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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 126

Barmedman Farm For Closer Settlement

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) has announced that a farm at Barmedman has been made available for general application as a…

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Letters to the Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.) Wheat Conference (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

SIR,—I wish to heartily congratulate all concerned on the wonderful success of the conference of the Southern Zone of the…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): Despite caution as result of high prices, bidding was keen and the market very sound at…

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Trangie Wool Research Station Opened

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) officially opened the Wool Research Laboratory at the Trangle…

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Special School in Leadership at Yanco Farm

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 4

Rural leaders drawn from the Irrigation areas will be attending e special school at Yanco Experiment Tana on April 17 to 21…

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Stockinbingal Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Messrs. Grace and Bradhurst, auctioneers, of Cootamundra, in conjunction with D. J. Quinlan, of Stockinbingal. report having…

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Wool Sales Up by Millions

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 3

Wool sold in the first eight months of the current selling year realised almost £55.6 million on the corresponding period last season…

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Wool and Suit Costs An American Result

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Although slight fluctuations have been experienced for some types or wool, competition…

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New S.a. Machine Solves the Problem of Wheat Stubble

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 8

Acclaimed by agricultural officers as a great step forward in soil fertility control, the Shearer Trash Culti-seeder was demonstrated in…

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Crop Competitions For Soldier Settlers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands commended the Inverell Show Society on introducing, at their Show, a crop competition for…

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Union Affairs and Local Asparagus Farms A.W.U. Officials Visit Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 7

Last week the State President of the AWU, Mr J. King, and the Industrial officer, Mr George Burns, visited Gundagai. The main object…

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Dogs Worrying Sheep

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 8

Reports have been received that dogs are worrying lambing ewes in the Brookdale district, and it is hoped by those who are…

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Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 8

The Australian Estates Co. Ltd. report: The 9th. series of sales in Melbourne opened on the 6th, and…

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Towels and Butter Stolen From Car Owner at Pictures

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 4

Clarence Lindsay Robinson was charged at the Leeton Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. Debenham, S.M., with stealing…

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Wool and Suit Costs an American Result

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

Winchombe, Carson, Ltd. report: Although silght fluctuations have been experienced for some types of wool, competition has…

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Real Food Is Cheap in Australia Mr. Gibson Opposes Low Price Structure For Butter

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

Mr. R. C. Gibson, general president of the Prmary Producers' Union, told the Bega Brunch that, unlike the rest of the world,…

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Water Filled Tyres for Farm Vehicles

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

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

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Spectacular Change in British Farming

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 2

There has been a spectacular chance in British farming methods since the war. Farms in Britain are now the most highly…

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Dollar Cut for E.c.a. Surplus Farm Products As Substitute

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has voted to cut 1,000 million…

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Farm Available in Barmedman District

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced to-day that a farm at Barmedman has been made available for general…

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