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Farming & the land, 1950

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Wheat Outlook Not Encouraging Bank of N.s.w. Review

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

In the course of a somewhat optimistic forecast of the Australian wheat outlook, the new quarterly publication, “The Bank…

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For the Man on the Land Who Should Pay for Inland Wheat Storage?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

We are told that the Australian Wheat Board has no power to finance the budding of sub-terminal bulkheads as proposed by the Minister for Agriculture in New South Wales…

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Visit to rice farm after the flood Stirring Times Recalled

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

When a visit was made to Mr. A. D. Mackellar's farm, near the sand hills on Tuesday af­ternoon, rice harvesting was in…

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Farmers' Tractor and Machinery School at Hawkesbury College

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. :h." Graham, M.L.A, announces that a five days school on tractor maintenance…

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1949-1950 Increased Competition Dairy Production

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H, Graham, M..I.A., has anounced details of the 1949-1050 Increased Dairy Production…

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Farmers Pay Heavily for Used Machinery. Steel Shortage Holds Up Production

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

Farmers Were paying £300 to £400 for 10 year old ploughs, which had cost only £70 to £80, Mr. L. Reid told the last executive…

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Cornsack Shortage Farmers Again Warned

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 6

Mr. J. McEwan, Federal Minister for Agricultural again warned farmers there was likely to be cornsack shortage…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 6

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd report a penning of approximately…

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Huge Wool Return

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

For the 10 months of the present wool selling season £231,783-7/7 worth of wool has been sold on the Australian market…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Yield £5,000,000

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

Over 58,000 bales of wool, valued at about £5,000,000, were sold in Goulburn in the season just concluded…

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Levy on Wool Essential to Fix Reserve Price

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

THE MINISTER for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr McEwen) has urged woolgrowers to accept the principle of a levy as an essential prerequisite to proceeding with a reserve price wool scheme on pattern of the present Joint Organisation…

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Wagga Wheat Research Station Will Be Opened on

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

The Member for Wagga and Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said in Wagga at the weekend that the laying of the foundation stone of the new Wagga Wheat Research Institute next Friday…

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Floor Price Plan for Wool Proposed by London Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 3

At the recent London Wool Conference, between the United Kingdom, Australian, New Zealand, and South African…

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Farmers Pay Heavily for Used Machinery Steel Shortage Holds Up Production

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

Farmers were paying £300 to £400 for 10 year old ploughs, which had cost only £70 to £80, Mr L. Reid told the last executive meeting of…

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Tumut Butter Production

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

The 174 suppliers of cream to the Tumut Butler Factory received cheques totalling £11,645/15/6 as pay for the month of April. This…

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Tea and Butter Double Ration Coupons

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 4

The current TEA coupons Nos. 77 to 80, have to last two months; the expiry date will be July 9. Each coupon carries the value of 4 ounces…

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Cream and Butter Controls May End Soon, Says McEWEN Minister Discusses Dairy Industry Problems

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Commonwealth Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) said in Sydney today that the lifting of butter and cream controls was not far off…

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Wool Levy Urged Before Price Scheme

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

Wool growers were urged to accept the principle of a levy, as an essential pre-requisite to proceeding with a reserve price wool scheme on…

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Junior Farmers' State President

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

At the recent meeting of the State Council of Junior Farmers' Clubs, Mr. Noel Griffiths, public relations officer of the Rural…

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Farmers and Settlers' Assn. Annual Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 2

Attention is directed to the advertisement in this issue calling the annual meeting of the Leeton branch of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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