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Farming & the land, 1951

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Farmer Fined on False Pretence Charges

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 2

A Gilgandra farmer Frank Neville McClure, pleaded not guilty to two charges of false pretences in connection with cheques in the Hay Court of Petty…

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Turkey Raising in a Diversified Farming Programme

The Observer · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 6

Turkey production in the rural districts of New South Wales during the post-war period has grown to considerable proportions, due no doubt to the lucrative prices obtainable for prime birds, states Mr. G. W. Smith, Livestock Officer, of the Department of Agriculture, Wagga…

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Australian farmers’ £100 million a year ‘gift’

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Australian primary producers were subsidising the local food market to the extent of £100 million a year, the leader of the Country Party (Mr Bruxner) said in the…

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Commercial Albury Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 18

Dalgety & Co. and New Zealand Loan conducted their May special sheep sale at Albury yesterday, when they submitted 7600 good quality sheep to a…

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Albury wool men expect higher prices

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 1

Albury district wool growers are optimistic that yesterday’s announcement of a higher ceiling price for wool in…

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Dogs Ravaging Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Savage mongrels and dingoes are ravaging flocks of sheep in districts near Kaniva, about 270 miles…

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Bonk on foiling wool values

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Sun.: “It is unlikely that the substantial fall in the prices at recent wool sales can by itself halt the inflationary trend of…

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Wool prices down 26 p.c. at Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 12

GEELONG, Sun.: Prices for wool at the Geelong sales this week were 26 per cent lower than those at the April sales…

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Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 14

The following is the order of sale at today’s Wodonga cattle market: Gippsland & Northern, Dalgety &. Co. Ltd, Farmers & Graziers, Goldsbrough…

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Wool values in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: Values for all Classes of wool at the Sydney sales today were from 2½ per cent, to 7½ per cent lower than…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 4

Younghusband Ltd. report having submitted their 11th catalogue for the current season when they brought forward a…

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Salmonellosis in Sheep Heavy Mortalities in Orange District

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

"An outbreak of salmonellosis has caused many deaths in a flock of Victorian Merino wethers in the Orange district," reported R. M…

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Wool prices lowest for five months

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday: Although wool prices showed some recovery on the last day of the Geelong sales last week,…

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Why Wheat Cannot Be Sent to India

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.: The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr J. S. Teasdale) said today that there was no lack of…

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In Days Six Years Ago (From the “Pastoral Times,” April 24, 1945)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

Death—Mrs. Margaret Dyer aged 92 years, at Caulfield, Victoria. mother of Mr. W. J. Dyer, Mathoura…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 14

The associated agents, selling in the following order, Gippsland & Northern, Dalgety & Co, Farmers & Graziers, Goldsbrough Mort, A .M. L. & F. Co…

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Wool consumption down

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 15

LONDON, Tues.: Wool consumption in the major consuming countries showed an appreciable decline in the first…

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100,000 N.T. cattle to move into Queensland

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

DARWIN, Tues: One hundred thousand head of cattle are expected to move into Queensland from the Northern Territory this…

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Wheat Bulkhead at Mairjimmy Wheat Growers' Association Formed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

There was a large gathering at a meeting of farmers in the Green Swamp School on Thursday evening to discuss the question of a…

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Commercial Wool Values Hold

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 14

SYDNEY, Wed: All yesterday’s best features were again in evidence at today’s wool auctions. There was good competition from the United…

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