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Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 120

International Wheat Agreement Maximum Expected to be Two Dollars

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: A wheat agreement has been reached at the 38Nation International Wheat Conference, fixing the maximum and…

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Provisional Tax Burden on Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 4

A proposal that the five years' average system, now used to determine the tax rate, should also form the basis of the provisional tax of…

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Wantabadgery West Estate Fifteen Farms for Soldier Settlement

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

It is notified in the Government "Gazette" that 15 farms on Wantabadgery West estate will be made available for soldier settlement. The…

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Record Peach Crop on The Trees Deliveries Commence Arriving at the Cannery

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

A RECORD crop of peaches is on the trees in the orchards and deliveries to the cannery commenced during the week. With…

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Riverina Wool in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 5

Pitt Son and Badgery report that at their Sydney auction of March 3. they brought forward an attractive selection of…

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Wheat Prices Fixed for Five Years

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: Agreement has been reached at the 38-nation International wheat conference fixing the maximum…

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Control Change in Dept. Stud Dairy Herds

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Control of the Department of Agriculture's stud dairy herds had been transferred from the…

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Dairy Produce Board Election

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

Nominations of candidates for election as members representing Butter and Chees Factories' on the Australian Dairy…

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Cattle Cheaper

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 4

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wire us of to-day’s sales at Homebush:— “We offered 13,703 sheep of mixed quality. The market wa firm;…

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Wool for Germany General Demand

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

Shipments of wool from Australia on a limited scale have been made to Germany for some time and for a longer period supplies…

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Mr. Chifley on New Wheat Patt

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday: : The terms of the five year international Wheat Agreement reached at Washington on…

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Wheat Agreement "Will Cost Wheatgrowers £25-Milli0n"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The world ceiling of two dollars a bushel on export wheat is going to cost the Australian wheat-growers…

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Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Our catalogue for this week's auctions was brought forward on Tuesday, 2nd instant. The offerings generally was an…

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Australia in World Wheat Pact Ceiling Price of 12/6 Bushel

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): A 36-nation wheat agreement, putting a ceiling of two dollars a bushel (approximately 12/6 Australian f.o.b.) on…

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Dubbo Wool Carbonising Works Foundation on Which Other Secondary Industries May be Built

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

How uninviting, even unpleasant, a sight to the uninitiated are the disclosed contents of a bale of heavy conditioned wool pieces or crutchings—…

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Poultry Farming The Outlook For 1948

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 4

Although the average price of eggs during 1947 was somewhat higher than in 1946, the increase did not keep pace with the greater…

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Gundagai Junior Farmers to Stage Monster Show Next

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

Anzac park was a hive of activity yesterday when juniors and Advisory Committee members of the Gundagai JFC embarked on extensive preparations on the ground plan for their third annual show which is to be held next Saturday…

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Testing Wheat Germination Suggested Method

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

Because of the bad harvesting season, there will be much damaged seed for sowing and the question of the value of this seed will often be asked…

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Wool for Germany General Demand

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

Shipments of wool from Australia on a limited scale have been made to Germany for some time and for a longer period supplies have been sent…

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Market Firm at Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Under good competition from the Continent and Yorkshire, with occasional support from America and local…

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