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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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General Wool Demand TENDERS

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 8

The wool market generally has been mail [?] on recent levels. The better [?] fleece [?] commanding the strongest…

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Registered Seed Wheat and Oats

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 9

For 1949, arrangements have been made by the Department of Agriculture with seventy-nine farmers to sow registered areas of seed wheat…

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U.S.A. Buys Fine Wools. Africa Imports German Sheep

North West Champion · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Stronger competition has been experienced from America for spinners merino wools at…

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District Agronomist Comments on Wheat Varities. Gabo Now Most Popular in Northern N. S. W.

North West Champion · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 3

In a letter to the "North-West Champion," Mr. L. W. McLennan (District Agronomist) comments on the performance of various…

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Hybrid Wheat for Rust Resistance

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

Some 7000 hybrid wheats developed by the plant-breeding staff of the Department of Agriculture are being tested for rust resistance under…

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Junior Farmer Champion

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

Alister MacRae of the Collengullie Club, via Wagga, winner of the 1948 Fat Lamb Raising Project in the Junior Farmer State Championship Competition, photograpred with his Ryeland Ram. For his fine effort Alister receives Sir Samuel Hordern's Trophy…

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Wool Sales

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 4

The wool store hold-up has meant that urgently required wools are not available to manufacturers in this country, and in a short time…

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Soviet Says New Wheat Boosts Crop Fivefold

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 6

The Russians are experimenting with branched wheat "that promises harvest five times as rich as standard varieties," states the Soviet…

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India Agrees to Import Australian Wheat and Flour. Perth

North West Champion · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

Agreement has been reached between India and Australia for the export of 32,500,000 bushels of wheat to India at 14/8 per…

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Bureau of Agricultural Economics As an Aid to Farming

North West Champion · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 3

The wide scope of the work undertaken by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of his Department was shown by the Minister…

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World's Wool Clip. Consumption Exceeds Production

North West Champion · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

Wincheombe, Carson Ltd. report: World consumption of wool continues to exceed production and it is generally anticipated that…

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Wool Delivery Deadlock. Australia's Dollar Drive Suffers

North West Champion · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 7

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report 10th March— Again there have been no wool sales held in Sydney. Further, the…

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Wheat Ballot— Nomination Forms Available. Announcement by the Minister for Agriculture Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.

North West Champion · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 6

"Nomination forms for wheatgrowers wishing to contest the forthcoming ballot for election to the State Wheat Committee are now available…

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International Wheat Agreement Washington

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

A four year International wheat agreement within which 456,283,389 bushels of wheat will move annually in world trade…

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Liverpool Sale Results; Adelaide Wool Sales

North West Champion · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 5

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report 17/3/49:— With the absence of wool auctions in all Northern wool selling centres,…

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J. S. Interested In Maintenance of Security Throughout World No Wool Cheques Likely In April Says Broker Secretary For State's Emphatic Statement SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.)—The United States today declared its "deep interest" in the security and independence of Greece, Turkey and Persia. A wool selling broker said yesterday that no wool cheques were likely to go out in April because of the Storemen's and Packers' dispute. The broker said many graziers…

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Mr. Scully Refutes Rumor of Likelihood of Wool Store Being Removed from Moree. "No Foundation Whatever" He Says in Reply to Letter of Concern From Boolooroo Shire Council. Lack of Support by Woolgrowers Cited by Member As Reason Store Not Being Used for Original Purpose

North West Champion · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 2

The Hon. W. J. Scully, M.H.R., in reply to a letter from the Boolooroo Shire Council concerning the veracity of talk that the Wool Appraisement Buildings in Moree were likely to be removed elsewhere, stated that…

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British Wool Products. Larger Exports

North West Champion · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: In some markets at which sales have been held recently abroad and in Australia, some variation…

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Record Crops in U.S. Last Year

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 6

The Australian Trade Commissioner, San Francisco, reports that 1948 was a year for records in United States beld crop production. Total…

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Importance of Wheat Agreement

North West Champion · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 3

The international wheat agreement concluded last week is an important corollary to Australia's domestic wheat stabilization scheme…

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