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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 19 of 126

Special Sheep Sale

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

There were 16,000 very good quality sheep yarded when Messrs. Younghusband Ltd. and Dalgety and Co. held their…

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Wool Survey

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

"Britain has always been the largest buyer of Australian wool and her competition has been solidly maintained throughout…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

The Australian Estates Co., Ltd., Melbourne, report: The eighth series of sales opened in Melbourne on the 13th when…

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Commercial Special Sheep Sale at Urana

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 6

J. M. Smith & Co., Urana, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Corowa, Melbourne and…

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Local and General District Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

The Country Producers obtained for Hately Bros Cootamundra aaa mw 111 1/2d aaa me 109 1/2d aamwee 107d bkn 93 1/4d…

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Wool Drive to Start Soon

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

Breaking new ground in wool promotion in this country, the Australian Wool Board, with active co-operation of thousands…

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Heavy Loss in Wheat Stack Blaze

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

Shortly after the South West Mail arrived at Leeton last Saturday morning, Constable Ainsworth, who was standing on…

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Dairy Farm Competitions to Be Continued Prize Money Available From Commonwealth Dairy Grant

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announces that a series of dairy farm competitions, culminating in…

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More Storm Damage to Leeton Crops

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

Leeton fanners will again suffer as a result of the torrential downpour on Wednesday evening. Mr. Mallaby, manager of the W.C. and I.C., said…

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Heavy Damage to Batlow Crops at Gundagai Cloudburst On Wednesday Last

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

One of the worst storms in the Gundagai district's history broke suddenly at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday last. A terrific cloudburst,…

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Wheat Harvest Second Highest on Record

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: This season's wheat harvest of 83,000,000 bushels, with the exception of the 1947-48 harvest, was the…

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Leeton Wheat Blaze Caused by Cigarette Butt?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

LEETON, Tuesday: Speaking of the fire which caused serious damage to the wheat stack at Leeton, a railway officer said…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance Co. Ltd. February 17, 1950 Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 4

WE submitted a catalogue of 4270 bales on Thursday, 16th instant, drawn almost exclusively from the Northern, Southern and…

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Recovery in Wool Values No Nervousness Showing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 7
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TOP MARKETS abroad have moved upwards reflecting the recent recovery in wool values report Winchcombe Carson Ltd. It is a tribute to the strength of the market that the previous downward trend in prices, particularly evident on merino fleece lines and…

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Record Price of 172½d for Scoured Wool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed: An Australian record price of 172½d for scoured wool was received at the Brisbane…

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Individual Wheat Varieties Should be Sown at the Correct Time

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 3

Under the old system of crop production which used horses exclusively for drawing ploughs, cultivating implements and…

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Gundagai Junior Farmers’ Show Next Week

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

On Saturday week the Gundagai Junior Farmers will hold their anual show. A special sporting programme has…

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Tumbarumba Potato Crop

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

On a recent tour of some of the potato growing areas around Tumbarumba excellent growth was noticed on all well worked…

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Wagga Sheep Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

The Associated agents of Wagga— Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Dalgety and Co., A.M.L. and F. Co.,…

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