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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Market Reports Heavy Yarding of Cattle at Henty Market

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 7

Farmers and Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd., Albury, and J. H. Wehrman and co. Henty, agents in conjunction, report…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

Over 20,000 sheep and lambs were forward at a special sheep sale in Wagga, on Tuesday. The quality for the most part was only fair;…

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Wheat Gorged Horses

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 5

During the harvest season there are frequent inquiries from wheat districts on how to treat horses which have gorged themselves on…

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Wheat Trial Surprises

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 6
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

Trials with wheat varieties conducted by Department of Agriculture In the Griffith district of the irrigation areas…

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Local Wool Appraisements

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us on Tuesday:--We sold 10,300 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday. There was good general…

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Wool Values Drop

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: Average fleece and skirtings carrying heavy burr showed some irregularity at today's wool sales, and…

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Marketing of Wool Regulation Opposed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

SIR,--I am enclosing a letter by William J. Fraser taken from "S.M. Herald" (171'50) which I heartily endorse and feel it may be [?]…

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Significant Pointers on the Wheat Front

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

How sound is the position on the Wheat front? Rumblings in various quarters suggest that the boom period is over and that we are facing a period of uncertainty…

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Wheat Growers’ Federation Secretary’s Comment

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

If Australia lowered her price of wheat to Great Britain, she would be breaking faith with India and her other nearby neighbors, said…

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Wool Supplies Short Crossbred Values Up

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4
Also in Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Lack of adequate supplies of wool is the basic force influencing. prevailing values. The…

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Wool Buyers Send Up Fleece Price

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 8

(A. A. P.) LONDON: Intenational wool buyers crowded the opening of the 1950 wool sales yesterday to send all classes of…

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High Wool Returns Keep Prices Up

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday: The chairman of the Wholesale Butchers' Association (Mr. C W Hodgson said today that the…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Grazers’ Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Ltd. 20th January, 1950

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 7,378 bales on Thursday, 19th instant, the selection being largely of an attractive nature. It…

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Riverina's Estimated Wheat Yield Will Be Reached

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

There is every possibility that the estimated 1949-50 wheat crop in the Riverina will be reached. The Railway Department…

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Wheat to Spain 60,000 Ton Sale

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board has sold 60,000 tons of this season’s wheat to Spain, a board spokesman said last Monday…

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London Wool Sales Big Rise on December Figures

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—International wool buyers crowded the opening of London 1950 wool sales yesterday to send all…

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Prospective British Wheat Purchases Negotiations Broken Off Price Too High

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 3

Negotiations for a big purchase of Australian wheat by Britain have stopped, and may not resume until May…

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For the Man on the Land Wool Continues on Top of the World

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

Wool is still on top of the world and, on the basis of current prices, is likely to remain there throughout the year. SELDOM has competition been…

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