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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 124

Country Producers Selling Company. Heavier Supply of Poor Quality Sheep

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 16th. inst Sheep: 14,228 sheen, 10,031…

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Wheat Export May Stop In Few Years, Graziers' Assn. Told

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Within a few years' time Australia would not be exporting wheat, delegates to the annual conference of the Graziers' Association said today…

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For the Man on the Land No Need for Anxiety Over Wool

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 4

There seems to be no justification for any scare, or even anxiety, in regard to wool, for this season at any rate. "PRICES have fallen in all"…

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Sir Earle Page on 'Labor's Backsprings' Child Endowment Wool Tax and Red Bill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

FORBES, Thursday: "Labor has performed political backsprings and acrobatic contortions without parallel in the history of any party in this country," said the Federal Minister for Health (Sir Earle Page)…

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Labor's Promise to Repeal Wool Tax Is Scheme Against Wage Earners' Interest, Says Anderson

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 7

THE EDDIE WARDS, THE CALWELLS AND THE ROSEVEARS DON'T CARE TWO HOOTS ABOUT WOOLGROWERS AND THE PROPAGANDA THAT LABOR, IF RETURNED TO POWER WILL REPEAL THE WOOL SALES…

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Wool Report the Framers and Graziers Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 10th April 1951

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 5

We submitted a catalogue of 4,870 bales on Monday, 9th instant. The offering comprised a particularly good selection for this period…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes M.I.A. Farms Can be Improved Warning That Country Can Be Unhealthy

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 6

Need for city amenities on M.I.A. farms was emphasised by Dr. Joan Tully, Extension Officer for Ballingall and Lake Wyangan districts, when she stated that there were twelve times more communicable diseases due to bad sanitation in…

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Temperimental Dairy Cows Should Be Dehorned Or Culled

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 5

Some cows are naturally aggressive while others are timid; the aggressive beast is a menuee in the assembly yard and may cause…

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Wheat Famine Forecast "Pure Guessing"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Graziers' forecast of a wheat famine within three years was today described as "pure guesswork"…

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T.B.-Infested Cattle; Wide Clash of Views

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) tonight said that estimates by delegates to the Police…

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Boree Creek Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

The New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report having conducted a special sheep sale at Boree Creek on 11th April, when 3,500…

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Anxiety Grows As Butter Production Declines

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 3

Authorities in Sydney are anxiously watching the decline in this season’s butter production in NSW…

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Confidence Rising in Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

The Hardening tendency now progressing in Australian wool markets was emphasised by Dalgety’s Brisbane and…

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Wool Drop Was the Logical Readjustment of Values

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 4

Wool prices are down 15.6 lo 36 per cent., according to quality, compared with values ruling before Easter, but they arc still 5 to 14 per cent, higher…

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Letters To The Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents) Labor and Wool Tax Plan

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

SIR—With reference to Mr. Arthur Fuller's talk at Koorawatha, why does he, with the rest of Mr. Chiney's boys, keep…

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Some Wool Lines Rise

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: At Sydney wool sales today some lines appreciated from 2½ to 10 per cent compared with the closing…

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Some Rises in Wool Prices

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At Sydney wool sales yesterday some lines appreciated from 2 1/2 to 10 per cent. compared with the…

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Wheat Board Plans New Country Bins

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The Australian Wheat Board plans to erect emergency bins at country wheat sidings in N.S.W. and…

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Jubilee National Sheep Dog Trial Championship Local Owner's Success

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 8

In perfect weather at the Manuka Oval, Canberra, on Saturday, 3500 people saw Johnny, owned and worked by Mr. Athol…

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M.i.a. Research Overcomes a Crop Mystery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 6

A mystery conected with linseed production not only on the M.I. A. but throughout the wheat belt of N.S.W. where linseed is now grown has been successfully investigated by Leeton Experiment Farm…

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