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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,532 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 77

Yackandandah Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 14

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., Wodonga, held their annual autumn sale at Yackandandah oh Tuesday last, when they submitted an offering of…

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Sa Wheat Harvest Up

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 14

ADELAIDE, Thurs.: More than 26 million bushels-of wheat from South Australia’s 1949-50 harvest was received by the Australian…

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An End to Butter Rationing Desired

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 14

Wodonga dairymen want to see the ban on cream sales lifted and batter rationing ended. At the annual meeting of…

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Commercial [?]Elbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

The Melbourne Woolbrokers [?] that the tenth series of [?] for the 1949-50 season held. March 20 to 23, the average…

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56 Ships to Shift Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr F. H. Cullen) said today that 56 ships in Australian…

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£182 Million Wool Cheque From Overseas

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday: Australian wool exports in the first eight months of 1949-50 returned £183,328,000, an increase of…

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“Floods Damage Crops and Pastures” “But Feed Coming Away in Profusion” States District Agronomist Crawford

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

STATING that recent floods have damaged crops and pastures, in Ms monthly report m the western portion of the central Murray region, the district agronomist at Deniliquin (Mr, G. A, Crawford) adds that the district…

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54,000 Acre Wheat Farm Bought

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 14

PERTH, Sun.: A 54,000 acre wheat farm at Waddi Forest, 140 miles, north of Perth, has been purchased by the State…

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“Privileged” British Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Sun: No other nation “feather-beds” its agriculture like Britain, British Food Ministry secretary Stanley Evans said…

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Pastoral Cafe Change

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

Mr. Frank Marshall. who has conducted the Pastoral Cafe in End Street for a a number of years, has disposed of the business…

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Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 14

Following is the order of sale for today’s Wodonga cattle market: [?] & Co. Goldsbrough Mort, Gippsland & Northern, AML & F.[?]…

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No Early Lifting of Tea, Butter Rationing

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday : The Prime Minister at a press conference tonight denied reports of a Government decision for an early…

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Wheat Prices for U.k. Disclosed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Prices for wheat to Britian will be 153 a bushel for ports west of the Suez and the Persian Gulf, 157½ ; and elsewhere, 161 a…

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U.k. to Pay 15/3 for Our Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon. : Wheat prices to the British Ministry for Food were announced by the chairman of the Australian Wheat…

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Wool Cheque Jumps From £144 Million to £225 Million Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

The average price of wool for the nine months of the present wool setting season was 20.7 per cent higher than for the some period for the 1948-49 season. Greasy was up 21 per cent…

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"New Deal" for Junior Farmer Movement

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

The position of the Junior Farmer Movement is a matter of concern to people through the State who are aware of the…

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Price Anomalies Cause of Drift From Dairying Industry

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

When the Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill which among other things, altera the law with respect to the registration of dairy produce…

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Commercial Wool Values Up

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Tues: Approximately 10,250 bales were submitted at the Melbourne wool sales today and the selection was restricted to clips from…

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Record Albury Wool Cheque of £8 Million

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

Complete with the exception of a small clearing sale of oddments next month, the 1949-50 series of wool sales in Albury realised the record figure of £8,131,859, chairman of the Albury Woolbrokers’ Association(Mr. A. A. Rogers) said yesterday…

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Good Weather for Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

Weather conditions have been perfect during the week for farmers preparing to sow, says our Walbundrie correspondent. The…

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