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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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15,000 Sheep Average £7/18/- at Swan Hill

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 6

O’Connor Egan [?] Younghusband Ltd [?]conducted their [?]autumn special [?]…

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Decline in Wheat Production Industry is Dying says Tabbita F. and S.

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

Although wheat prices may be at a high level and indicate a healthy level of production, wheat farmers know that their industry…

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Mary Allitt Writes on Shipboard Between Fremantle and Colombo (By special arrangement with the “Pastoral Times”)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 5

HERE is Mary Allitt’s second letter to the “Pastoral Times,” written while on shipbard after leaving Fremantle and nearing Colombo. She laments the shrinking of the Australian £ when changed into sterling and has her…

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Wangaratta News Butter Output Down

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 18

WANGARATTA, Fri.: Compared with this time last year, supply of cream to the Wangaratta butter factory is down by 25,000 lbs…

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Sheep stealing alarms NSW graziers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Sun.: To [?] sheep stealing the NSW Graziers’ Association will ask the Government to prevent anyone without…

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COMMERCIAL Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 10

Following is the order of sale for today’s Wodonga cattle market: New Zealand Loan, Goldsbrough Mort, Gippsland & Northern, Fanners &…

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Wool values firm

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: The market at the Sydney wool sales today was firm compared with last Thursday’s rates for good merino…

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Pleuro-pneumonia Outbreak in Cattle

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 4

"There has been an outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia in Victoria following introduction of three mobs of cattle from the Deniliquin district," said…

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An Essay on Wheat

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 2

Wheat is grown in quite a lot of countries, and generally sent across the sea to other countries which could just as well grow it themselves. This…

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Government Trophies for Sheep Show Champions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 2

Advice has been received by the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association that the Commonwealth Government has decided to support the 1951 Sydney…

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In Days Gone Six Years Ago (From the “Pastoral Times,” April, 10, 1945)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 2

Action to Recover Rates—Murray Shire Council yesterday decided to place with its solicitors a list of outstanding rates, with…

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Junior Farmers School at Wagga Agricultural College

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced this week that a winter school for junior farmers would be held at…

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Rents of Sheep Holdings to Go Up

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tues.: Rents of sheep holdings throughout Queensland are to be substantially increased as they become due for…

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Wheat Bulkhead at Mairjimmy? Meeting Next

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

A meeting of all interested in the establishment of a wheat bulkhead at Mairjimmy Siding is called in the Green Swamp Road school at…

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Sheep Show Wants Stewards

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

At a meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society last night, the Sheepbreeders’ Association of N.S.W., in a letter to…

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Mannequin parade at Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 11

Prestige Ltd. will send its Jubilee team of seven mannequins to Albury for the mannequin parade to be staged at the…

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Wool Prices Dive Again

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Wool prices took their deepest dive today since the break . after Easter…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool [?] Australian Estate

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

The Australian Estate Ltd., report having offered bales on April 30. The portion of the offering [?]…

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Big Campaign Against Wool Marketing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: The Graziers' Association of N.S.W. is preparing an intensive campaign to reject the Commonwealth Government's proposed…

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Wheat Board Plans New Country Bins

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board plans to erect emergency bins at country wheat sidings in N.S.W. and Victoria. Mr. J. S Teasdale…

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