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Farming & the land, 1948

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Minister Denies Wheat Talks Broke Down

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) today dented that the recent meeting of the Agricultural…

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Henty F.S.A. Critical of Wheat Facilities

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 6

"Delegates should attend the Food for Britain conference at Wagga later in the month and do some plain speaking." said Mr. A…

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Yorkshire’s Wool Buying Monetary Condition and Prices

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 5

Yorkshire competition has been one of the most sustained features of this season’s wool sales. Her mill turnover has been on…

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Wool Essay Over £200 In Prizes For Competitors

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

Prize-money totalling more than £2,00 is being offered by the Australian Wool Board for essays by children under 16 years of…

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Quality of Wheat Five Classes of Grain Segregated at Receiving Stations

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 4

The Chemist’s Branch of the Department of Agriculture has received many enquiries as to the value for milling into flour, of the…

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Sixty Three Cows and Calves Make £30/10 at Gundagai Sale Spirited Bidding fro Nangus Cattle

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 1

Records were smashed at Gundagai on Tuesday thousand head of Hereford cattle offered on account of the Nangus Pastoral Co, brought remarkable prices. One line of Hereford cows, 3£ years old, with calves at foot,…

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Gundagai’s Annual Show Next Week Record Entries Give Assurance of Outstanding Exhibition Keen Competition In Stud Cattle Sections Splendid Pavilion Display — Numerous Sideshows

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 6

Growing in importance every year the annual Gundagai Show, which will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, will be the best ever conducted by the local P. and A. Society. Record entries in many sections assures the public of keen competition,…

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Farmers to Get U.s. Tractors

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: Australia will receive a large consignment of agricultural tractors as part of the final settlement of the war-time…

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Tractors From U.s. for Aust. Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA. Wednesday: Australia will receive a large consignment of agricultural tractors as part of the final settlement of the wartime…

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Coolac’s Frog Farm

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 5

I have it oh good authority that the stud sire on O. P. McMahon’s stud frog farm is a magnificient specimen of the breed. Green in…

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Wheat Production Maximum and Minimum Costs

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday The maximum cost of wheat product in in Australia was 6/ a bushel, with a minimum cost of 4/8 a bushel, according to varying…

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Wheat Production Costs 6/- Per Bushel

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 2

The maximum cost of wheat production in Australia was 6/- a bushel, with a minimum cost of 4/8 a bushel, according to circumstances…

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U.s.a. Wheat Prices Fall Arrested

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 2

Because of the drop in commodity prices. United States farmers are expected to grow less and buy less this year…

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Another Plum for Wagga Wheat Research Station

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

A wheat research institute to cost approximately £37,000 will be built at the Wagga Experiment Farm shortly. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr.E…

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Yorkshire's Wool Buying Monetary Conditions And Prices

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:-- Yorkshire competition has been one of the most sustained features of this season's wool sales. Her mill turnover has…

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Fall in High Class Merino Wool Production

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 4

Australia is now growing annually only about 116.000 bales of merino wool of 70's to 90's quality. The number of bales of choicest…

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Nov. Deadline For States to Pass Wheat Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday: November was the deadline for the State Governments to pass necessary complementary legislation if any…

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Wheat Production Maximum Cost Fixed at 6s Committee's Report

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The maximum cost of wheat production in Australia was 6/ a bushel, with a minimum cost of 4/8 a bushel, according to varying circumstances. This was stated in the interim report of the Wheat Costs…

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Wagga to Have Wheat Research Station to Cost £37,000

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

A wheat research institute to cost approximately £37,000 will be built at the Wagga Experiment Farm shortly. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H.Graham) said this at a lunchean yesterday when he officially opened the first Hawkesbury diploma course at the Wagga…

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250 Farms for Soldier Settlers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

"During the next two months there will be 250 farms available for soldier settlement in New South Wales," said the Minister for Lands, Mr. W. F…

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