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Farming & the land, 1948

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Wool Auctions in London Some Impressions

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 3

A first visit to the wool sales leaves a multitude of impressions on the newcomer's mind. The speed at which the lots are sold, the sharp staccato…

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Bright Outlook for World Wheat Price Agreement

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Prospects for a world agreement on wheat prices and export quotas at present are bright,…

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Australian Record of 82d For Crossbred Wool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:—What is stated to be an Australian record for crossbred wool, 82d, was obtained for a Polwarth…

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Wool and the Franc France’s Mill Experts

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 10

The develuation of the franc may encourage the investment of money in wool in preference to the retention of funds in the…

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Wool Report Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd, reports

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 7

At our Sydney auction on the 2nd instant we submitted a selection covering a large range of districts including wools form the Western and…

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Wheat Stealing Charges Two Men Sentenced to Six Months

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Two men with previous records were each sentenced to six months' Imprisonment at Ardlethan Court of Petty Sessions on charges of wheat stealing…

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Savage Storm Hits Gundagai District Homes and Business Houses Flooded Stud Sheep Rescued By Boat at Coolac Torrential Downpour Yielded Over 3 Inches in District Centres

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Torrential rain fell throughout the Gundagai district on Tuesday night. Over three inches tumbled down in some parts of the Shire. Vivid lightning and deafening thunder accompanied the rain; the storm being on of the most severe ever experienced in these parts…

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CORRESPONDENCE (We do not necessarily, endorse the news of our correspondents.) Honor Roll of Junior Farmers (To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

Sir,—On October 2. 1928, there was launched in N.S.W. a movement which has been very popular in the rural parts of this State,…

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Broadcast to N.s.w. Junior Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

Recordings of a Chicago conference of the 4H Club, the American equivalent of the Junior farmers' organisation of Australia, will be…

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Yanco Farm Transferred Back to Dept. of Agriculture

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 3

LEETON, Wednesday: More than 300, people, representing all major organisations of the M.I.A., and including many leading orchardists and graziers, attended the official transfer of the Yanco Experiment Farm by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) at Yanco this afternoon…

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District Farmers Seek Poison Bait

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

Landowners in the Urana, Collingullie, Yerong Creek and The Rock districts are still seeking poison bran bait from the Wagga…

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Coolamon Sheep and Wool Classes

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

Students are wanted for the Coolamon Sheep and Wool Classes, which commenced in the Technical School building in Wade Street, on…

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Ganmain News Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

It is anticipated that 800,000 bushels of wheat will be delivered to Ganmain rail-head this season. Up to Tuesday last, 84,000 bags had…

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Wool and the Franc France's Wool Exports

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report: The devaluation of the franc may encourage the investment of money in wool in preference to the retention of funds in…

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Outlook for Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

Once currency devaluation occurs, the risk exists of a further movement in that direction, sa[?] Winchcombe Carson Ltd., dis[?] in its…

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Melbourne Wool Sales End

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Wool-brokers report that the seventh series of Melbourne wool sales this week concluded today, when…

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Chaotic Condition of Wheat Harvesting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

Wheat is still political dynamite, with the record Australian crop now being harvested posing a major problem for a Federal Government, says a Liberal…

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Cream Ban Saves Tons of Butter for Britain

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The Commonwealth ban on cream sales during the last four months of 1947 is estimated to have saved, in…

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Agreement on World Wheat Price Prospects Bright

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday: Prospects for a world agreement on what prices and export quotas at present are bright, and it is confidently forecast…

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Wool and the Franc France's Mill Experts

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

The devaluation of the franc may encourage the investment of money in wool in preference to the retention of funds in the curency of the…

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