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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 126

P.M.G.'s Last Cattle Sold in Territory

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

DARWIN, Sunday: The Postmaster-General's Department which pioneered the cattle industry in many parts of the…

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Closing Date for State Dairy Farm Competitions Extended

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) cold today that in response to numerous requests it had been…

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New Basis for Payment of Milk New Dairy Legislation

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 1

Since introducing the Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill into Parliament early this month the Government has been giving…

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Irrigation Farm Sold at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. T. E. Wright, property auctioneer of Leeton, reports the sale by auction of "Kallara," a mixed irrigation farm of 726…

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Farmer's Vain Search for "Lost" Family

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sunday: A 37-year-old farmer has already travelled more than 5000 miles in the Eastern States is a vain…

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Gundagai Farmers Need Assistance Many River Frontage Holdings Badly Damaged Special Release of Fencing Materials Essential

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

CWNERS of many river frontage properties along both the Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers, over whose lands last week’s flood raced must receive prompt assistance from the Government if those areas to again produce essential products. In particular, the Government…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

On Monday, March 13, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., brought for ward a catalogue totalling 7,472…

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Urana Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., in conjunction with Messrs. J. M. Smith and Co., report, having conducted a very…

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Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Limited, Sydney, report on March 17th:…

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Wool Survey

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

Experience has again shown the advisability of classing wool in the shed into big lines of comparatively uniform trade quality rather than…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the ninth series of sales for the 1949//50 season held on March 6th to 9th, the average…

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Gundagai Flood Damage Rose Brothers Lose Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

As the flood waters recede at Qundagai, the damage caused by the torrent which swept down the valley becomes apparent…

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Season's Wool Variations Less Stocks Held

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The main Sydney wool selling season has practically finished, after the most remarkable…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 17th March, 1950

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

At our sale on the 16th instant, we submitted a catalogue of 5,400 bales, the selection including a number of spinners' wools, some of them…

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Wool and Suit Costs An American Result

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

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

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Closing Date for State Dairy Farm Competitions Extended

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said that, in response to numerous requests, it had been decided to extend the…

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Serious Flood Low Lands a Sea of Water Much Damage to Roads, Fences & Market Gardens Mr. C. R. Eastman Loses Sheep

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

After reading of the experiences of the residents and business people of Wagga during the past week, where the flood waters caused great…

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Britain's Farm Expansion

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

Britain has accomplised about halt the enormous programme of agricultural expansion which was planned in 1947, when the…

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Shortage of Essential Requirements in Primary Industries Reply To Representations By National Farmers' Union

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

Mr. L. J. Johnstone, secretary of the National Farmers' Union of Australia, Sydney, has received the following letter from the Secretary,…

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