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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Growers Must Decide Post-J.O. Wool Plan

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

In arranging a post-J.O. wool marketing plan the Federal Government should act only according to the wishes of the majority of…

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Three More World Records for Wool at Goulburn Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

GOULBURN, Wednesday: Three world records were established at the Goulburn woolsales today. Two bales of comeback wool brought 267½ pence, two bales of comeback broken 221½ pence,…

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Tumbarumba District Farms

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced this week g that two farms in the Tumba- rumba district were available…

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Butter Imports

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

OTTAWA, Thursday: The Canadian Government has decided to resume control over imports of foreign butter, an official…

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Phenomenal Wool Profits

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

A Walcha grazier, Mr. G. R. Hill received £129,000 in less than eight minutes at Sydney Wool Sales last week from 32 lots of greasy merino…

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Wheat Figures at Local Stacks

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Following are the figure of wheat at the local stacks Leeton, 22,000 bags; Whitton, 27,000 bags; Murraml, 40,000 bags…

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Drenching Sheep for Worms Some Important Precautions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

Sheep being drenched for worms should be kept in a standing position with head held horizontally or slightly raised, points out the…

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Remarkable Wool Values An Unusual Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The wool market has risen to a marked degree and its present level is attributable to causes outside the…

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High Rates at Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The closing rates of today's Sydney woolsales showed an advance of from par to five per cent,…

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Railway Tresspassers Caught Sleeping in Wheat Stack

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Two young men who came to Leeton from Semaphore and Port Pirie, South Australia, looking for work, were rudely aroused from…

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How Long Will the Wool Boom Last?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

The wool boom is definitely on and, if there is no war and no interference from outside, it may continue till the end of the Australian selling season. OUT as I suggested last week,…

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Wheat Case Application to High Court Discussed at Ganmain

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

At last Saturday’s meeting of the Ganmain F. and S. Association. Mr. E. M. Hamblin stated that application had been made to the…

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Moderate Supplies of Good Sheep. C.P.S. Report On This Week's Market

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 8

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 15th. instant:…

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World Uncertainty Spurs Wool Market Special Buying Will Continue, Say Experts

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

The wool market has risen to a marked degree and its present level is attributable to causes outside the usual factors which influence…

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Merino Wool Brings 312½d. More World Records Broken at Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

GOULBURN, Thurs: Three new world records were established at the Goulburn wool sales today. The records were: Merino wool 312½d; pieces 218¾d; and locks 162d…

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For the Man on the Land What Stabilisation Means in Cost to the Wheat Grower

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

What return do you expect to get for the wheat you have contributed to this season's pool? I have seen various calculations made recently, but the most accurate seems to be one from Western…

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Farm Near Humula Saved From Erosion

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A farm which was withheld from settlement in July, 1948, because of erosion had now been…

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Harvesting Subterranean Clover Seed Some suggestions for obtaining seed from established local stands for farmers' own use, together with an outline of the harvesting of commercial seed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

With the establishment now of Wimmera rye—sub clover on portions of a number of M.I.A. properties local farmers are desirous of…

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Older Men Had "Ruined" Many Farms

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Young men were saying that the older men had destroyed the farms because timber had been cut down and soil erosion had…

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Skeleton Weed Crop Competition Lessons

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

The Coolamon entry, that of Messrs. J. W. Jones and Son, of “Redlands,” Marrar, fared better than expected in the R.A.S…

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