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Farming & the land, 1948

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Women and Girls Wanted To Process Peach Crop a Critical Period

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 2

THE Leeton Cannery management is making an urgent ap-peal to all women and girls in the district to register at the…

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Sheep and Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

On Thursday last at Flemington, were yarded 7,637 sheep and 7,459 lambs. The supply forwarded was insufficient for local trade requirements,…

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Are Lower Costs to Accompany Lower Wheat Prices?

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

In the Assembly the Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Drummond) referred to the report that, under the international wheat agreement, the…

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Progressive Farmers Sail From Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The N.S.W. Progressive Farmers team selected in the Statewide competition conducted by the Rural Bank of New South…

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Govt. Agrees to Resumption of Riverina Farms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Legislative Assembly tonight agreed to the resumption of two properties for soldier…

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Leeton Cannery Short of Girls to Can Record Crop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

LEETON, Tuesday: With a record of over 1000 tons of peaches to can, more than attempted by any Australian cannery, the Leeton Cannery is faced with a shortage of girls…

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Progressive Farmers Leave Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The N.S.W. Progressive Farmers team selected in the Statewide competition conducted by the Rural Bank…

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Riv. Welfare Farm May Train Shearers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said in the Legislative Assembly today that his…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report that very animated competition prevailed at their special sale of 10,000 sheep at…

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Wheat Advance Today

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board has announced that a fourth advance on No. 10 Pool (season…

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Wool Sales Postponed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 10

The wool sales which were suspended in New South Wales because of the hold-up in shipping caused by the Brisbane strike,…

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Aberdeen Angus Cattle at Gundagai Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

Mrs Jack Field is seen here placing the champion ribbon on the winning entries in the Aberdeen Angus classes at the recent Gundagai Show…

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Southern Railway Record Wheat Receivals

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

The 1947-48 wheat receivals in the southern railway district of 18,210,783 bushels up to last Saturday exceeded all records since 1923-'24, with the…

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Another Wheat Advance Starts Today

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board has announced a fourth advance on No. 10 Pool (season 1946-'47) wheat will be distributed to growers as from…

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200 Million Bushels Wheat Yield a Record

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 7

Total deliveries of wheat to the Australian Wheat Board this season are expected to be about 200 million bushels…

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Wool Board Chairman Addresses Graziers Albury Conference

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 5

Causes of the decline of 64's type of Australian wool during the last six years and the increased production of 50's/58's were outlined by Mr. Douglas T. Boyd, Chairman of the Australian Wool Board, at the annual conference of…

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Huge Receivals of Wheat in Southern N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 4

The 1947-48 wheat receivals in the Southern Railway district of 18,210,783 bushels up to last Saturday exceed all records…

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Russia Offering Wheat to Western Europe U. S. Outdone in Trade Move

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Russia is offering Western European nations larger…

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English Farmer Is Man of the Hour

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 2

"The man behind the plough is to-day the man who matters most in our national life," said Mr. C. Osborne, M.P. for South (Eng.), addressing…

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Life Sentence for Farmer Who Shot Wife

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

BUNDABERG, Wednesday: A father of eight children was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bundaberg Circuit Court…

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