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Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 45 of 120

Mr. Pollard Opens "Yes" Campaign at Griffith; Talk on Wheat Pact

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

GRIFFITH, Friday: Mr. Pollard, Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, last night opened the "Vote Yes" referendum campaign in Griffith by a short radio address, followed by a public meeting in…

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12 Farms on Nangus Available

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Twelve farms on the Nangus Estate, about 17 miles from Gundagai, will be made available for…

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Farmer Fined £30 Over Sale of Oats

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 2

A Ferndale farmer was last night fined £30, with £2/10/ costs, for selling 30: bags of oats for 4/6 a bushel, marked as stock…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 2

On Tuesday, the 11th instant, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., submitted to auction a catalogue…

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Board to Manage Wheat Silos Urged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 2

Appointment of a Silo Control Board to manage the N.S.W. wheat silo system on lines simitar to a silo board functioning in…

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Better Rams Mean Bigger Wool Cheque

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 4

A return of more than £3 a head has been earned by heavy-cutting wethers at recent wool sales. No wonder the stock market is…

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Wheat Area Down by Third at Young

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 2

Due mainly to seasonal conditions the wheat crop in the Young district next season will, it is estimated, be about a third lighter than last year…

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Farmers Advised to Watch Their Electric Motors

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

Police believe that a well organised gang is travelling country areas by heavy truck, stealing electric motors for sale on the black-market…

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Applications Can Be Made for Nangus Farms From Next Week

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

Twelve farms on the Nangus Estate will be made available for ex-servicemen, the Minister for Lands (Mr Sheahan) said…

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Record Wool-Selling Season Reviewed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The final catalogue of the busy 1847-8 wool season marked the close, of the most successful nine…

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Surplus of Wheat World Controls May Go

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 1

Leading experts in the British grain trade consider that demand for wheat at present prices is not big enough for existing supplies…

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Russian Wool Buying Bradford 64's TOPS, 100d

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 3

Winchocombe Carson Ltd., report that the final catalogues of the busy Sydney 1947-48 wool season marked the close of the…

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12 Farms On Nangus Available

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 6

Twelve farms on the Nangus Estate, about 17 miles from Gundagai, will be made available for ex-servicemen, the Minister for Lands…

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"War Memorial Training Farm."

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 2

For the first time since its inception in N.S.W. in 1926 the Big Brother Movement is appealing for £25,000 for its "War…

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Help for the Power Farmer Modern Fuelling Methods

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 4

The trend in all progressive industry is to make things easier and quicker, and to save time and materials. For materials, like time, seem…

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Improvement of Wool Quality Importance of Regular Sheep Classing

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 3

There can be no doubt about the eventual come-back of synthetic fibres and the menace they present to the Wool-growing…

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Reindeer Among Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 2

Mr. W. Geier, a Mangoplah farmer, was very surprised to see a reindeer, grazing amongst his sheep…

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Good Prices for "Cowcumbla" Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 2

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report having sold at Flemington on Monday, 17th instant,…

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Average Wool Price Down

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Despite the fact that certain types of wool are bringing record prices, the average price for wool…

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Minister to Discuss Wheat at Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 2

The Minister for Agri[?] and Commerce (Mr. R. T.[?] lard) will explain the [?] national Wheat Agreement…

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