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Farming & the land, 1951

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Goulburn Sheep Skin Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 6

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

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Values for Strong Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 6

Figures compiled by the Australian Wool Realisation Commission reveal that the greatest demand is for good…

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Dubbo Graziers Oppose Wool Levy Plan

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 6

Woolgrowers were considered fair game to be plucked by rapacious politicians, and were becoming the feed…

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Country Producers Selling Company. Junee Sheep Sold for Almost £8 Each

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 15th, ist: Sheep: 17,032 sheep, 7,663 lambs…

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With the Man on the Land World Short of Wool Large British Consumption

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 6

The wool market this season has confirmed the opinions of the optimists. Various factors have contributed to its buoyancy but the basic c cause is the inadequacy of supplies compared with the r equirements of the world…

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American Farms "Grow" Concrete

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

A tourist motoring through pertain parts of the United States will find farms "growing" a strange crop of concrete slabs,…

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Big Swing From Dairy Industry

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 6

HIGH PRICES for wool and wheat and fewer labor or problems in meat productions had caused a diversion from the dairy industry. This was stated by Primary…

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Communists Hit Rural Men Farm Plant Suffers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 7

The intermittent Communist sabotage campaign on the coalfields and waterfront had particular significance…

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Dead Wool Thefts Two Men Convicted

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Before Mr. G. I. Cox, Stipendiary Magistrate, at Lockhart, on Friday, two men were convicted of stealing dead wool and also of…

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Favorable Ruddle-east Reports on Gabo Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

Gabo wheat, the rust resistant variety bred by Professor W. L. Waterhouse, of Sydney University, promises to be as valuable…

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Sweet Corn Now Well Established As Canning Crop

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

Although unheard-of on most Australian menus before the war, sweet corn now has a firm place in the diet of many Australians. It was grown on the M.I.A. for the first time on a…

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Local and General Cattle From Barmedman

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

The yarding of cattle totalled 2813 at the Homebush auctions last Monday the market for prime being firm and easier for…

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Strong Wool Has Nearly Closed the Gap in Wool Values

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

Figures compiled by the Australian Wool Realisation Commission this week reveal that the greatest demand is for good 56's…

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Wool and Metals Market Rises

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. report that the value of wool has continued buoyant, and its immediate future looks secure. Its…

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More Australian Records Broken at Show Cattle Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Another two Australian records were established during the second day of the stud beef cattle sales at the Easter Show today. During the two days of the sales four Australian records have been broken. "THE records established today…

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New Invention May Have Effect on Wool

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 5

Nearing completion at Castle Doughs Road, Duanirien, Scotland, is a ₤2,50,0000 factory which will shortly be producing large…

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Half of Wool Cheque Will Go in Tax?

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday — The retiring president of the South Australian Wool and Wheatgrowers' Association (Mr…

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Expects Most of Wool Cheque Will Go in Tax

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: The retiring president of the South Australian Wool and Wheat-growers' Association (Mr. W. F…

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New Indoor Light Developed in U.S. Also Provides Vitamin D for Farm Animals

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

"Indoor sunlight" is produced by a new fluorescent lamp, recently developed in the United States, when it is used with other…

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Strong Competition for Store Sheep at Wagga

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

Dalgety and Co. Ltd, in conjunction with Yohnghasband Ltd. Wagga, cleared a yarding of 10,000 store sheep at Wagga…

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