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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 126

Lightning Kills Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 4

SION (Switzerland), Tuesday: Lightning killed 107 sheep when it struck a herd sheltering from a storm near here early…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Grain Insurance & Agency, Company Limited. 26th. JUNE 1950. Wool Report

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 7

We submitted a catalogue of 9,700 bales largely representative Of the far-Western areas, also to an extent the Central West and…

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Gundagai Milk for Canberra Vast Possibilities for Dairying Industry

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 2

Opening up vast possibilities for the dairying industry in Gundagai district, the first consignment of 800 gallons of milk left…

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Junior Farmers' Titles Coveted State Prizes Awarded at Collingullie

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 3

It was a proud evening for the citizens of Collingullie on Monday night, when more than 150 people packed the Collingullie Memorial Hall to witness the presentation to a local youth of two of the State's…

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The Wool Position North Queensland Sheep Losses

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 6

The general buoyancy in prices for most wools at the closing sales of the season, augurs well for the future of the market. Top markets…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 2

On Tuesday, June 27, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 2

The result of the past, season's wool sales shows a general advance in the price of all lines over the last year's figures. Our…

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Wool Report The Farmers and [?] Co.-Op. Grain Insurance & Agency

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 4

We [?] of 4,700 bales largely representative of the far-Western areas also to an extent the Central West and the…

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The Wool Scheme May Be a Dangerous Thing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 2

Amidst the noise in Canberra over the Anti-Red Bill Minister for Commerce McEwen managed to introduce a Wool (Contributory Charge)…

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Dairy Farms for Lease

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Lands announces that two dairy farms on Baerami Estate, near Denman, have been made available as…

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Dairy Farmer Prosecuted Over Sale of Tuberculosis Bull

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 7

A dairy farmer was prosecuted recestly for having failed to obey instructions given in a movement-order for a bull affected with…

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State Lagging in Dairy Production

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 2

N.S.W. was not producing sufficient butter for the State's requirements, said the chief of the division of dairying in the…

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Research Work Stops Farming Being a Gamble

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 4

Research work dating back 15 years is assisting farmers of the irrigation areas today, when they are faced with the Problem of deciding what they should plant for the future…

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Former Wee Jasper Man Pays £15,750 for 108-Acre Farm

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 1

A former Wee Jasper man paid £15,750 for a model 108-acres farm near Moss Vale after, an auction last week…

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“More Interest in What Darby Munro Has to Say” Cowra District Farmers Want Better Publicity for F. and S.

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 9

The Sydney daily papers seem to be more interested in what Darby Munro or some star footballer is saying than in what the…

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The Wool Position North Queensland Sheep Losses

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:--The general buoyancy in prices for most wools at the closing sales of the season augurs well…

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Leeton Cattle Sale

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 2

The Associated Agents of Leeton conducted their fortnightly cattle sale on Tuesday, 4th July. There was a good yarding of cattle comprising…

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Leeton Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 4

Owing to the very wet conditions the yarding or sheep at the Leeton associated agents' sale on Tuesday of last week was not more than 2,000…

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Advice on Preparing Dairy Cattle For Wagga Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 4

With the notable increases in dairy cattle classes in the 1950 Wagga Show Schedule, local breeders are no doubt casting speculative eyes over their stock in preparation for the forth-coming Show. There is no better way to advertise the quality of one's stock than to prepare…

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Wool Report

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

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report under date 26th June, 195O:…

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