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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 124

Tetanus Kills 25 Goulburn Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Twenty-five good young sheep recently died of tetanus on a property in the Goulburn district…

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Formula Sought on Export Butter Pr[?]

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 1

Australia is pressing the British mission now in Australia for a formula to adjust export prices for butter…

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Brokers Rushed with Mattress Wool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sydney woolbrokers are being rushed with offers to sell small amounts of wool, but most brokers are…

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Wool Report The Farmers and Graziers Co-Op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited. 6th March, 1951

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 4

We submitted our catalague of 4.071 bales on Monday, 5th instant. The selection, which for the most part comprised good attractive…

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Laborer to Be Tried on Wheat Stealing Charge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

A 50-year-old laborer, Grosvenor Thomas Hawthorne, of Shepparton, Victoria, was committed for trial at Wagga…

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7,500 Sheep Averaged £6/15/9 at Narrandera Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having conducted a very successful sheep sale at Narrandera on Friday last, 9th instant, when approximately…

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Low Offal Prices Hit Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

Australian wheat growers were suffering losses because of the low offal (bran and pollard) prices in Australia, a Wheat Board statement…

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Travelling Farm Exhibit

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

"Wool on Wheels," the Australian Wool Board's traveling display unit, was seen by over 100,000 people last year…

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Letters To The Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents) Wool Sales Deduction Acts (To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

Sir.—In your report of the meeting of Culcairn District Council of the F.S.A. appearing in "The Daily Advertiser" of…

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Two Shakes of a (Live) Sheep's Tail. Woman Can Tell But Animal for Wool

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 3

By two shakes of a lamb's tail, Mrs. Nancy Palmer, daughter of a New Zealand sheep farmer, can tell which lamb should be kept for…

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Formula Sought on Export Butter Prices Dairying Industry Facing A Crisis

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Australia is pressing the British mission now in Australia, for a formula to adjust export prices for butter to a level which would…

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Dipping or Spraying For Cattle Tick Control

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 6

Spraying cattle to control tick infestation gives only a small degree of protection by comparison with dipping--a spokesman for the…

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World Record Price for Lambs' Wool

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Wool values reached the highest level ever recorded at the closing day of the Geelong wool sales today…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers Co-op, Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 6th March, 1951

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 5

We submitted our catalogue of 4,071 bales on Monday, 5th Instant, The selection, which for the most part comprised good to attractive…

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World Short of Wool Large British Consumption

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-The wool market this season has confirmed the opinions of the optimists. Various factors have…

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Reduction in Wheat Acreage on Adjacent Dry Areas

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

The District Agronomist, Mr. W. R. Watkins, in his report to the Department of Agriculture, for the month of February,…

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U.n.o. and Boom in Wool Prices

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday (A.A.P.): New Zealand has told the United Nations that the boom in…

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Post J.-O. Wool Plan South Riverina Graziers Oppose Reserve Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

HAY, Thurs.: Strong opposition to the introduction of a wool reserve scheme to replace the present Joint Organisation…

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South Riverina Graziers Attack Wool Tax Act

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 1

HAY, Friday: The continuance of the Federal Government's Wool Sales Deduction Act was bad in principle and had not achieved the purpose which it was designed to meet, according to the annual…

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Highest Praise for Stud Cattle at Sydney Royal Show Riverina Entrants Prominent Among List of Awards

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The visiting Scottish judge, Lord Lovatt, of Inverness Shire, highly praised Shorthorns, Herefords, Devon and Aberdeen Angus stud cattle at the Royal Sydney Show today. Judging for the four breeds commenced this morning…

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