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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Canadian Cattle for Palestine OTTAWA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 3

Seventy pure-bred Canadian Holstein cattle are being shipped to Palestine from Saint John, NB., on the SS. Oceanside and Trade Minister…

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Canada Studies German Butter Machines Ottawa

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

Canada’s National Research Council is studying the possibilities of two German butter - making machines brought to Canada for investigation at…

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Protection of Seed Wheat From Insect Infestation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1

Seed wheat may be protected from insect attack by tracting with either magnezite or copper carbonate powder before bagging…

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Hobby Brings Wheat Title to Canadian Woman OTTAWA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

The coveted North American wheat crown rests upon the head of a woman for the first time this year. Recently crowned “Wheat Queen”…

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Greasy Wool Rises to 25.48D Interesting Figures for January Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

Greasy wool sold throughout the Commonwealth by the wool selling brokers of Australia during January last averaged 25.48d. per pound,…

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REPORTED 100 Per Cent Profit on Wheat Sold by Argentina to U.K. LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

Argentina is claimed by the “Dally Telegraph” to have made a profit of 100 per cent on the recent wheat deal with Great Britain…

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£500,000 for Albury Wool Sales To-morrow and Thursday Waterfront Delays Retard Payment

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

On account of delays on the waterfront, payment for wool sold at Albury this week will not be available until three weeks after the sale. This conforms with the procedure now being followed in other selling centres…

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Parkes Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 2

Needs Wilson and Co., Parkes, In conjunction with Pitt, Son, and Badgery Ltd., Sydney. report a yarding of 5000 grown sheep and lambs came forward for their…

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Wheat Cost Enquiry. Committee Appointed

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr Pollard) announced recently the appointment of a committee to enquire into the costs of wheat [?]…

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London Wool Sales LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 5

In the third week of this series of the London wool sales. 29.600 bales will be offered. New South Wales will submit 3984 bales. Queensland 548, Victoria 3532. South…

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Record American Wool Consumption WASHINGTON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 5

The Commerce Department has reported that the consumption of raw wool in the United States in 1946 was 748,000,000 lbs., which was a record figure and 16 per cent…

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Cream Ban Attacked Butter Exports Reduced MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 5

Removal if the ban nil the sale pt table cream, which had definitely reduced the amount of butter available for export, was attacked by the…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Marketing of Primary Products Is Present System Basically Wrong?

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 4

"An increasing demand for more and more regulatory control—in the interest of either grower, retailer or consumer—is some…

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Sydney Wool Sales 80¼d For Two Bales of Greasy Merino Fleece SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

Greasy Merino fleece sold to 80¼d. for two bales of ARROW/JH MONJ/ ARGYLE (Armidale) at Sydney wool sales to-day. Under very strong and…

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Wheat Agreement with N.Z. RATIFIED Price 5/9 (f.o.b. Bulk) Bushel Until 1949/50 Heated Attack by Mr. McEWEN CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

Completion of the agreement for supply of Australian wheat to New Zealand until 1949-50 at 5/9 a bushel f.o.b. a bushel for bulk was disclosed by the Minister for Commerce (Mr Pollard) in the House of Representatives today…

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Improved Farming Methods Demonstration Friday Next

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

Methods of farming and cultivation generally alter from year to year Having in mind conservation of soil and the retention of…

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Victorian Sugar Shortage Supplies From Other State But Fruit Crop Doomed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 3

The 1650 tons of sugar coming to Victoria from other States will be allocated mostly to the fruit canning and jam-making industry, and some…

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HENTY Farmers and Settlers’ Association

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 5

At the February meeting of the F. and S. Association it was decided to endeavor to have an overhead traffic bridge built over the railway line at…

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Wagga Cattle Market WAGGA,Thursday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

The associated agents of wagga report having held their usual fortnightly cattle sale today, There was a total of 780 yarded comprising 530 fats. 225 stores and 25…

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Wool And The Nation

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 7

It may be said that, figuratively speaking, the fibres of the wool industry have been interwoven with the history of the the Commonwealth since…

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