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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Medium Wool Overtaking Fine Wool

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

The persistent pressure of demand for wool of medium to strong quality to fill Government orders for rearmament has now resulted in the…

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Wyalong Sheep Average £4/15/3

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 2

Mr. A. F. Frogley West Wyalong, and Younghusband Limited, Temora, report yarding 4,000 sheep at their opening conjoint…

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30ld Topped Sydney Wool Market

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

Nine bales of stylish sixty sixes combing fierce, on account of W. M. Chisholm, of Merrila, Goulburn, in Dalgety's catalogue topped…

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Country Producers Selling Company Only Fair Quality at Sydney Sheep Sales

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 6

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 1st March:--…

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Gundagai Junior Farmers’ Sixth Annual Show Exhibition Not Up to Usual Standard Quality Unsurpassed, But Quantity Sadly Lacking

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 3

IT would be a pity if the Gundagai Junior Farmers Show was to be relegated to things of the past, and such will be the case unless more interest and public support is accorded the annual event. Since 1946 the Junior Farmers Show has been an outstanding affair in the pastoral…

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M.I.A. Farmers Looking To Other Crops Than Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 6

Prominent M.LA. growers are thinking of abandoning wheat plantings next season and turning to such crops as linseed and oats. Both these crops are described as "sound…

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Melbourne Wool Sale

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 6

The Australian Estates Co. Ltd. report having held their ninth sale of the season on the 6th March, when they submitted a…

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Riverina Wool Sold in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 6

On Monday, March 5, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward in Sydney a catalogue…

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Wool Price Expected to Stay Up

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

Mr R. G. Lund, chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, stated recently that present prices for wool…

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World Short of Wool large British Consumptiton

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. report that the wool market this season has confirmed the opinion of the optimists. Various…

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Formula Sought on Export Butter Prices

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Australia is pressing the British mission now in Australia for a formula to adjust export prices…

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Strike at Abattoirs Cattle Left Unkilled

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Beef slaughtermen staged a sudden strike at Homebush Abattoirs this morning…

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Beef Men Strike at Homebush. Six Hundred Cattle Left In Pens

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The beef slaughtermen staged a sudden strike at the Homebush abattoirs this morning…

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Sold Wool in Old Mattress. Proved Profitable, at Current Prices

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 4

A few days ago Mr. and Mrs. F. Randall, of Cowra, were considering burning an ancient woollen mattress, believed to be about 40…

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Prison Farm Escapee Recaptured Had Walked 36 Miles

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — A prison farm escapee, recaptured in Sydney this morning, hud walked 36 miles from Emu…

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Farmers Fear Dry Season, Says Expert

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: After a run of good years, farmers feared a dry season, Mr. G. Nicholson, cereal specialist of…

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Escapee From Farm Retaken Walked 36 Miles From Emu Plains

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The prison farm escapee was recaptured in Sydney to-day after he had walked 36 miles from Emu Plains…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain, Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. report under date of 6th March, 1951: We submitted our catalogue of…

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Goulburn Sheep Skin Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Farmers and Graziers' sheep skin sale was held on Tuesday, March 13, when a very attractive catalogue of 5000 skins was…

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Boorowa Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Messrs. Pitt Son and Badgery, Ltd., Sydney and Boorowa, report having conducted a highly successful special sheep sale at…

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