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Farming & the land, 1948

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Articles Stolen From Junior Farmers’ Show

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 1

After the Junior Farmers’ Club Show last Saturday, some exhibits left by mistake in the secretary’s office at Anzac Park, disappeared…

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Gundagai Junior Farmers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 5

One of the features of the recent Gundagai Show was the display by the Gundagai Junior Farmers The picture shows the young people preparing for the grand parade…

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Sheep and Wool Class Field Day for Students

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

At Mr. R. M. Parmenter’s Merino stud on Wednesday of last week 30 Sheep and Wool Class students from Wagga (2), Junee and Coolamon…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain insurance and Agency Company Limited report under date of 9th March, 1948:…

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T.b. Cattle Compensation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Primary Producers' Union to-day decided to establish a tuberculosis cattle compensation…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

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

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Increase in Greasy Wool Income

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Greasy wool sold by auction in Australia in February averaged 45.33d per lb., compared with 42.23d in…

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Wool Sales Postponed The Position Of Values

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

The wool sales which were suspended in New South Wales because of the hold-up in shipping caused by the Brisbane strike, will not be…

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Cowra Farmer Wins Golden Lamb Trophy

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Golden Lamb trophy for 1948, Australia's top award for fat lamb carcases, has been won…

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Bee Loss by Crop Dusting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 4

If crop-dusting, particularly by means of aircraft, ever becomes widespread in Australia, the problem of insecticide drift…

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Survey of 100 Farms in Eastern States

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A survey of 100 farms in the three Eastern States will be made by the Joint Dairying Industry…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 7

Wool sales in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and Goulburn have been suspended pending settlement of the…

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Extra Butter Payments Sought by Producers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: The Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union today decided to press for an…

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P.P.U. Discusses Use of 5-Year Govt. Grant Attitude to 40-Hour Week in Dairying

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Several suggestions were to-day advanced at the Primary Producers' Union conference to use the £250,000 annual grant which the Federal Government recently allocated for a period…

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Show Judges Praise High-class Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday: Australia's top beef sires and dams were paraded at the Sydney Royal Show today. Drawn from the…

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Wagga F.S.A to Protest Against Wheat Pact

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 2

The Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association decided at its annual meeting on Saturday to emphatically protest, through the member for Hume (Mr. A. N. Fuller) against the terms of…

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Gundagai Cattle Take Honors at Sydney Show Coolac and Red Hill Studs To The Fore

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

Proving the quality of the Gundagai district , cattle, the “Kahlua” stud, Coolac, and the “Red Hill” stud, Adjungbilly, won several…

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Farmers Leave on World Tour Rural Bank Quest to Help Primary Producers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 3

The Rural Bank's team of three practical farmers, with a manager and economist, left for abroad, during last week, on the American 6,500 ton…

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Butter Production

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Butter production for January 1948 was 5073 tons, the Government statistician (Mr. Carver)…

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Wool Sales Postponed the Position of Values

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 2

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report that the wool sales, which were suspended in New South Wales because of the hold-up in shipping caused by the…

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