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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 126

Tumbarumba Potato Crop

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 3

Although a general frost his not been experienced in the potato growing centres around Tumbarumba, a big majority of…

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Wagga Cattle Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

The associated agents of Wagga—Farmers and Graziers" Co-Op. Co., A.M.L. and F. Co., R. H. Blake and Co, Younghusband…

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Special Cattle Sale

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

On Monday last Messrs, Young husband Ltd., of Gundagai, who recently acquired the business of Gardiner Macdonald Pty. Ltd. conducted…

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Interim Award For Workers In Pastoral Industry

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 5

Pastoral workers in five States will be granted an interim award by Federal Conciliation Commissioner Mr. Donovan pending…

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Wool Outlook Bright Great Britain's Importance

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 6

Winehcombe Carson Ltd. report: -- The upward movement in values for wool at Victorian wool sales, further emphasised the effect of the shortage…

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Celebrated Wheat Case Final Phase on 6th JUNE

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Speaking in Perth W. A. where he attended a meeting of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation in an advisory capacity, Mr. Hugh S…

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Instruction Courses "Schools" For Pig" Raisers; Dairy Farmers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Separate short courses of training in general pig raising and dairy farming will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond…

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Bi-sexual Tapeworm 40 Feet in Length Extends Indefinitely Over Sheep

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

A bisexual tapeworm 40 feet in length which had been taken from a ten weeks old lamb was one .of the pictures shown in an…

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For the Man on the Land Wheat Taking Place of Money in World Trade

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Australia seems to have come out of the wheat-price battle with the United Kingdom even better than most of us thought. THE sale prices quoted in this…

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Farms Near Tumbarumba for Settlement

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced today that three farms on "Willigobung" Estate,…

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Premier's View on Rich Farmers' Flood Losses

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said to the Legislative Assembly today that he did not believe rich…

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New Zealand Farmers in Leeton To-day Welcome at High School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

A party of thirty young New Zealand farmers arrive in Leeton this afternoon and will inspect citrus orchards at…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes a school to break traditions Farmers to learn latest in agriculture

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Traditional ideas about farming which, although proved wrong by modern research, have been hard in dying will be among the things dealt with at a soil management and irrigation school being arranged at Yanco Experiment Farm…

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Powdered Butter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 4

STOCKHOLM, Friday: After five years of experiment, Swedish dairies have succeeded in making powdered butter. The…

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School at Yanco Will Smash Old Ideas Qn Farming

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5

Traditional ideas about farming which, although proved wrong by modern research, have been hard in dying will be among the things dealt with at a soil management and irrigation school being arranged at…

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Girl, 23, to Take Cattle 1400 Miles

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 4

A 23-year-old girl has taken charge of droving 1250 cattle 1400 miles from the Kimberleys district in Western Australia to North…

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Wheat Shipments Held Up Terminal Elevators Filled

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 1

"When sales of wheat overseas were considered by the Australian Wheat Board and the Commonwealth Government, little…

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World Dairy Production British C'wealth Slipping Back

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—The British commonwealth's contribution to world dairy production declined substantially last year,…

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Arrangement of Grazing Paddocks Important In Farm Planning

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 7

While it is important that the paddocks used for cropping be as near possible to farm bulidings, it is an advantage to have the…

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Tea and Butter Coupons

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 4

TEA, current coupons 65-76 Coupons 65-68 cease after May 14. Tea coupons 77-80 become available on May 15. On coupon equals…

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