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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 111

Unidentified Disease Causes Death of Twenty Sheep

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 7

About twenty sheep on Mr. C. Manwaring's property at Brawlin have died during the past few days from a disease which…

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Prices Firm at Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The wool market closed today with orlces firm at yesterday's rates for all descriptions…

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Wool Prices Firm At Sydney Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — The wool market closed yesterday with prices firm at previous day's rates for all descriptions…

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Wheat Growers Federation Disapproval of Contract Price

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

If ownership of his product passed from producer to bureaucratic authority. Communism would have arrived in the wheat…

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Huge Increase in Wool Sales to Soviet

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA. Thursday: Australia's wool exports to Russia Increased from just over 1.000,000 lbs in the first nine…

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Widespread Wool Demand Present Prices Stimulate Buying

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

Winolteiimhe, Carson, Ltd., report:--Wool prices and lower than two mouths ago when values were at their peak, but the market…

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Live Stock Review Store Sheep (From the “Sydney Morning Herald”)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

The store sheep market behaved like a spoilt child last week. Buyers, in a sulky exhibition, almost broke vendors’ hearts at…

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For the Man on the Land Supply and Demand in the Wheat World

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

Wheat is coming more and more into the international news as the balance between world supply and demand alters. The inevitable change from a sellers' to a buyers' market it on the way…

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National Holiday for Farmers' Day?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

A national public holiday, to be known as "Farmers' Day," is to be, recommended to the Government by the Australian Wheatgrowers'…

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Dairying Season May Deiriorate, So Fodder Conservation Advised

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

The very favorable conditions existing in March have not been maintained, though the season is still good, states the District Dairy Officer of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. C. E. Chapman) in his…

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Farmers Freed From Diesel Fuel Licences

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Federal Government, by a regulation gazetted today, tightened control over the use of diesel…

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When Is a Farm Over-capitalised? Wamoon Extension Group to Discuss

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 6

On Monday evening at Wamoon School the Wamoon Extension Group will discuss the subject "When is a farm…

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Junior Farmers' Notes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 6

All Junior Farmers of the Stanbridge Clubs are reminded that competitions for vegetable growing, hobby work and home…

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M.i.a. Agricultural Extension Notes Increased Production Is Proper Attack on Farm Budget Problems

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 2

Few items in the farm budget can safely be reduced, was conclusion reached by a representative meeting of growers, at Leeton High School last week. Aim should be to increase production per acre, per farm, rather than cut down on…

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Skeleton Weed Cannot Be Killed, Farmers Must Learn to "Live With" the Pest

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 7

Since it has been found that eradication of skeleton weed in moderately or heavily infested areas is not practicable, investigations have been undertaken at the Cowra Experiment Farm to discover the best method of utilising land infested with…

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2375 Farms Allocated to Ex-Servicemen

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: The Minister for Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) said today that since the inception of the War Service…

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British Sheep Decrease by Seven Million

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

During the last 10 years the number of sheep in Britain have decreased by 7,000,000. This is contributed to the…

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Huge Increase in Wool Sales to Soviet

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

Australia’s wool exports to Russia increased from just over 1,000,000 lb. in the first nine months of 1947-48 to over 40,000,000 lb. this…

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N.Z. Farmers Maintain Soil Fertility Liming and Manuring Extensive

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

To Australians, the grassland farmer of New Zealand was a new discovery and a great primary producer with remarkable…

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Farmers Freed From Deisel Engines

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 4

The Federal Government, by a regulation gazetted on Thursday, tightened control over the use of deisel fuel in road vehicles, but…

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