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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Bloat Kills 100 CATTLE In Bathurst District

The Uralla Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

Lush feed in the Oberon district has caused the loss of more than 100 cattle by bloat. The Oberon branch of the…

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Junior Farmers to Visit Britain

The Uralla Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

Three Australian Junior Farmers, all under 21, are to visit England. A selection committee sitting in Sydney will choose the…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

Attention is drawn to the special cattle sale to be held at Armidale sale yards on Friday, January 30, when Messrs. Fittler Bros., acting in…

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Branding of Cattle Damage to Hides

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 14

The damage done to hides by faulty methods of branding and by branding on valuable portions of the hide is…

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More Sheep For Shearing in Q’land

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

About 20 per cent. increase in the number of sheep to be shorn in Queensland this year, compared with 1947, is expected by the United…

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Wool Prospects Are Very Bright

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

Australian New Year wool sales have fully confirmed bright anticipations (writes Winchcombe Carson Ltd.). The strong general…

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Queensland Sheep Shearing; 20 p.c. Increase Likely

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE An increase ab[?] out 20 per cent in the number of sheep to be shorn in Queensland this year compared with…

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American Agriculture "Farming, Raising Of Crops: Stock another Business"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 18

"In the eyes of an Australian, used to Australian farming, there is something missing from much of the enormous and diverse tract of America. It was not until I saw the dairy lands of Pennslyvania that I realised what…

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Brisk Cattle Market Cows and Calves £19/1/- At Bingara Yesterday

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

At a sale conducted yesterday by Mr. Frank R. King, of Bingara, at “Kelvin Grove,” account Gwydir Pastoral Co., herd Aberdeen Angus cos…

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ARMIDALE 50 Years Ago [?] High Prices for New England Wool

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 20

Mr. John Gillanders, of Aberfoil, has the honour of having topped the Sydney wool market on Thursday, his merino fleece realising l0½d, and…

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Single Unit Farms Minister's Warning to Ex-Servicemen

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 18

The Department of Lands is now receiving applications from returned soldiers for the purchase of single unit farms under the War Service…

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False Claim for Drought Relief Balranald Farmer Pleads Guilty

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

At Balranald Court of Petty Sessions recently, a farmer who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for six…

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Drought Relief Grants Farmer Sentenced

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

BALRANALD: At Balranald Court of Petty Sessions Angus Graham McLennan of Swan Hill, who pleaded guilty before Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M.,…

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Farmers Panicky for Seed Wheat

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 4

"It seems that a number of farmers are being helped by people outside the Standing Committee on Wheat to panic in the rush for seed…

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News From North-west Cattle Studs

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

The J. H. Doyle Estates Company Pty. Ltd., of Boggabilla, N.S.W., report having sold the polled Hereford stud bull, Merawah Battle Cry, to Mr. P…

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Wheat Board Attacks Export Deal

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. — The Australian Wheat Board has complained to the Commonwealth Government of the sale of…

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Wheat Board Complains to Govt. Ministerial Interference Criticised MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board has Complained to the Commonwealth Government of sales of wheat to Britain and India at special prices…

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Record Oats Crop Claimed

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

What is claimed to be an Australian record crop of oats was I recently harvested on a farm in the Macalister district, Darling…

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Huge Sum Invested In Canadian Farms

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 6

OTTAWA: Capital investment in Canadian farms in 1948 [?] to 5,922,347,000 [?] (A£1,822,250,615), more than[?]…

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Spare Parts for Farm Machiner Armidale Farmers' Request to Minister Import Without Restriction

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 6

It view of the fact that primary production is of great assistance in adjusting the dollar position, Armidale…

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