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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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£180 Mil. Profit on War Surplus Wool

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 6

LONDON, Sun.: Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have made a profit of £180 million from the sale of surplus wartime…

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Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 10

Following is the order of sale for Wodonga cattle market today: Farmers & Graziers, Gippsland & Northern, Younghusband Ltd. Goldsbrough Mart,…

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Wool market hardens

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.: The market showed a hardening tendency compared with values ruling at the close of the last Sydney sales on…

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Wheat to Be Imported ?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

Wheat may soon have to be imported by Australia, Mr T. J. McDougall said this week…

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Butter position in N.S.W. grim

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Mon: Although the State’s butter prospects ore muck better than lost week, the supply position is still “grim.” President of the Primary Producers’ Union…

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Albury Wool Sales To-morrow

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

Buyers from all important wool buying centres will be represented at the Albury wool sales starting tomorrow. Last season, more than £20 million was realised…

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U.s. Will Stick to Guns-with-butter Policy

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Mon.—The government had re-examined the guns-with-butter policy of building up American military might and had decided to slick to it…

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Monthly Crop Report S.E. Riverina Seasonal Conditions.--

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

The rainfall for December was 170 points and below average. The month was dry and warm to, hot-- typical harvest weather,…

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Yarrawonga & Border Crop Competition, 1951

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

Wheat crop competitions have been conducted by, the Yarrawonga & Border Agricultural and Pastoral Association for nearly 30 yean, and evidence that keen interact is being maintained is shown by the inauguration this season…

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Good Weather for Fruit Crops

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Officials of the Department of Agriculture, said today that there was no real concern in the dried fruit areas at…

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Farming Under The Sea

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 7

A wit once said. “A noisy noise annoys an oyster,” which in itself is a debatable point. Be that as it may, the oyster is a…

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Wool Prices Disappoint

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 13

SYDNEY, Tues.: Although there was no quotable change from yesterday’s value, prices for the better class wool were disappointing…

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41 million bushel wheat harvest

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tues.: With most of the season’s wheat crop harvested indications are the harvest will approximate the official estimate of…

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Loans for Dairy Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.: Advances at 1½ per cent interest will be made by the Rural Bank to dairyfarmers in necessitous circumstances because…

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10,246,000 acres of wheat stripped for current year

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tues.: Areas of land sown for wheat production had decreased regularly every year since 1947-48 and the estimated area sown for the 1951-52 season was the lowest for any peace-time year since 1925-26, acting Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Carver) stated today…

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Maize crop down 80 p.c. in New England

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 11

GLEN INNES, Tues.: Maize, principal crop of the New England district, will be down 80 per cent in acreage this season. Grain…

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Australia Short of Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Minister for Agriculture (Mr McEwen) said today it appeared that Australia would be unable to meet…

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Wool firm in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.: The market at today’s wool sales ruled firm, compared with yesterday, for wools showing fine quality and all…

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Albury wool market generally firm

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

Albury woolbrokers offered 18,000 bales to a large and representative attendance yesterday. Compared with closing Melbourne rates before Christmas, good style Merino fleece depreciated by 2½ to…

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Ceiling wool prices reduced in U.S.

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wed.: The United States yesterday ordered the ceiling prices of wool to be reduced by 20 per cent. the order…

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