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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 124

U.S. Farm Families Want 1-Storey Homes Review Shows Effect of Ranch House Types

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 6

A recent survey of farm families living in the north-central part of the United States reveals that they prefer one-storey houses…

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Flood Damage at Maitlnd. Farmers Left Areas, Not Likely to Return

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

The following article from the Maitland Mercury paints a desolate picture of conditions ruling after the series of devastating…

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Butter, Other Goods on Strict Ration

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Many essential goods have disappeared from grocers' shelves and become "under the counter lines" because of panic buying by house­wives in the past weeks…

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The Wool Position Values Compared

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Advanced prices for wool tops, yarns and manufactures from January to March gave a…

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Farms for Ex-soldiers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minster for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) last night said that 12 farms on the Bullagreen estate, near…

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Minister's Plea to Dairymen and Wheatgrowers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday: Warning dairymen and wheatgrowers not to abandon their industries for, wool-growing, the Federal…

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Letters to the Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our Correspondents) The Wool Plan (To the Editor, "The D»By Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2

Sir.—Woolgrowers are entitled to have published in the Press immediately the full text of the Wool Plan, the whole plan and…

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Minister Asks for Butter Rise

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday—An appeal to State Prices Ministers to increase the retail price of butter was made by the…

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Minister Seeks Rise for Butter

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday : An appeal to State Prices Ministers to increase the retail price of butter was made today by the…

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Closer Settlement in the Junee District Could Have Effect on Blending of Sheep Breeds

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 3

The growth of closer settlement, which has had a marked effect in Junee and district, is referred to in the annual review of Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. In this immediate area a large number of new holdings have sprung up over the past…

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New M.I.A. Farm Leader

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 3

After leading the M.I.A. farm community for three years as president of M.I.A. District Council of Extension Groups, Mr. Francis R. Polkinghorne, of Hanwoodfi relinquished office to Mr. W. N. Hogan, of…

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Valuable Help by Farm Experts. Co-operation Between Buying and Selling

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 2

Extension marketing specialists in the State of Michigan are helping consumers, grocers and farmers in the United States learn…

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COMMERCIAL Wool Market

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 2

On Tuesday, May 29, New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 3,948 bales…

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Goulburn Wool Sale Off

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

GOULBURN, Wednesday: Because of the irregular market and the small amount of wool available, the season's final wool sale…

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£700 Million for Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 5

It is now practically certain that the Australian wool cheque for the 1950-51 season will reach almost…

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Bradford Says Wool Position Impregnable

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 2

THE downward trend of wool values since Easter has been watched with very close attention by the trade, and with not a little concern by Australian wiolgrowers. The fact that wool prices…

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Minister Sees Wool Boom Danger

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 4

The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Mr. J. McEwen, warned Australian farmers against trying to "cash in" by switching to wool from…

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Thumbs Down On Wool Plan

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 7

Agriculture Minister McEwen was not getting much support for his wool marketing plan. Three powerful woolgrower’ bodies have advised their members to oppose the plan at the forthcoming…

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