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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 111

Wheat Stealing Charge at Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board pressed for heavy penalties when two brothers pleaded guilty, at Temora court, to charges of…

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British Wool Products larger Exports

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 8

In some markets at which sales have been held recently abroad, and in Australia, some variation in prices for inferior and coarser…

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Temora Brothers Fined for Stealing Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board pressed for heavy penalties when two brothers pleaded guilty at Temora Court to…

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International Wheat Agreement Signed To Cover 4 Years

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday — A four-year International wheat agreement, within which 456,283,389 bushels of wheat will move…

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Strike Threatens Output of Dairy Products

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The State Council of the Road Transport Workers' Union decided today to impose a complete…

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Butter Production Down

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 5

Butter production at the Tumut Butter Factory was only 35.82 tons compared with 65.76 tons for February last year. Payment to…

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Noted Cattle Expert Passes Through Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

LEETON, Thursday: Mr. J. H. Kelly, Investigating officer of the Commonwealth Bureau of Agricultural Economics, passed…

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Coonamble Man Prefers Rabbits to Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

The entire countryside is alarmed at the spread of the rabbit pest, and even Governments are sitting up and taking…

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British Wool Products Larger Exports

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 4

In some markets at which sales have been held recently abroad and in Australia, some variation in prices for inferior and coarser…

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Four-Year Wheat Pact Agreed Upon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday: A four-year international wheat agreement, within which 456,283,389 bushels of wheat will move annually in world trade, has been concluded by the international wheat…

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Big Wheat Sale to India Likely

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) said in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that approximately 27,750,000 bushels of wheat…

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Wool Stores Dispute Vital Meeting Next

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—The secretary of the Storemen and Packers' Union, Mr. P. Hamilton, said today that hopes of a…

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Septoria Leaf Spot Attacks Wheat Chiefly in Eastern Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

Septoria leaf spot is a disease of wheat found all over New South Wales, but it is most severe in Eastern Riverina. The damage caused by this disease is not spectacular as in the case of stem rust, but the…

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Country Producers Selling Co. Active Demand For Fair Quality Sheep Yarded

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market:— Sheep: 8.303 sheen. 6.322 lambs…

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For the Man on the Land New Problems Over Wheat Export Prices

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

Just where are we getting to with the so-called International Wheat Agreement? As both Russia and the Argentine tire out, it is obviously no longer on an international basis…

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W.G.U. Candidates for Wheat Commttee Branch Formed at Winchenden Vale

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

"Stabilisation is being made a political football, and must he saved from political wreckers", said Mr. Harry Colwill at the…

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New Zealand Tour by Australian Farmers Some More Reminiscences

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 6

CONTINUING his interesting reminiscences of the recent tour of New Zealand by a party of Australian farmers, of which he was a member, Cr. J. H. Marks said: Rotorua is a fine town of 6000 no[?]-…

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M.L.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Crop Which Failed Setting a Record Linseed Returns Soaring

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 6

AMONG the crops which failed on the M.I.A. in the pioneer era was linseed, yet to-day it is proving one of the most profitable crops with nett return exceeding those of rice in many cases. It is one of the "golden crops," leaving wheat…

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Tumut District Junior Farmers' Clubs Special Show Prizes and Competitions

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 2

Slazenger's cricket bat (awarded to the person securing the highest number of points) won by Noel Butler…

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Horses Bolt, Kill Coolamon Farmer Has Two Nieces Living in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 8

A 65-year-old farmer, Mr. James Hugh Robertson, of "Avondale," Tooyal, via Coolamon, was killed yesterday when his team of…

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