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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 82 of 111

Men and Girls Wanted at Batlow Cannery To Handle Big Crop Yields

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

The Batlow Packing House is urgently in need of male and female labor to cope with the canning process of the heavy crop…

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Britian’s Grain Crop Record Yield

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

Britain’s grain harvest this year will give a record yield per acre for all classes of grain, the Ministry of Agriculture reports…

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Interest in Linseed Crop Competition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 5

First linseed crop competition in Australia is assured of success. Already more than 20 growers in N.S.W. have entered crops and…

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Junior Farmer Organises Mach. Comp

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 5

Impressed by the farm machinery competitions which he saw when he was in the United Kingdom as a member of the…

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Improved Seasons and the Pastoral Industry Devaluation Has Stimulated Demand For Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 4

“ALTHOUGH wool values are not on the peak levels recorded at periods of last selling year and at opening auctions this season, Australia, with an estimated clip of 3,430,000 bales the current 12 months, is likely to receive a very handsome revenue from her…

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Periodical Sheep Cussing Necessary for Maximum Returns

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 7

However small the flock, periodical classing is necessary to ensure maximum returns. The following characters should be kept in mind…

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No Privately Owned Dairy Farms in New Zealand High Commissioner Tells Gundagai People How Farmers Provide a Reserve Against Price Fluctuation Interesting Address Given at the Annual Rotary Dinner

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 3

THERE ARE NO PRIVATELY OWNED DAIRY FARMS IN NEW ZEALAND, WHERE PORTION OF THE FARMERS’ MONEY IS UTILISED TO PROVIDE A RESERVE AGAINST A SHARP DECLINE IN MARKET VALUES. MEAT AND DAIRY EXPORTS…

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Wool Report the Earmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 2

We submitted a catalogue of 7,820 bales on Thursday, 29th inst., drawn largely from the Central-Western portions of the…

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Criticism Over Failure to Rise Price of Butter Mr Anthony Hits Out In House of Reps

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 4

MR CHIFLEY had failed to honor his promise to implement the Joint Dairying Advisory Committee’s recommendation for an…

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Leeton Cattle Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 2

The monthly market held at Leeton by W. J. Fulton, [?]nsed [?]tioneer, on Tuesday, [?] October was most successful. A lighter…

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Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company limited report on September 30: We submitted a catalogue of 7,820…

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Wool at [?]

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 4

American buyers paid [?] top price in Australia this season - for six bales of superfine merino stud wool at the Geelong sales last week…

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Butter Price Promise Chiefly Criticised In Parliament

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 6

Mr. Chifley had failed to honor his promise to implement the Joint Dairying Advisory Committee's recommendation for an increase of…

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Stud Sheep Reviews Wanganui Corriedales Not Pampered

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 8

Corriedales from the Wenganui Stud of Mr. B. W. A. McGeoch, Wagga, are particularly popular with those breeders seeking rams…

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Electric Wool-clippers Can Kill If Not Serviced Competently

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 3

A boy of seventeen was cleaning the blades of an electric sheep-shearing machine. He chanced to touch an iron fence while the clippers were…

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Ladysmith Farmer Wins State Title

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—The State championship award in the 949 lamb breeders' ewe com[?]etititon was gained by Mr. G…

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Progressive Farmer Team Specialists' Reports Published

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 5

The technical reports of the members of the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Team have just been published…

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Good Cattle, Sheep Entries at Show 72 Animals Will Compete

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 3

A total of 72 entries in fat and dairy cattle and fat sheep sections of the Cootamundra show has been received by…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Competition was keen and general from practically all sections, and the market continued to rule very…

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