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Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 126

Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report: The past week's operations in the State's wool selling centres…

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Price Anomalies Cause of Drift from Dairying Industry

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 4

When the Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill, which among other things, alters the law with respect to the registration of…

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Possible Use of Thyroid Hormone in Commercial Dairying

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 3

Considerable interest has been taken by Australian dairymen in overseas reports on the use of thyroid preparations to increase…

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Farmers Use Planes, Boats to Beat Floods

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Flood-bound farmers took unusual measures to get their produce to the City Markets today…

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Wool Position Strong Less Sheep In World

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report :-- The latest available figures show that the world pastured 681,000,000 sheep or 59.000,000 less than in…

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Supplementary Feeding Dairy Cattle Necessary For High Milk Production

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 3

Dairy cattle must be given supplementary feeding with grazing crops, conserved fodder and concept rates If high production ner…

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£6/11/ Per Head for Sheep. Extraordinary Prices at Temora Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

At Younghusband's monthly sheep sale, held, at Temora last Friday, all local records were broken when a pen of 240…

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Local News Local Wool Sold

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

On Monday, March 27, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 5890…

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Main Clip Sold Strong Wool Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

Winchcombe Corson Ltd. report:-- Australian wool front the main season's shearing is now practically all sold, Supplies for the balance of the…

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Main Cup Sold Strong Wool Position

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN wool from the main season’s shearing is now practically all sold. Supplies for the balance of the selling year will…

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N.s.w. Butter Quality Affected by Recent Humid Weather

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

New South Wales butter quality has been disappointing recently owing to the hot, humid weather having adversely affected cream…

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Page Two Gundagai District Stud Cattle Sold at Sydney Sales

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

Gundagai district studs sold several head of cattle at this week’s Sydney sales. District breeders also made purchases…

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Hereford Bel Brings M Guineas at Stud Beef Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A Hereford bull, which was unplaced in judging last Saturday, was sold for 2000 guineas at the stud beef cattle sales at the show today…

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Inquiry into fire in wheat stack Cause not ascertained

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

At the Leeton Court House on Tuesday afternoon the District Coroner, Mr. T. Henderson, conducted an inquiry into…

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£6/11/0 Per Head for Sheep Extraordinary Prices At Temora Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

At Younghusband’s monthly sheep sale at Temora on Friday all Temora records were broken when a pen of 240 2-year-old ewes, Sept. shorn and…

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Another Worry for Sheepmen No Effective Remedy For Wool Disease

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 9

Fleece rot has appeared on a number of properties in the Young PP Board district. Furnishing this information to the…

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GOLF Farmer Cap Draw

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

Rudkin and Knight v Dreyer and Loiterton; Last and Hennessy v Youngman and Parsons; Gehrig and Pennell v Ekin and…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Sweet corn is M.I.A. side-line crop Trials fo help production

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Since demands by the armed forces during the war led to the first commercial attempt to grow sweet corn on the M.I.A., farmers have found it a useful side-line crop, and to help its development N.S.W. Department of Agriculture…

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Films for Irrigation Farmers Special Productions Deal . WITH M.I.A. PROBLEMS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

A demand has been growing among the farmers of the irrigation areas for motion pictures specially produced to deal…

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Price Anomalies Cause of Drift From Dairying Industry

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 7

When the Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill, which among other things, alters the law with respect to the registration of dairy…

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