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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 41 of 111

Varied Products Come From Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 4

In addition to providing man with meat and clothing, the sheep also gives him an amazing array of important items of everyday…

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Riverina Sheep Students Study Dorset Horns; Visit to "Alleynside"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

Technical College sheep and wool students from Wagga, Coolamon and Ganmain, with their instructors, Mr. G. D. Humphrys (Wagga) and Mr. Bert Bailey (Coolamon-Ganmain), were yesterday the…

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Wool Clip May Bring Record of £186-Million

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Australian wool clip for the 1948-49 season is expected to bring a record return of £186,000,000—£31,000,000 more than the record set by the previous clip, and over four…

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Wagga Stock Inspector on Sheep Stealing Charge Missing 277 Corriedales Recovered at Adelong

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

Stock Inspector to the Wagga PP Board, Thomas Edward Keith Ryan, aged 58 years, was charged at the Wagga Court on Monday with sheep stealing. The charge involves 277 Corriedale sheep valued at £687/10…

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Australian Wool Clip Likely to Realise £186 MILLION Unparalleled Prices Paid for Merino and Fine Crossbred Clips

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 7

Unparalleled prices for merino and spinners fine crossbred wool make the 1948/49 season an outstanding period in marketing records, states Winchcombe Carson Limited in its annual review. The Australian clip for the year is likely to realise £186 million in…

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Another Triumph for Gundagai Junior Farmers’ Club

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

As published in the “Independent” on Monday last, the Gundagai Junior Farmers’ Club was notified on Saturday last that it…

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Branding of Sheep Optional?

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday—The Pastures Protection (Amendment) Bill, which provides for an amendment of the Act to remove…

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Branding of Sheep May Be Optional

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Pastures Protection (Amendment) Bill, which provides for an amendment of the Act to…

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Winter Shelter for Sheep Value of Trees

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

Insufficient provision for shelter of stock is a weakness in the management of many pastoral holdings, warns E. A. Elliott,…

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Sheep Stealing Alleged Wagga Stock Inspector Remanded

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

Waggn Pastures Protection Board Stock Inspector, Thomas Edmond Ryan, 58, was charged at the Wagga court on Monday with stealing sheep…

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Wagga Stock Inspector Remanded Stolen Sheep At Adelong

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

Wagga Pastures Protection Hoard Stock Inspector, Thomas Edmond Keith Ryan, 58, was charged at Wagga Court on Monday with…

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Wagga Graziers' Attitude to Wool Marketing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W. and Southern Riverina yesterday decided to support the report of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council on the Post J.O. woolmarketing scheme…

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Wheat Continued Price Falls Four Years Security

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Although the fall in overseas wheat prices of the past twelve months is likely to continue, a profitable margin over production…

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Wheat Exports May Not Last, Pollard Warns

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr Pollard) today warned that world trade in wheat would not…

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Why Did the Wheat Board Change Its Mind?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

The new wheat contract with Great Britain leaves growers in a most uncertain position regarding the ultimate price they are likely to receive for last season's harvest…

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Tumut Saleyards Re- surfacing Cattle Pens Council to Purchase Barbed Wire for Resting Varus

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Yard dues from recent stock sales at Tumut amounted to X459J. The moveable ramp in the sheep section of the yards has…

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Industry Benefits by Smaller Bales. Great Competition for Wool From Australia

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

The season just passed has been marked by a welcome tendency to class wool into larger lots where possible, says Messrs…

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Cables in Brief Farm Workers' Strike

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

ROME, Thursday: More than 700,000 Italian farm workers went on strike yesterday, halting one-third of the nation's…

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Miniature Farm Motor Truck

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 6

Though not in any way a tractor for farm work, the Wrigley Wessex Motor Truck is a handy vehicle for small loads and is quite capable of running over rough ground. This picture shows the truck being driven across a ploughed field during a recent demonstration…

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Experts at It Again Bumper Crops

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Agricultural officials expect another bumper wheat crop in New South Wales this year, if present good conditions continue…

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