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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 28 of 124

Boree Creek Farmer Acquitted

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

Grosvenor Thomas Hawthorne, farmer, of Boree Creek, appeared at the Wagga Quarter Sessions on Tuesday on a charge of having stolen…

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Goulburn Man Experiments with Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

For perhaps the first time in more than 40 years American Rambouillet rlams have been imported into Australia. They…

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Victoria to Buy Butter from N.Z.

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday:— Within the next month or so, Victoria would be importing butter from New Zealand at the…

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London Wool Sales Market Uncertain

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

LONDON Friday.—The April series of the London wool sales opened yesterday against an exceptionally complex background,…

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Further Decline In Wool Prices

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Prices for wool at the closing of the 10th series of Melbourne wool-sales today again showed a…

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World's Use of Wool Production Rising

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 4

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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Signs Of New threat To Premium Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 6

It looks as if a fresh attempt is being made by the Prices Branch in Sydney to discourage the buying of premium wheat by flour millers at prices greater than those for F.A.Q…

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Graziers May Aid University Appeal for Wool

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: When the Graziers' Association of New South Wales holds its annual conference on April 16,…

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Fears Over U.S. Wool-Blending Discounted

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: The statement made on the eve of an international wool conference in Washington this week by the U.S. Department of Defence that the U.S. Armed Forces' wool requirements would in…

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U.K. To Pay More For Butter, Cheese And Eggs

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Increases in the United Kingdom contract prices for butter, cheece and eggs have been announced by the Minister for Commerce and…

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"Eurolie" Bullocks Break Riec0rd Fat Sheep Dear at Tenon Sale

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

At Messrs. Younghusband's monthly sheep and cattle sale at Temora on Friday, several local records were broken or equalled…

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C.P. Conference Drops Protests Over Wool Tax

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The high price of wool was caused by the United States financing Italy, France, West Germany, and Japan to bid against American buyers, the Minister for Commerce and…

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For the Man on the Land Reserve-Price Wool Plan: Details Saught

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 6

Now that the woolselling brokers have completed their lists of producers entitled to vote in the referendum on the proposed floor-price wool scheme, the campaign for and against the plan is warning up…

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Details of Labor's Rural Policy Announced Mr. Pollard Attacks Govt. Over Local Price for Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: "Mr. McEwen (Federal Minister for Agriculture) stated within the last month that at the present time the [?]vernment had no intention of making up the difference between the local price for wheat and the…

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Successful Dairy Herd Sale Near Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 4

Perhaps the most successful sale of dairy cattle for many years held in Riverina was conducted on Wednesday at "New…

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Melb. Wool Prices Drop 20 per Cent

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Victorian wool, growers, dropped about £1,750,000 —£45 a bale—during the wool sales this week…

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Nine More War Service Farms

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Nine farms on Geraki Estate near Finley will be open for application under the War Service land Settlement…

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Waterlogging and Salting Danger On M.I.A. Farms

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 2

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

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Wagga Sheep Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 6

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

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U.s. Wool Squeeze Hint to Force Down Price

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 6

The US Government is reported to be considering two drastic steps to combat the high price of wool…

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