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Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 126

Tour of Farmers to S. A. Postponed

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

The proposed tour of Tumbarumba district farmers, which was to have taken place about May, has been temporarily…

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Worm Infestation in Young Sheep

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 6

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

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Wheat-gorged Horses How to Treat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

During the harvest reason there are frequent inquiries from wheat districts on how to treat horses which have gorged themselves on wheat,…

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Farmers' Schools at Yanco

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 1

Agricultural refresher courses [?] ex-servicemen organised by the Department of Agriculture in cooperation with War Service Land…

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District Floods Paralyse Dairy Output

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 3

"Extensive flooding within the Murrumbidgee Valley has paralysed dairy production and caused very severe damage to…

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Wheat Shipments Proceeding Well; Warning on Bags

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday: So far 32.5 million bushels of wheat, and wheat equivalent, had been shipped since the beginning of the season in December, the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. Cullen)…

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Improved Sheep Branding Fluid

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 1

Formula of a new sheep branding fluid which remains on the sheep for a year and is removed from the wool by normal scouring…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the Tenth series of sales for the 1949/50 season held on March 20th. to 23rd., the average…

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Wheatgrowers Urge Prompt Measures to Improve Wheat Handling

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 4

Immediate measures to provide bulkheads for the coming harvest were urged by the Central Division of the Wheatgrowers Union at…

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GOLF Farmer Cup Draw

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 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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U.S. Wheat Crop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Dry weather and insect pests will reduce the American winter wheat crop by 122-million bushels from…

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Improved Sheep Branding Fluid

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Formula of a new sheep branding fluid which remains on the sheep for a year and is removed from the wool by normal scouring…

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Wool and Other Fibres Importance of Cotton

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 6

The wool market has recently shown increased strength and top markets abroad have advanced in sympathy with the higher cost of…

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NEW S.A. MACHINE Solves the Problem Of Wheat Stubble

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

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

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

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 9

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

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GOLF Farmer Cup Draw

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

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

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Farmers Unions Clash A.P.P.U. Bitterly Attacked at Primary Producers’ Conference

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4

Delegates to the quarterly meeting of the Primary Producers’ Union bitterly attacked the Australian Primary Producers’ Union…

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Fears for Removal of Wheat Crop

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Fears that last season's wheat will not be cleared from silos before the 1950/51 harvest commences were…

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Improved Sheep Branding Fluid

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

Formula of a new sheep hrumling [?] which remains on the sheep tor a year and Is removed trun the wool by normal…

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