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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Australian Exports and Imports Lower Prices For Wool and Skins

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Australia imported £349,000 worth of merchandise during November, 1945, in excess of exports. This…

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Govt. Plan for Fixed Wheat Price 5/2 a bushel f.o.r. bagged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: A five-point plan for the stabilisation of the Australian wheat industry is proposed by the Federal Government. In a statement to-day, the…

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Violent Storm Near Casino Houses and Crops Damaged

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

CASINO. Tuesday: In a freak storm near Casino four farm houses were unroofed and damaged caused to buildings and crops. The storm…

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20,000 Sheep at Harden

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 5

On Wednesday January 23rd 20,000 sheep, 20 station hacks and 30 cattle will be offered by auction at the Collingwood Station Yards Harden…

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Heavy Sheep Losses in the Far West

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

The long spell of dry weather in the Far West is causing grave concern to graziers and business people. It sis estimated that in the…

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Goulburn Ram Sales to Be Held on Wool Show Floor Innovation By Farmers and Graziers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 7

For many years, while Sydney ram sales have been conducted in the sheltered calm of wool show floors, country sales have usually…

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Wool and Its War-Time Experiences

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 7

No country in the world publicised the production of artificial fibres and their uses to a greater extent than Germany…

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Australian Wheat Stabilisation Sir Earle Page's Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday: Sir Earle Page said last night that he was glad the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) was…

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5/2 a Bushel F.O.B. for Bagged Wheat "Robbing the Producer," Says F.S.A. Secretary

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Commenting yesterday on the Federal Government's plan to fix the price of wheat at 5/2 a bushel f.o.b., the secretary of the Wagga Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. W. W. Vonarx) said that such…

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New Service For British Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

Fifteen hundred specialists are to be enrolled into a new service which will put free advice on all manner of agricultural problems…

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Cereal Crops Wheat and Oats Satisfactory

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Official forecasts of a 53,600.000 bushel wheat harvest are likely to be exceeded, said an official…

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5/2 Bushel Wheat Scheme

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

The Commonwealth Government has prepared a wheat stabilisation scheme providing for guaranteed prices of 5/2 a bushel f.o.b…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Plan Supported

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday. The Premier (Mr. Cain) said to-day that in his opinion Australian wheatgrowers would welcome the…

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Government Wheat Plan 5/2 F.o.b

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

A Federal Government plan was announced on Tuesday, Whereby formers are to be guaranteed a price of £2 per bushel. f.o.b bagged busts for…

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Goulburn Ram Sales To be held on Wool Show Floor

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

For many, years, while Sydney ram sales have been conducted in the sheltered calm of wool show floors, country sales have usually been held in open…

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Plan for Fixed Wheat Price 5/2 a bushel f.o.r. bagged

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

A five-point plan for the stabilisation of the Australian wheat Industry is proposed by the Federal Government. Mr. Chifley said that joint…

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Successful Sale at Welfare Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. T. E. Wright, of Messrs Allen and Wright reports that the auction sale conducted by that firm on behalf of the Commonwealth Disposals…

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Dept. of Agriculture Extension Notes Each Farmer Must Plan

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

SUCCESS in farming depends in large measure on wise land use, with adjustments to meet changing economic conditions…

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£21 Millions a Year on Farm Machinery

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

Britain's Farmers, with Seven Tractors to Every Square Mile of Arable Land, Asking For More Although the United Kingdom now…

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Butter Stolen

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Fifteen boxes [?] butter, each containing 54 lbs in one-pound and half-pound packges, were stolen from the lockup…

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