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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 124

Is Wool Boom Ending?

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

IS AUSTRALIA’S RECORD SHATTERING Wool BOOM SLOWLY DEFLATIN G? Anxious manufacturer‘s and wool experts are asking this is they watch prices drift lower at successive auctions…

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Australia 'Grows World's Poorest Wheat'

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Australia now grew the poorest wheat to the world, Mr. E. Breakwell, a delegate to the annual meeting…

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America and Wool The Supply Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

Winohcombe, Carson, Ltd., report At a period when demand for wool became somewhat unsettled because of the withdrawal ol a large volume…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers Co-op Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 25th April, 1951

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

We submitted our catalogue of 6,041 bales on Tuesday, 24th inst. The offering included a number of late shorn clips from the Western…

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The Wool Outlook Present Level of Values

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

Winchcomhe, Carson Ltd. report the wool market has continued to some irregularity, particularly in regard to faulty lines. That…

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Wheat and Oats Irrigable Land M.I.A.—Leeton Shire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

As previously stated the wheat acreage will be 50 per cent or less this year and of this reduced area little has yet been sown. There has…

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Sheep Causes Car to Turn Over. Unusual Accident at Old Junee To-day

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

A sheep caused a car to turn over on a district landholder's property this morning. The car and the sheep, were…

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For the Man on the Land Australian Merinos To Improve Wool Quality in U.S.

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

It is strange how the whirling of time changes all kinds of things, even Governments and national policies, but more particularly, trading practices and the ideas of those responsible for them…

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Says Farmers Paying Out Millions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Australian primary producers were subsidising the local food market to the extent of £100-million a year. This was stated by the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) in the Legislative Assembly today…

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Dairy Schools Dates

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday : Dairy science schools were being held again this year, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said…

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[?]Ail Damage to Rice Crops

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 2

The rain on Tuesday was accompanied by hail which damaged rice crops in all parts of the Area, particularly at Murrami, Whitton and…

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Gundagai Junior Farmers Win State Championship

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

GUNDAGAI gained first and third places in the State wide Junior Farmers Beef Raising Championship. First has been awarded to Robyn Elliott of Gundagai, and third place to Robert Smith of South Gundagai…

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Farm, Fodder Competitions R.A.S. Again Conducting State- Wide Quest

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 1

The Royal Agricultural Society Is again conducting a State-wide Farm and Fodder Competition this year and is giving prize money to…

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Record Entries Expected in Dairy Contest

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: A record number of entries is expected for this year's dairy farm competition…

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Wool Exports Double

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

The value of Australian wool exported overseas during the nine months ended March this year was double the value of wool exported in…

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Tripped by Sheep and Severed an Artery

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

Whilst crutching sheep at Whitton on 4th May, Mr. E. J. Sheldrick was tripped up by one of the sheep, and in falling his left hand contacted the…

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Kangaroos Said to Be Eating Sheep's Grass

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Big mobs of Kangaroos in the far south-west of N.S.W. are eating grass badly needed by sheep…

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The Week in the Wool Market

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

With dramatic suddenness U.S.A. buyers reentered the wool market at Geelong on Thursday, 10th, after an absence since the…

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With the Man on the Land Butter Shortage Forecast

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 7

MANY dairies had closed because of the shortage of labor, and a shortage of butter and milk was likely, Mr. Nott (Lab., Liverpool Plains) said in the Legislative Assembly last week…

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Threat to Wool [?] U.k. Arms Plan

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

Fears that Britain’s export drive to pay for rearmament may deprive her wool textile industry of the means…

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