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Farming & the land, 1945

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More Cattle Home Today

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 September 1945 · page 2

About 10 o’clock this morning a train is expected to reach Wodonga, bringing 620 grown cattle and 300 calves back from northern pastures to which…

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Sheep Skin Sales Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 September 1945 · page 2

There was good inquiry for 30,929 sheep skins offered for sale today and the market was very firm at recent values. Quotations:…

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Jeeps for Farmers? Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 September 1945 · page 3

Consideration of the proposal to convert jeeps for use as tractors on farms was promised In the House of Representative today by the Minister for Postwar…

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[?] Cattle Not Claimed

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 2

Of the 600 cattle in a train which arrived on Saturday, from agistment, there are still 40 which have not been claimed. These cattle will be at the…

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Sheep Wealth Fur Coats From Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 2

A recently discovered process enables manufacturers to transfer the wool of a sheepskin into a beautiful fur coat that only an expert can tell from beaver and…

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Wheat From America

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 2

Quoting a Sussex street grain trader as its authority, the “Sydney Morning Herald” says that nearly half a million bushels of wheat have loaded in U.S.A. for shipment to Australia and that it should arrive before the forthcoming harvest. Assuming this report to be…

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Virile Wheat Industry Essential To Australian Economy

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 6

“The anxiety of wool growers has been relieved by the Empire-wide agreement, but what about the Australian wheat grower and those in NEW in particular,” said Mr A. Mair, MLA, yesterday. “To stress the importance of wheat in Australia’s economy it is only necessary for me…

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TANGAMBALANGA Young Farmers’ Senior Group

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 3

Mr A. Hillas presided at the monthly meeting of the Tangambalanga senior group of the Young Farmers’ Club. The article as contributed by Alan…

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Final Wheat Payments

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 5

All wheat pools with the exception of No. 8 will be finaliseed within the next few months. This was agreed when the Australian Wheat Board met…

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Albury And District Urgently Need Rain Crops Backward; Little Feed For Stock

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1945 · page 6

Crop conditions in south-eastern Riverina at present are far from promising; in fact they are causing anxiety…

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Fat Cattle Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 2

There was a yarding of 950 bullocks at Newmarket today. Northern NSW again supplied most of the offering. Competition was slow in the opening sales, but…

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All Breeds Sheep Show Next Year SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 3

The Council of the NSW Sheep breeders’ Association announced today that it had been decided to hold an all breeds sheep show next year. It…

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Attitude to Substitutes Mr. Fuller, M.H.R., Critical Of Wool Men CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 4

What he termed the “flabby and sentimental” answer of wool men to the challenge of substitute fibres, was today condemned by…

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. Young Farmers’ Corner . . K.V.Y.F.A. NOTES For Club Secretaries

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 5

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining suitable stencils and loose-leaf folders, the revised constitution and schedule for Field Day will be delayed a little…

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Sheep Wealth

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 4

A recently discovered process enables manufacturers to transform the wool of a sheepskin into a beautiful fur coat that only an expert can tell…

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Commercial. Fat and Store Sheep Firm

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 2

The Deniliquin Associated Agents report having conducted their usual fortnightly sale yesterday, when there was a very large penning of fat sheep and…

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Disposal of Wool Federal Government Praised SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 7

The Commonwealth Government was commended for its effort to arrange for the marketing of future wool clips, in conjunction with the…

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Farmer's Share

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

A survey recently completed by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, of average retail prices charged in 1944 for…

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More Cattle Arrive Today

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 2

Today 850 dairy cattle will arrive in Wodonga from [?]istment in the north. Owing to the shortage of manpower, 200 cattle are undrafted. Mr…

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Commercial Sheep Skin Sales Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 2

There was good inquiry for £52,279 sheep skins offered for sale today and the market for all descriptions was firm at late rates. Quotations: Merino three-quarter…

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