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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Australia Approached For Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed: Spain has not approached Australia for wheat for which she would pay dollars, the Minister for…

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Spain to Get Russian Wheat and Petrol

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 8

LONDON, Wed: Spain is negotiating a trade pact with Russia to get urgently-needed wheat and petrol, according to the…

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Wool Prices Reach Unprecedented Heights Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

WOOL values reached unprecedented heights today when the Sydney market for all good fleece wools and skirtings rose another 5 per cent. Since the opening…

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What Will Replace J.O. For Wool Growers?

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 10

Nothing definite has yet emerged in regard to the proposals for a new organisation to replace the present Joint Organisation,…

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World’s Record of 190d For Lambs Wool MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

WORLD’S record of 190d for lambs wool, seasons record of 164½d for merino fleece and 119d for come back fleece, were made at Geelong wool sales today when Victorian selling season for 1950 opened…

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To Assist Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 3

The Irrigation Commissioner of NSW has opened an office in Rava Buildings, in Dean st. The officer-in-charge is Mr E. W. Simmonds…

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Butter Output Up

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

At Tallangatta Butter Factory in December the quantity manufactured was 99 tons 3 cwt, an increase of 2 tons 14 cwt on the…

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EXTRA ½d Lb. for Butter Likely

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: An outstanding application by butter factories to increase the price of butter by ½d. a lb. will be one…

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Big Jump in Wool Cheque

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The total amount paid for wool, both greasy and scoured, auctioned between July and December, 1949, was…

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U.k., Australia Argue Over Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.: Negotiations for a large British purchase of Australian wheat had been suspended, and might not be…

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Mouth Swellings in Cattle Sometimes Taken for "Lumpy Jaw"

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 7

Examination of cattle reported by their owners to veterinarians as sufferring from actino-mycosis ("lumpy jaw") sometimes reveals that the…

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Merino Fleeces Top Market at Albury Wool Sales

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

Local top price at the Albury wool sales on Thursday last was secured by the Farmers and Graziers' for Mr. J. H. Shipard, "Fitzroy"—101d for Merino…

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Minister’s Assurance to Dairy Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr McEwen) today assured a deputation from Australia-wide…

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Wool Values Up 30 P.C. Compared with December Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 10

WOOL prices in Sydney today reached further records. The four day’s auctions of this week have seen values of top class wools rise 30 per cent, as compared with last…

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Who Owns Pool Wool Millions? Faulty Legislation Sets Dilemma For Trustees

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 8

The situation in relation to the distribution of profits from Government dealings in wool grown during the war, has set a poser for Australian trustees…

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No Immediate Butter Price Rise

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: There will be no immediate increase in the price of butter. The conference of Prices…

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Commercial Albury Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 18

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. and Younghusband Ltd. in conjunction held a special sheep sale at Albury yesterday when approximately 14,000…

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Franco Wants Our Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 16

OTTOWA, Fri.: Spain had appealed to Australia to sell her several shiploads of wheat to help to avert a famine among the…

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Wheat for Britain Board Revises Its Terms

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 9

CANBERRA, Fri.: The Australian Wheat Board had revised its terms in negotiations with Britain for a substantial…

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Soaring Wool Prices Mean Dearer Clothes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

SOARING prices at Australian wool sales this week would mean an increase of up to 40 per cent. in winter clothing prices, it was forecast by N.S.W. clothing manufacturers today…

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