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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Eng of J.o. Wool Stocks

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

The Joint Organisation has announced that its entire remaining stocks of wool, amounting to some 171,000 bales, will be offered at aue…

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18,000 Sheep Average £5/0/5 at Goulburn Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

Farmers and Graziers, Goulburn report having held a very satisfactory store sheep sale on Tuesday last. Values…

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No Exemptions for Ex-soldiers in Wool Tax

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

Soldier settlers under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme and ex-servicemen being financially assisted in other ways to settle on the…

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Wool Plan Will Be Dropped If Growers Object

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

The Government would not proceed with the proposed reserve price plan for wool if the growers at the…

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Home Price for Wool? Alternative to Deduction Scheme

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

"Critics of the wool sales deduction scheme have failed to produce any acceptable alternative," says the Bulletin of the Federal…

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Merino Wool Reaches £1/9/6', Per Lb

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

A world record price of £1.9.6; was paid for merino wool at Launceston wool sales on Tuesday. This is 2/7½ more than the previous…

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Country Producers Selling Company Drop in Sheep Prices At Sydney Markets

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 5

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 8th. inst:…

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The Secrecy of the Wool Negotiations (To the Editor

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 7

Dear Sir— Over the past year negotiations have been taking place regarding a Wool Stabilisation…

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Fifty Years of Sheep Breeding Comparison Between 1901-Type Merino and 1950 Animal

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

“The two Merino rams shown give a very good indication of the improvement stud breeders have brought about in Merino sheep over the past 50 years,” said E. A Elliott, Principal Livestock Officer (Sheep and Wool)…

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Poor Potato Crop Likely

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 4

Potato production in New South Wales this year would probably be even smaller than last year, said the chief of the Division of Marketing,…

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"Dead" Farmer Joins in His Funeral Feast

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 1

PARIS, Sunday (AAP): A 90 - year - old farmer, Jean Berton, of Cherac (Western France), who…

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Skeleton weed in wheat crops Considerable Acreage Affected

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

Mr. W. R. Watkins, District Agronomist, in his monthly report for January deals with wheat on the dry land districts…

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Challenge on the Wool Tax

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 4

Acting under the advice of their solicitors, the Australian Primary Producers' Union has issued the following statement…

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Wool Rises 11 Times Over 1939

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.) Wool and other fibres in 1950 cost up to 11 times prewar prices according to the Commonwealth…

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Sheep From Harden

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

Values for sheep and lambs were 5/ to 10/ lower at the Homebush auction last Monday, the penning totalling 22,982…

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Record Wool Price

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: As Australian record price [?] 365d. was paid for six bales of scoured wool from Julia Creek…

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Challenge to Wool Acts

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: There was no Commonwealth power to justify the legislation which took money from the…

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Record Wool Price in Qld

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— An Australian record price or 365[?] was paid for six bales ot scoured wool from Julia Creek at the…

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The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. Wool Report 7th February. 1951

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 3

We submitted a catalogue of 4,667 bales on Tuesday, 6th February. The selection was made up largely of clips from New England…

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Crimping Process for Low Grade Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1951 · page 2

Hailed in New York as the Wool Textile Industry's reply to Nyylon, a new method of crimping low grade wool has been…

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