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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Germany to Buy Wool More Freely. Consumption Will Go Higher for Years?

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 6

The wool market this season has confirmed the opinions of the optimists, reports Messrs Winch-combe Carson Ltd…

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Winter School For Poultry Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, Mi.A., said today that a Winter School for Poultry Farmers would be…

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Goulburn Man Experiments with Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 6

For perhaps the first time in mere than 40 years American Rambouillet rams have been imported into…

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Local Items Ambulance Wheat Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

Further donations to the Ambulance wheat appeal have been received through Mr. J. Morrow, officer in charge of the…

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Lorry Loaded with Cement Kills 89 Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 1

When a lorry loaded with 18 tons of cement ran into a mob of 2000 sheep Carcoar, 89 of the sheep…

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Lambs and Wool Increased Clip Retarded

The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 6

Seasonal conditions during the past 12 months have unquestionably hampered pastoral production. The…

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World's Use of Wool Production Rising

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: World consumption of wool in 1950 is estimated to have been 15 per cent. higher than world…

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Minister Denies Feed Wheat Price State Matter

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A strong denial that the price of wheat in Australia for stock feed or for any purpose other than human…

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Minister Denies Feed Wheat Price is Matter for States

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A strong denial that the price of wheat in Australia for stock feed or for any purpose other than human consumption, was a matter for the State Government, was made today…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Autumn brings danger to M.I.A. farms Growers warned to take care

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 3

Dangers of waterlogging and salting, with their inevitable sequel in the long run, of turning once fertile land into barren waste could not be disregarded by M.I.A. farmers, Mr. David V. Walters, Extension Officer, Leeton, warned this week…

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M.L.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Farmers may be wasting money Soil project launched on M.I.A.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 4

Thousands of pounds are spent unnecessarily every year by M.I.A. farmers in buying mixed fertilisers containing elements which the soils of the M.I.A. may not need. It is also suspected that similar large amounts are being…

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Wheat Acreage Down 30 P,c, High Wool Prices Discourage Farmers Season's Prospects

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 1

The District Agronomist (Mr. J. G. Ballantyne) points out in his monthly report issued to-day that there is a complete contrast…

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Share-Farmer at Boree Creek Charged With Wheat Theft

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

Grosvenor Thomas Hawthorne, fanner, appeared at the Wagga District Court yesterday on a charge of having stolen some wheat, the property of his partner, Alan Edward Parr, business manager, of Halloran…

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Will Use of Wool Start to Drop? Ominous Signs Appear on Overseas Markets

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

World consumption of wool in 1950 is estimated to have been 15 per cent. higher than world production, according to Messrs…

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Wagga Special Sheep Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd. and New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report a penning of…

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Wool Laden Truck Disappears

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wed.: Adelaide and Melbourne police have been asked to help trace a missing transport truck laden with wool…

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World’s Use of Wool Production Rising

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 7

World consumption of wool in 1950 is estimated to have been 15 per cent higher than world production.. The difference…

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U.k. to Pay More for Butter, Cheese and Eggs

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Increases in the United kingdom contract prices for butter, cheese and eggs announced tonight by the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen)…

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U.k. Will Pay More for Butter, Cheese and Eggs

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday—Increases in the United Kingdom contract prices for butter, cheese and eggs were announced last night…

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"Not Guilty" Plea Succeeds In Wheat Theft Trial

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

The plea of "not guilty", made by Grosvenor Thomas Hawthorne, farmer, late of Boree Creek, to a charge of having stolen a quantity of wheat, the property of his partner, A. E. Parr, of Wagga, was…

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