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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

2,503 stories in Riverina's papers · page 66 of 126

Unseasonable Hay Crop

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 6

The abnormal climatic conditions since the beginning of this year, have caused some seasonal upsets throughout the State. One of the most…

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Dairy Grant Expenditure Minister To Seek Wider Scope

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said he would take up at next month's meeting of the Australian…

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B.p.h. News the Pea Crop

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 6

Time marches on and there is now not a long period until the zero hour for the Tumut district pea crops. All growers now have the…

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Hay Crop Harvested in July Yields Over Ton Per Acre

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 5

The heavy autumn rains were responsible for a good growth of self sown on last season’s crop paddock. Most have now been eaten…

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Sheep Dog Trial at the Coolamon Show

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 6

Arrangements are in hand for sheep dog trials at this year's Coolamon Show on September 1 and the sum of £27 has been…

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Questions and Answers on Federal Wheat Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 3

Mr. Hugh Roberton, M.H.R. for Riverina, recently asked the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) in the House of Representatives a series of questions on the Commonwealth Wheat…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report: Main interest in the wool trade during the recent week has centred in the London wool…

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COMMERCIAL Leeton Cattle Sale

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 4

Two hundred fat and store cattle were yarded at the associated agents' cattle sale at Leeton last Tuesday to a good…

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Tumut Butter Pay

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

The 152 suppliers of cream to the Tumut factory received a total of £7,899/19/6, including Commonwealth Government subsidy,…

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Wool Report More Wool Expected 1950-51 Season

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report: In the absence of local auctions, business is confined to the [?]…

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Minister Defends Wheat Board Changes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) today defended the changes in the Australian Wheat Board, announced yesterday. He said the present Government had transformed…

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District Graziers Prominent at Albury Sheep Show

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 6

Albury Sheep Show continues to grow in importance and it is pleasing to note that several of our distrist sheep breeders were…

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Gundagai Special Cattle Sale Another Outstanding Sale Recorded for This District

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 4

On Monday, 17th inst., Messrs. Younghusband Ltd., of Gundagai, conducted their July special, cattle sale, yarding in all just on 1,300…

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Heavy Sheep Losses in Latest Floods Weather Bureau Issues Further Warnings

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — Hundreds of thousands of sheep are feared lost as the result of severe floodings in pastoral lands in north-west of N.S.W. Many sheep have been drowned, and others will…

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Minister Replies to Criticism Fixing Wool Levy at 7½ Per Cent

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, said that fixing the rate of the levy on wool at 7½ per cent. for…

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Tumut Graziers Opposed to Wool Stabilisation Scheme Government Control To Be Avoided, Declare Majority

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 1

A well-attended meeting of the Tumut Branch of the Graziers' Association on Saturday afternoon last carried a resolution to…

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Baled self-sown hay crop

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

In our last issue we reprinted an interesting paragraph about a self-sown crop of wheat which germinated after the last harvest in a 280-acre…

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8500 Sheep Average 92/

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

Winchcome Carson, Ltd. report: Strong competition was again experienced for all well-woolled…

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Wheat Board Appointment

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Denying today that the termination of the appointment of Mr. Cullen as chairman of the…

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Proposed Wool Levy

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

SIR—I wonder hour many of those who are now protesting against the wool levy spurn insurance on sheep's back to store,…

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