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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 74 of 120

Wheat Sowing Delayed, But Growth Sound

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Because of the very late wheat harvest last season and the unusually cool and wet summer, sowing…

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105,000 Bags of Wheat Still at Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

With the 1948-49 harvest only about three months way all the suitable stacking sites at the Temora railway yards are still…

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No Wheat Now Going to Wharf at Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE. Thursday: The trucking of wheat from country areas to Newcastle for shipment has been suspended until…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Sandigo Branch

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 4

A meeting of the Sandigo brancn of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the hall on Saturday, 17th July…

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Says People Who Drift to City Should Not be Turned Back to Farms

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

LEETON, Thursday: The solution to the problem caused by the drift to the cities was the decentralisation of secondary industry, and not the turning of the drifters back to the farms…

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Lifting Tractor Controls Does Not Really Benefit the Farmer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 4

The Government has retired from the field of tractor control and thrown the onus of distribution back to the manufacturers and import agents. But what does the fanner get out of the change?…

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Robson Shield Awards To Junior Farmers

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

The Robson Shield presented to the Tumut District Junior Farmers' Club by Mr. E. Robson, of Windowie, has been received by the Tumut…

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Amazing Economy for Farmers

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

Operating on the cheapest fuels, a K.L. Bulldog Tractor can save it; owner up to £100 a year on fuel costs alone. Its slow speed engine…

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N.z. Farmers Entertained in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 2

A party of 32 New Zealand primary producers visited Wagga yesterday on their way by road from Adelaide to Sydney. They…

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Wheat Area Smaller

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 3

The area sown to wheat in New South Wales this season is fully 20 per cent. smaller than last year…

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105,000 Rags of Wheat Still Stacked in Temora

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 6

With the 1948/49 harvest only about three months away, all the suitable stacking sites at the Temora railway yards are still…

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N.z. Wool Levy Lifted to 2/6 a Bale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 6

For the coming season the levy on the woolgrowers of New Zealand will be increased from 2/- to 2/6 a bale. The purpose of the levy is to…

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False Teeth for Sheep ! American's Effort May Mean Much to Australia's Greatest Industry

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 6

You couldn't imagine Tom Lindley driving a dozen of his best best ewes dows Sheridan Street for attention by our competent…

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Doings with the Man on the Land State and Federal Buck-passing Valuable Time Lost in Shifting Last Wheat Harvest

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 6

“The Federal and State Governments have been busily engaged during the past few months in passing the buck backwards and…

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Heavy Frost Damage To M.I.A Citrus Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 4

Heavy frosts have caused extensive damage to citrus crops on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area…

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Two Party Politics No Guarantee of Strength Tasmania’s Big Crop of Independents

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 August 1948 · page 2

The fact that in the forthcoming election in Tasmania, where there are only two parties, Liberal and Labor, sixteen Independents…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report that a tentative roster, just issued by the Australian Wool Realisation Commission, of…

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Federal Wheat Plan

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—State Cabinet has authorised the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to take a ballot of N. S.W…

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Wool Sales Delayed

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Unless a dispute over the sewing of bales can be avoided, Sydney wool sales, due to begin on…

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Ballot on Federal Wheat Plan

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: State Cabinet has authorised the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to take a ballot of…

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