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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

Sales in Sydney will be resumed next Monday. Series 10 will continue until 23rd, when approximately 65,000 bales will be…

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New Australian Flying Squad. Harvests S.a. Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

More than 100 new Australians, many of whom arrived by the Weoster Victory in October were members of a harvest…

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Report on Crops High Yield Expected in Wagga Area

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 2

Groin crops to the east and south of Wagga should strip about 19 bushels per acre, whilst crops to the north and west should stripe about 14 bushels. This was revealed in the monthly report of the…

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New Sheep Montadales

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 4

An all-purpose farm sheep said to produce both high quality wool and a large meat carcase has been developed in the United States…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3
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SYDNEY, Monday: The wool market today opened with values ranging from 10 to 15 per cent, above the closing…

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Reminder Re Tea and Butter Coupons

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 4

Current Tea Coupons: Nos. 49—60. Coupons Nos. 49—52 cease to be current after Sunday next, 22/1/1950. A new tea ration period will…

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Ear-marking Sheep Relaxation Now Ends

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

The P.P. Boards throughout New South Wales are to be advised that the period of relaxation during which the police have…

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Yass Golf Club on Sheep's Back

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

Yass Golf Club keeps a flock of 132 wethers as mobile mowers of the fairways. The project pays, because the other week the sheep were shorn…

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Federal Cabinet is Still Considering Butter, Tea Rations

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) said today that the Treasury had not been approached to deal with the financial aspects of the lifting of the rationing of butter and tea. A sub-committee of Cabinet is investigating rationing and is to make a…

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Record Wool Cheque Market Still Rising

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Australia's wool cheque for this year is expected to establish a new record…

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London Wool Conference Stabilisation Hopes Growers-representatives to Attend

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

"Woolgrowers who are organised in the organisations affiliated with the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation…

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Who Owns Pool Wool Millions? Faulty Legislation Sets Dilemma For Trustees

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 6

The situation in relation to the distribution of profits from Government dealings in wool grown during the war has set a poser for…

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Agricultural Show Held in London Impressive Range of Farming Machinery

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

The largest indoor exhibition of agricultural machinery and livestock ever held in Britain was the Smithfield Show opened…

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Pre-harvest Apple Crop Prevented By Hormone Sprays

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 6

So-called hormone sprays are now largely used in pome fruit orchards throughout the State to prevent losses from pre-harvest…

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Record Wool Cheque?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An increase of £5,000,000 to £200,000,000—a record for the Commonwealth—is…

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Drenching Sheep for Worms Some Important Precautions

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 4

Sheep beings drenched for worms should be kept in a standing position with head held horizontally or slightly raised, points…

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Wool Use Expanding Bright Prospects

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, carson Ltd. report: The world's demand for goods made from wool shows no sign of slackening. Up to…

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High Prices at Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Wool sales today still strongly tended in sellers' favor, and prices in some instances showed…

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Railways Biggest Week Shifting Wheat Out of Riverina

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 1

The Railway Department shifted 29,312 bags of wheat out of the unee railway district, which is "he Riverina during the past…

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