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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 124

Country Producers Selling Company. Junee Sheep Sold at Market in Sydney

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 7

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 12th. instant…

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Wool Worth More Than Gold or Diamonds to South Africa

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

South Africa's gold mines (the most productive in the British Commonwealth) today play second fiddle to wool as the Union's…

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'Australia Safer for British Factories Wholesale Change Must Have Stabilised Wool

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

A plan to link regional development in Australia with wool stabilisation will be submitted to trade interests in England early next…

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Office Bearers for Junee Reefs F. & S. Two "Wheat" Resolutions Passed at Meeting

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Junee Reefs branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association this week re-elected the previous oftice…

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Wheat growing on Irrigation Areas Comments by Mr. W.R. Watkins District Agronomist

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

In his monthly report for January Mr. W.R. Watkins, District Agronomist, refers to wheat crops grown on the…

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Damage to Roads by Farm Machinery Future Offenders to Be Prosecuted

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

The Shire Engineer, Mr. Champion reported as under to the Council on Tuesday last: There have been many instances…

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U.s. Prediction of Higher Wool Values

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 5

Business in U.S.A. is in a transitional stage as shifts are made to a near-war economy. Advice to Dalgety's from their correspondent in Boston report that defence production will be well…

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Court Reserves Decision on Wool Tax Claim

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Full High Court to-day reserved its decision on a claim by two members of the Australian…

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Thieves Shear Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A statement issued today by the Australian Wool Board says that thieves have been shearing…

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Repayments of Wheat Expected Next Month

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 4

The Wheat Board had now arranged with the Commonwealth Bank for repayments of approximately £17 million collected from wheat growers…

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Why the Wool Market Rose Last Week

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

How strong buying by the largest operator in the commonwealth forced wool prices up last week-end and injected [?] fresh…

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Department on Best Wheat to Sow. Twelve Varieties in the Latest Recommendations

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 8

Variety recommendations of wheat for sowing in New South Wales in 1951 have been prepared by the Division of Plant Industry…

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With the Man on the Land Keleton Weed Increasing in the Gundagai District Pastoral and Agricultural Review

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 7

“Skeleton weed is prolific throughout the whole of the Wagga district and is increasing in incidence at Bat[?]ow Gundaga and Tumbarumba and in those latter nam[?]d centres may prove a post on arable land unless…

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House Auctioned in Junee, Brings £1,300. Retired Coolamon Farmer To Live In This Town

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 8

A three-bedroom weatherboard cottage with vacant possession was sold at public auction in Junee on Saturday last for £1300…

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Stop Sheep Thefts More Police Urged

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

The N.S.W. president of the Liberal Party, Mr. Lyle Moore, last week urged the State Government to allot more police to…

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Grazier's Scheme for Wool Plants

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

A plan to link regional development in Australia with wool stabilisation will be submitted to trade interests in England…

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Wheat Yield 183,400,000 Bushels

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: Australia's wheat harvest for the 1950-51 season totalled 183,400,000 bushels—16.7 per cent below the…

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America Short of Wool Prospects Promising

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. repot: No particular country is responsible for the widespread competition being experience…

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Cr. Reg. O'neill and Wheat Research (to the Editor)

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

Sir.—A storm has been whipped up among wheat men because. I succeeded in gaining Wheat Board support to pay £130,000 into a…

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Poor Crops

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Fanners throughout Britain are faced with the possibility of the worst crop failures for years because…

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