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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 126

Mr. Roberton Mixes Wheat and Babies

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: Members of the House of Representatives roared with laughter to-day when Mr. Roberton (C.P.,…

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Worms Cause Serious Sheep Losses in Wagga District

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

A bountiful season is always attended by losses from disease of one kind or another. Many sheep in the Wagga district have been suffering from the build-up of worms that has resulted from the unusually…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 23rd May, 1950

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5

We submitted a catalogue of 3,982 bales on Monday, 22nd Instant, the selection comprising mainly Autumn shorn wools from the…

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Wagga's Wheat Station Only One in Australia

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

The State's leading agricultural experts are visiting Wagga today to see the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Graham) set…

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Textile Picture Has Two Sides—wool, Synthetics

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 6

Because we are a wool-producing nation and because, as never before, we have been wallowing in the wealth our sheep bring into the country, we are liable to forget that there is another side to the…

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Wheat Price to India Queried Action by Indian Delegation

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

Indian is complaining of the price she has to pay for Australian Wheat. The Leader of the Indian…

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Wool Racket Alleged at Gundagai Two District Men Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

Allegations of a systematic wool stalling racket were made in the Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions when two young district…

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Huge Sub-Terminal Wheat Silo To Be Erected in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

A THREE MILLION BUSHEL CAPACITY SUB-TERMINAL SILO FOR THE STORAGE OF BULK WHEAT WILL BE ERECTED IN JUNEE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, ACCORDING TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO-DAY BY THE MINISTER…

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For the Man on the Land Why Should We Export Corriedale Sheep But Ban Merino Sales?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 6

Why should Japan get Corriedale sheep from Australia to enable her to rebuild her dual-purpose flocks which have degenerated markedly in the last 10 years?…

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Cameron Bros. Win Wagga Farm and Fodder Competition

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 3

Cameron Brothers, of "Mundowey," Wagga, won the Farm and Fodder competition conducted by the M.P. and A.A. in conjunction with the R.A.S. Mr. A. Wallace-Smith and Sons, of "Brooklyn," Wagga, were second, and Messrs. J. and K. Dunn, of "Book Book," Wagga, and Mr. Alleyn, of…

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Special Weather Forecasts for M.I.A. Meteorologist to Meet Farmers At Yanco

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

Mr. George S. Denno, Secretary, District Council of Extension Groups advises that Mr. Weisner of the Commonwealth Weather Bureau will…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes M.I.A. could export more oranges New Zealand looks to farmers here

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 4

While many thousands of cases of oranges already leave the M.I.A. for New Zealand every year, exports could be increased. Mr. L. H. Davis, Scientific Liaison Officer for New Zealand, visiting the M.I.A., said his country relied on…

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U.s.a. Crop Decline Drought and Duststorms

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

Reference has been made to official estimates of U.S. wheat exports for 1949-50 being revised “downwards.” Following on such…

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Large Sub-terminal for Junee Ease Wheat Hold-up

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced yesterday that the Government had decided to erect a bulk wheat sub-terminal of three-million bushel capaciyt at Junee as quickly as material and…

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Hay Stud Wins Blue Ribbon of Sheep Show —The Stonehaven Cup

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: The blue ribbon of the Sydney Sheep Show—the Stonehaven Cup—was won today by Mr. Anthony Hordern, of Mungadai Stud, Hay. It was Mr. Hordern's first success in the event, and broke the chances of the Merryville Stud, Yass, gamine a hat trick by winning the event three years…

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Wheat Institute at Wagga of "World Interest" Minister Lays Foundation Stone

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 2

The £52,000 Wheat Research Institute being built at Wagga Agricultural College was of the utmost international significance, said the Commonwealth Director-General of Agriculture (Mr. F. W.Bulcock) yesterday. Mr. Bulcock was one of many leading scientists, farmers, millers and bakers…

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"Tooma" Estate Farm for Ex-soldiers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced yesterday that a farm on "Tooma" Estate had been made available under…

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Gundagai Special Cattle Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

On Monday last 22nd May Messrs Younghusband Ltd. conducted a very successful cattle sale, when they disposed of 1789 cattle at auction from…

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Dominion Wool Prices

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Sterling prices of most types of Dominion wool now stand at record levels…

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The farmers & Graziers Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company limited. 23rd MAY, 1950. Wool Report

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

We submitted a catalogue of t 8,962 bales on Monday, 22nd instant, the selection comprising mainly Autumn shorn wools from…

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