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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Currency and Wool Values Trade Active Abroad

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 5

The fillip given to trade and prices for raw materials including wool by devaluation of currencies has gathered strength. The situation…

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Wool and the Future (Reprinted from “The Bulletin”)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

Back in November the average price of wool at Australian auctions was around 5/- a pound then record which most of those interested…

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Water Filled Tyres for Farm Vehicles

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

A British tyre company reports considerable success in the experiments which it has been conducting with water…

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Leeton Apple Crops May be Below Standard

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

LEETON, Wednesday: Well-known Leeton apple and pear grower, Mr. N. P. Clancy, said today that apple crops would be…

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Farm Machinery Care and Maintenance of Hay Mowers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 8

Care and maintenance of hay mowers on the farm is discussed in some detail by the Division of plant Industry of the Department…

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Cowra Farmer Catches Wedge-tailed Eagle by the Tail

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 6

A Cowra farmer accomplished the unusual feat of capturing a giant wedgetailed eagle as it was flying off the ground last week. He…

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Butter, Cheese Subsidies

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Federal Cabinet has approved the payment of a halfpenny a pound subsidy on butter and cheese…

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Wagga Cattle Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

The associated agents—Messrs. A.M.L. and F. Co., New Zealand Loan, Dalgety and Co., R. H. Blake and Co., Farmers and…

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Binalong Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Wool from the Estate late A. S. Sykes, "Glendalyn,' Binalong, realised the following prices:…

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Wool Market Firm

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

SYDNEY, Friday—The wool market yesterday ruled very firm for all descriptions. Medium and fine crossbreds…

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World Wheat Crops Huge Stocks Piling Up U.S. Expects Price Drop New York

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

Wheat is piling up in the hands of the world’s big producers as a result of the rise in production, and export demand is falling fast. Importing nations which signed the world…

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The Wheat Industry Has Grown Too Fast

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

The slow movement of wheat to the seaboard again emphasises the hopeless incapacity of the New South Wales silo system to cope with anything beyond a normal harvest…

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Currency and Wool Values Trade Active Abroad

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Wincheombe, Carson, Ltd., report: -- The fillip given to trade and prices for raw materials, including wool by devaluation of…

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Butter Rationing to Continue But Cream Ban May be Lifted

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday—The ban on the sale of cream for domestic use is expected to be lifted by the Federal [?] on…

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Country Producers Selling Co. Junee Sheep Sold at Auction in Sydney

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 7

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 23rd. January:…

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Market Firm at Sydney Wool Sales District Clips Included in Offerings

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 5

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:- We sold 9200 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Thursday…

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Railway Wheat Traffic Reaches Peak Large Engines Called On to Haul Freight

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 5

Wheat traffic from Riverina sidings to the seaboard will reach its peak this week when over 700 bulk trucks will be utilised…

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For the Man on the Land Does Wool Industry Need a Govt. Crutch

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

The decision of the British Wool Federation to oppose any plan designed to introduce reserve prices at wool auctions may strike a mortal blow at all the so-called stabilisation schemes of the producing…

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Points in Dairy Practice

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

The arduous nature of routine work on the dairy farm justifies planning for the very best working conditions. On the…

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