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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 111

Sustained Wool Demand the Sheep’s Staple and Cotton

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

Improved volume of buying on US account, in addition to strong purchasing by Great Britain and the Continent has been a welcome…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Co. reports: We submitted a catalogue of 9219 bales…

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Control Over Wheat Sowing Now Ended

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

Control over wheat sowing had ended,, announced the Minister for Agriculture (Mr Graham) last week…

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State Record Wool Price at Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

GOULBURN, Wednesday: State record prices for comeback wools were established at the Goulburn wool sales today…

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State Record Wool Price at Boulburn

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

State record prices for comeback wools were established at the Goulburn wool sales yesterday…

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New World Record Price for Wool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday: The highest price ever paid in the world for wool, scoured or greasy, was realised at the…

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Wool at World Record Price at Hobart

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

A world record price of 210d a lb. was paid for merino wool at the Launceston (Tas) sales yesterday…

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The Kelpie Was Bred at Forbes Facts About The Famous Sheep Dog

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 7

The famous Kelpie sheep dog, known all over Australia was bred at Forbes about 80 years ago. This claim is made by the Forbes…

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On The Land Australian Sheep Population Rise of 7,000,000 in Two Years

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

The sheep population of Australia rose from 96,000,000 in 1946 to 103,000,000 in the 1947/48 season the largest population since 1944,…

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Big Price for Louis B. Mayer's Stud Farm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 6

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday: Louis B. Mayer's 504 acre stud farm at Perris, California, was sold yesterday at a price…

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Junior Farmers' Council Meets in Sydney; Hall Plan Discussed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Plans for the building of a Memorial Hall in connection with the 21st anniversary of the Junior Fanners' Clubs of New South Wales will probably be abandoned…

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Vegetable-Growers "May Leave Farms"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An exodus of farmers to the city is certain unless vegetable prices increase, said the president of…

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M.I.A. Rice Crops May be Lower

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Yields from this years' rice crops are not expected to be high the Senior Agricultural Instructor at…

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Fall in Wool and Wheat Would Hit Australia

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

Deep Government fears that a decline in overseas prices for wheat and wool might throw Australia's economy into a state of chaos…

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Wool Sales

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

On Wednesday, 20th January, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a fully representative selection of Merino,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the seventh series of wool sales in the 1948-49 season, held on 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th January,…

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Russia and World Wheat Pact

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Russia has told the World Wheat Conference that it is prepared to commit "a…

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World Wheat Pact and Russia

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

Russia told the World Wheat Conference that it is prepared to commit "a substantial quantity" of wheat to any…

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Record Wool Prices at State Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: The and Australian mainland record wool prices were broken at Newcastle and Goulburn…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 26th January, 1949

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 9,219 bales on Tuesday, 25th instant, drawn largely from the Tablelands, with an appreciable showing of wools…

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