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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Big Entries for This Week’s Junior Farmers’ Show

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

On Saturday next the Gundagai Junior Farmers will hold their annual Show in Anzac Park. Large numbers of entries have…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

The Melbourne woolbrokers report that at the eighth series of sales for the 1949-50 season held on 13th to 20th February, the average price…

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Wagga Engineer Invents New Wheat Loader

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

An Invention for fast wheat loading has been completed after 12 months' research by Mr. Norman Matthias, engineer, of…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. 17th February, 1950

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 4,270 bales on Thursday, 16th instant, drawn almost exclusively from the Northern, Southern and Western…

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Local and General Melbourne Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the Eighth Series of sales for the 1949/50 season, held on February 13 to 20, the…

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Recovery in Wool Values No Nervousness Showing

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Top markets abroad have moved upwards reflecting the recent recovery in wool values. It is a tribute to the…

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Outbreaks of Worm Infestation in Young Sheep Larger Doses Of Phenothiazine May Be Necessary

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4
Also in The Murrumbidgee Irrigator

A warning to graziers on the need to increase dosages of phenothiazine to combat increased worm infestation in sheep in many…

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Sanitation on the Poultry Farm How to Disinfect Houses and Yards

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

Any outbreak of pullorum disease in a brooder house will necessitate disinfection after infected stock have been removed,…

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Cowra Farmer Catches Wedge-Tailed Eagle By The Tail

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

A Cowra farmer accomplished the unusual feat of capturing a giant wedge-tailed eagle as it was flying off the ground recently. He…

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Minister most interested to see an Irrigation College at Yanco Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M. L. A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Hon. E. H. Grahama, Minister for Agriculture:…

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Decision Soon on Tea, Butter

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Government hoped to make a statement soon about its policy on butter and tea rationing, the…

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More Sheep Now in British Isles

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 5

Estimated sheep and lamb population of England and Wale; in December last was 9,122,000, compared with 8,814,000 a year…

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Values Firm at Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Under good general competition from all sections of the trade, today's wool market showed all the best…

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Review of ..Sheep & Wool Sections for 1950 Show

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 8

ONCE AGAIN THE TUMBARUMBA SHOW IS APPROACHING AND, WITH AUSTRALIA VIRTUALLY RIDING ON THE SHEEP'S BACK, INTEREST IN SHEEP AND WOOL WILL NATURALLY BE KEEN…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

A big gathering of buyers attended the special sale of 12,000 sheep conducted by Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd and New…

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Wool Market Unchanged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Under good general competition from Great Britain, the Continent and America, and with support…

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Decision Soon on Tea, Butter

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

The Government hoped to make a statement soon about its policy on butter and tea rationing, the Prime Minister (Mr Menzies) told the…

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Wool Report The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 4

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

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New System of Wool Processing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The discovery in Britain of a new process known as the ambler superdraft system for processing…

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