ballot for the twenty nine farms on "Ellerslie" station, near Adelong will take place at Adelong this week…

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Tumbarumba Farms for Ex-servicemen

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahan) has approved of 14 farms on Maragle Estate, Tumbarumba, for war service land. settlement…

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Dogs Attacking Sheep Farmers Report Losses Warning to Owners

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 3

COMPLAINTS have been received from farmers that they are losing sheep as a result of night raids by town dogs, and…

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London Wool Sales

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 6

The fourth series of wool sales in London, which commenced on the 12th July, concluded on 23rd July, and over this period a total of 129,…

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Cables in Brief Wheat Barque Becalmed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: The fourmasted barque, Viking, carrying a cargo of wheat from Australia, is becalmed in the English…

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Wheat Price and Cornsack Position Mr. Langtry's Telegrams

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 2

Mr. J. I. Langtry. M.H.R., Member for Riverina, recently sent the following telegram to Mr. Pollard, Minister for Agriculture:…

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Big Drop in Exports of Wool to Canada and United States

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: Australia's wool trade with North American dollar areas—the United States and Canada—decreased by 3,550,000 dollars in the 12 months ended June 30 last, compared with the…

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Tumbarumba Farms for Ex-servicemen

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Shcahant has approved of 14 farms on "Maragle" Estate, Tumbarumba, for war service land settlement. He said…

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Noxious Weeds and the Law a Publication Necessary to Every Farmer

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 2

It is common fallacy among newcomers to gardening that there is some quick and unlaborious method of getting rid of weeds, but farmers…

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Petrol Tax Letter to the Farmers and Settters' Association

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 2

Mr. H. H.Cuthbert (Hon. Secretary of the Murrumbidgee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers" Association) has received the following…

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Liberals See Evictions "Threat To Farmers From Theorists" Finds Alarm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

There was a danger that some farmers would be removed from their properties under the recommendations of the Rural…

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Silage for Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 3

Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture have shown that, while silage will maintain life in sheep for fairly…

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Wagga Show Cattle Double 1947 Entries

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 2

There will be about 100 cattle at the 1948 Wagga Show in three weeks' time—about twice the number at previous shows…

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"Big Wheat Loss If Transport Delayed More"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Tuesday: The Australian wheat Board is alarmed at the refusal of the State Government to provide…

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Tumbarumba Farms for Ex-servicemen

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1948 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheshan) has approved of 14 farms on Maragle Estate, Tumbarumba, for war service land…

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A Long Cattle Trek

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

A group of Tumut men entrained at Cootamundra for Brewarrina to take charge of mob of cattle purchased in…

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Wheat Pool Payments New Advances

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr Pollard, announced this week that a third advance of 2/- a bushel had been approved for, 1947/48 wheat…

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