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Farming & the land, 1948

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Canadian Wool Production Substantial Decline in 1947

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 12

Ottawa.—Production of shorn wool in Canada was 10,176,000 pounds in 1947, compared with 11,457,000 pounds in 1946. The Dominion…

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Better Life for Dairy Farmers

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 4

The fullest advantage should be taken of the present period of stabilised, guaranteed prices for butter to organise…

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Lighting Wool Pavilion Show Society to Investigate Fluorescent Possibilities FOR 1948 EXHIBITION

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 6

Armidale P., A. and H. Association will investigate possibilities of hiring fluorescent lights for installation in…

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English Couple Couple to Farm in Australia

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: An English couple who intended migrating to New Zealand bought a farm on, arrival in Australia, and will now…

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Record Crop of Potatoes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 6

Over the past three moths more than 90,000 bags of potatces have been inspected at the Grafton depot. This was…

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Three Farmers to Leave on World Tour

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 6

The three practical New South Wales fanners who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Competition form 105 contestants, will leave early next year on a six months' world tour…

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Huge Total Invested in Canadian Farms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 12

Ottawa: Capital investment in Canadian farms in 1946 amounted to 5,922,347,000 (£A1,822,250,615), more than 38 per cent above the…

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Cattle Values On The Coast

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

At a cattle sale at Grafton the following prices were realised for store cattle: Bullocks, fattening ages, good colours £12/15/ to £14, others £10/10/…

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Canadian Wool Production Lower

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 6

OTTAWA: Production of shorn wool in Canada was 10,176,000 pounds in 1947, compared with 11,457,000 pounds in 1946. The Dominion Bureau…

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Geneva Conference And Wool Tariff

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 6

Behind, the 25 per cent reduction by the, U.S. in its wool import duty is a story demonstrating how tenacity of purpose, has served. Australia equally well in economics as in war. This reduction was…

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Wheat Loss Estimated at £18 Million

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It is estimated, that New South Wales wheatgrowers have lost between 20 and 30 million bushels of…

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Wool Sales Resume Good General Competition

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. advise: Strong general competition from Vorkshire, the Continent, Australian millmen and America prevailed…

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£18 Million Wheat Loss in Freak Weather

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

It is estimated that N.S.W. wheat-growers have lost between 20 and 30 million bushels of wheat, worth over £18 million, in freak weather which is…

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Values High at Sydney Wool Sales Saturday's Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

Winchcembe Carson Ltd. reports there was strong general competition between Yorkshire, the Continent, Australian…

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New Year Wool Sales Augurs Well For Future

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 10

Australian New Year wool sales have fully confirmed bright anticipations. The strong general competition experienced gives…

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Freak Weather Causes Heavy Loss to Wheat Growers SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 11

It is estimated New South Wales wheatgrowers have lost between 20 and 30 million [?] of wheat worth over £18,000,000, in freak…

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Farmers' Union Criticism of Rail Freights

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

A letter from the Secretary for Railways read at a meeting of Tenterfiled branch of the Farmers' Union, stated that…

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Aid Europe Plan Would Help U.S. Farmers

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—There is no possibility that exports of meat, wheat and corn under the Marshall Aid Plan will affect the issue of whether domestic price control and rationing should…

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Case Combine Did the Job "Ruined" Crop Harvested

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 6

The flexibility of the Case "A" Combine was strikingly demonstrated on Mr. Peter Dangar's "Palmerston" property, near…

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Special Fat and Stoke Sheep Sale

The Uralla Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

The attention of both butchers and graziers in search of either fat or store sheep is directed to the special sale to be conducted…

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