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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 111

Local Wool Appraisements

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd wired on Tuesday : We sold 10,600 bales of wool at our Sydney Auction on Monday, competition was keen from…

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A New Cattle Sickness Cure

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Britain is to lay before the scientists of other nations details of the new cure for sleeping sickness In cattle caused by the…

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New Wheat Pact Condemned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

"If this international wheat agreement—which was conceived in secret by the gentlemen of commerce who devised the stabilisation scheme that…

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Low Quality Wheat Excellent Condition

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

The low grade wheat (E Grade BI) mostly stacked in bags at various country stations, has been and is being shipped to [?] in excellent…

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Wheat Stabilisation Act Now Law

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

"THE Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act recently introduced by me into Parliament. came into operation on 24th December, and…

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Wheat Areas No Registrations or Licenses Necessary

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture Mr. Graham has announced that there will be no control of areas which may be sown to wheat this year…

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How Long Will the Wool Boom Last?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

For two years now nearly everyone in the wool trade has been asking when the "boom will burst," and many recognised authorities have been speculating on the return of a buyers' market…

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Dairy Farm Comp, State-wide

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday—A Statewide dairy, farm competition, with £2000 in prize money. has been organised as part of the…

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Minister Announces State-wide Dairy Farm Competition

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A State-wide dairy in prize money, has been organised as part improve the efficiency of the dairy industry. IN making this…

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For the Man on the Land At the Turn of the Road on Wheat Prices

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

We seem to be just at the turn of the road in the wheat industry with, at the time of writing, no direct clue as to values ahead, but many hints of receding prices…

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Desert Turned Into Farm Land

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

A rush of applicants, for land in the Ninety-Mile Desert of South Australia has resulted from the successful soil experiments carried out…

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Results of Mid-season Oat Trials at Wagga Experiment Farm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 3

The mid-season sown oats trials at the Wagga Experiment Farm during 1948 showed the advantage that can be obtained from seeding in late May, with the earlier maturing varieties, rather than seeding…

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Ducks Cause Heavy Damage to M.i.a. Rice Crops

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

LEETON, Thursday: Ducks have caused heavy damage to some rice crops in Leeton district this season. Mr. Tom Darchy, a ricegrower, today estimated…

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Exciting Happenings Alleged on Rice Farm in the Moonlight

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

EXCITING happenings on a rice farm in the moonlight, occurred at Gogeldrie Siding on Wednesday night, according to…

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Labour For The Harvest No Accommodation on Farms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

THE National Service Officer at Leeton, Mr. R. A. Struck, stated on Wednesday that labour is required for the…

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Peach Crop Estimated At 8500 Tons Women Workers Wanted

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

IN this issue the Leeton Cannery invites all available suitable women and girls in Leeton and District, to register…

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Farming Experiment at Cowra Clover-Lay System Being Tried Out

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 7

A new experiment being carried out at the Cowra Experiment Farm is the Clover-Ley farming system. Details of the system…

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N.S.W. Wheat F.A.Q. Fixed at 63½ lb. Bushel

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Chamber of Commerce Wheat Committee today has fixed the f.a.q. at 63½lb to the bushel…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort arid Co., Ltd., reports: For our ninth sale of the season this company offered a catalogue of 5571 bales,…

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Record Load of Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 6

A large consignment of sheep thought possibly to be a record number of trucks for one train from the district, was recently railed…

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