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Farming & the land, 1948

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Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby Limited Wool Report

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 3

Our catalogue on the 30th instant consisted of wools drawn chiefly from New England, Monaro and Southern Tablelands. Also a few clips from…

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Top Price for Adaminaby Wool in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The wool auctions closed with prices very firm and conditions unchanged from the previous week's sales…

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Fashion Goods Attract Wagga Women to Wool Board Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 2

About 250 people visited the Australian Wool Board travelling exhibition in Wagga yesterday afternoon. The majority were women, attracted by fashion…

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Australian Wool for Russia To be Loaded Next Week

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The .first direct shipment of Australian wool to SoViet Russia, will be loaded on the Lake Sicamous,…

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Record Price at Albury Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 1

A record price for Albury wool sales of 84[?]d per Ib, was obtained for the well-known brand,…

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Great Interest in Wool Board's Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 1

About 1500 visitors, including many local graziers, inspected the Australian Wool Board"s travelling exhibition in…

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Wool Report The Farmers and Graziers Co-Operative Grain, Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. 28th April, 1948

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 6940 bales on Tuesday 27th instant the selection being on the whole an attractive one. It included a…

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Strengthening Wool Demand Europe and Asia

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 6

Competition at recent Australian wool sales has shown wider distribution. Supplies have been purchased for Japan and a good…

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Inquiry Into Wheat Industry Requested Harvesting and Marketing Problems

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 4

An immediate and thorough investigation of many aspects of the wheat industry in NSW, and especially difficulties associated with…

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Albury Bred Clip Breaks New Albury Wool Record 84¾d Per Lb

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

The record was obtained for the well known brand “Malbernia/BB account Mr J.B. Buchholz, of Mr Alfred, and sold by Messrs…

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Dairymen May Stop Milk for Two Towns

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Newcastle and Wollongong may be without milk next week if dairymen do not get the milk price…

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Rain Relieves District Dairy Pastures

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 2

Deterioration of pastures after a dry March and early April was relieved by rain received in the latter part, of April, when…

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Good Start to Britain’s Big Farming Effort Output of Agricultural Machinery Up; Volunteer Workers Enroll in Record Numbers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 6

In some of the best spring sowing weather on record, Britain’s farmers have made a good start for the 1948 Harvest. Spring wheat, oats, and barley are going in, with the knowledge that the more the country produces, the more dollar can be saved, or used to pay for…

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Wheat Board

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

A new chairman had not been appointed to the Wheat Board because special machinery might have to be created to implement the…

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Wool Report

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 6

THE FARMERS AND GRAZIERS' CO-OPERATIVE GRAIN INSURANCE AND AGENCY CO. LTD. report under date 28th April, 1948:—…

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Australian Wool for Russia

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 3

The first direct shipment of Australian wool to Soviet Russia will be loaded on the Lake Sicamous, 7176 tons this week…

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Prices Firm at Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: The Syd­ney wool-selling brokers report! .that under keen competition trom' all sections of the buying trade, the market at today's sales ruled i very firm at last week's closing rates and all rood flppppK and…

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International Wheat Deal Mr. Kendell's Forceful Speech in State Parliament

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 8

In the N.S.W. State Parliamment, Mr. E. T, Kendell, M.L.A., strenuously supported the urgent request made by the leader of the Country Party (Lt.-Col. Bruxner). The Bequest was for an immediate and thorough investigation of all aspects of the wheat industry…

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Progressive Farmer Team Arrives in U.S.

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

The Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Team arrived in San Francisco last week on the first portion of its tour of the United States,…

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One Big Farmers' Union "Practical and Necessary" Annual Meeting of Tumut Branch of A.P.P.U. Mr. F. Bourke New President

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

"Mr. Bourke and I, as well, as the Batlow delegates, returned from conference firmly convinced that one big Union with commodity sections is not only practical but necessary to enable producers to speak to the Government with one united voice," stated the President, Mr. W. D. Percival, at the annual meeting of the…

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