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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 120

Wool and Its Rivals Lamb Versus The Sheep's Staple

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 5

Post-war 'wool selling experiences have certainly “burst the bubble" of synthetic fibres menacing the rise of the sheep's staple…

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Butter Output

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Butter production in New South Wales for April was 2693 tons. This was revealed today in a report…

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Special Sheep Sale at Young

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

At the monthly special sheep sale, held on 24th May by Goldsbrough Mort and Co Ltd., Young branch, in…

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Prices High at Brisbane Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed.: Prices remained at a high level when the Brisbane woolsales were continued today, greasy bringing…

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"Wools of the World" Display at the Sydney Sheep Show

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

At the Sydney Sheep Show which opens on WednesdaY, 2nd June, and continues until Saturday, 5th June, the Rural Bank…

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Rural Bank Progressive Farmer Team

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

What are prospects for young American farmers in Australia? That is one of the most frequent questions [?] of members of the Rural Bank…

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Darby May Ride Murray Stream at Eagle Farm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Murray Stream's trainer, Gordon Brown, said today that he would ask Darby Munro to take the mount…

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Junior Farmers' Needlework Title

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miss Margaret O'Sullivan, of Tyalgum, Tweed River, won the State needlework championship…

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Wagga Dairy Cattle Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express

A penning of approximately 500 head of dairy cattle was submitted to auction at Wagga on Monday, 24th May, by Australian Mercantile Land…

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Huge Wheat Sales Record Exports

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

Collections from Australian wheat sales this season to date totalled more then £60,000,000 the acting chairman of the Australian Wheat…

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Wheat Price Slump Stories Denied

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday: The West Australian representative on the Wheat Board (Mr. J. S. Teasdale) today denied that wheat…

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Wheat and Rice May Bank Up in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

JUNEE, Thursday: The 40 per cent, cut in railway goods traffic may cause a serious bank-up of…

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British Farming Adventure Is Race Against Time Reclamation Scheme Aims to Save Land from the Sea and to Produce Crops in Two Years

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 3

SEVENTEEN farmers have combined with engineers to undertake a big reclamation scheme on the east cost of Britain which…

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Wheat Agreement Explained by the Hon. R. T. Pollard

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

Dealing with the International Wheat Agreement, during his address at the public meeting in the Caxna Theatre, on Friday night of…

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Wheat Harvesting Contract Leads To Litiqation Alleged Tampering with Receipt

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

A DISPUTE over the contract price for harvesting a crop of Wheat at Colando led to litigation at the Leeton small debts court on Monday, when Harold Johnson and Hubert Frank Sheldrick sued Gordon Kenneth Eaton, of Farm 501…

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British Youth Migrants Big Brother Movement Establishes "War Memorial Training Farm"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

FOR the first time since Its inception in New South Wales In 1926, the Big Brother Movement is appealing for £25,000 for its…

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Dairying Industry. Faces Bright Future Provided Production Is Increased

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 6

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Merino Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 5

On Thursday next. June S. at Wagga Sheep Sale in the store pens, commencing 1.30 p.m., will be yarded three splendid lines of…

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