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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 47 of 111

Wool Machine Impresses Australian

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. Douglas Boyd, chairman of the Australian Wool Board, predicted that the wool spinning industry would…

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Branding of Sheep Not Required Now

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday —The present obligation of sheep owners to brand their sheep is removed in a Pastures Protection…

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End of Butter Rationing Would Increase Price

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Discontinuance of the subsidy on butter, which might follow if the butter…

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Wool and Other Fibres European Plans

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Any change in wool values recently has been upward, but the market shows no sign of…

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Conviviality at Sheep Show Dinner Visitors Praise Cootamundra Hospitality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 4

Last night's Sheep Show Dinner in the Albion Hotel lived up to the reputation of conviviality and good…

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Compulsory Branding of Sheep to be Ended by New Legislation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. The present obligation of cheep owners to brand their sheep is removed in a Pastures Protection Amendment Bill which reached its second-reading stage in the Legislative Assembly…

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Trees Essential to Farmers, Says Wagga Officer

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 3

"Most Australians have spent their lives cutting down, destroying or ringbarking trees, because they consider them useless." This was said yesterday by the District Forester…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., Sydney, report: For our four-teenth sale of the season, this company offered a catalogue of…

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Compulsory Branding of Sheep to End

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 2

The present obligation of sheep owners to brand their sheep is removed moved in a Pastures Protection Amendment Bill which reached…

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End of Butter Rationing Would Increase Price

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 1

Discontinuance of the subsidy on butter which might follow if the butter rationing regulations are challenged and declared invalid by…

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Labor Treat to British Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday—If British farmers were unwilling to respond to the directions of the Ministry of Agriculture, they…

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Coolamon Sheep and Wool Classes Field Day at “Alleynside”

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

A large number of students from the Coolamon-Ganmain and Wagga Technical College Sheep and Wool Classes travelled to the…

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"Perennial Wheat"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 2

When Mr. Wallace Meares, of "Bogabigal," Forbes, was in Canada with the Rural Bank Progressive Farmer team he was…

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Wool Report

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

Schute. Bell, Badgery, Lumby Limited, submitted an attractive catalogue of 3,163 bales of wool, including some well-known brands,…

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Wheat American Crops Excessive Yields Anticipated Huge Surpluses

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

On top of one of the largest crops ever harvested in the U.S.A., there are indications that this year’s crops will be equally,…

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Reps. on the Australian Wheat Board

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced the names of the two wheatgrowers elected as N.S.W…

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U.s.a. Wheat Acreage Limitation Probable

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Charles Brannan, said on Thursday of last week that it might be necessary for the United…

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Wheat Varieties Should be Sown at Right Time

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 2

The difference in the maturity period between varieties of wheat should always be considered before sowing takes place. Although the tractor will enable the sowing…

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Wool Prices Overseas Show No Uneasiness No Contraction Indicated aft Australian Sales

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

The recent strength of competition for comeback and fine crossbred wools, and to a lesser extent medium crossbreds, gives an…

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Excellent Crops Expected on M.i.a

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

LEETON, Wednesday: In his monthly report, Mr. Watkins, district agronomist, said that the beginning of May was a carryover of similar conditions that were experienced throughout April…

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