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Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 124

Sheep Dogs Guard Flocks of Turkeys. Raising Birds On a Huge Scale

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

A flock of 3.000 turkeys is to he marketed during the next two months by Messrs R. A. Jacob Pty. Ltd., of Bumbaldry in…

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Importance of Dairy Industry, Stressed in Us

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 2

Australia's current problem of not sufficient fluid milk and butter to satisfy domestic requirements, is not shared by the…

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Orchardists Grow Fruit Cases Timber As a Crop

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 3

An outstanding example of how orchardists solved the difficulty of obtaining, cases in which to pack their fruit crop, comes…

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"Public Must Pay" If It Wants More Dairy Goods

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: If the Australian public wanted to get sufficient dairy products in six years, then they must be prepared to pay something more than the cost of production, as had been the case in the…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited under date of 22nd June, 1951, report as follows:…

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Records Go At Gundagai Cattle Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 1

YESTERDAY’S cattle sale at Gundagai was the best ever held locally. Over 2,000 head of fat and store cattle were yarded and a total clearance was effected at prices which eclipsed all previous records established at the…

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[?] Dave Milthorpe at Sydney Sheep Show

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 5

[?] Milthorpe of somerset Park Stud Jerilderie and formely of Narrandera has just won the strong wool ewe championship at the Sydney Sheep Show with the ewe on the right. Standing next is the reserve champion from Mungadal, held by the manager, Mr. John Storey…

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Values Down at Sydney Sheep Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday — Values were down at the Jubilee Stud Sheep Sale yesterday, mainly because most top quality lots were…

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Fall in Lamb Prices, More Butter Shortly

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A heavy fall la lamb prices is expected In a few weeks, but the meat out­look for the present is grim,…

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Says Victorian Butter Will Later End Shortage

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 6

Production of butter should overtake consumption in Victoria in July, and catch up with the Australia wide shortage.—particularly that affecting…

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Reserve Price Wool Marketing Scheme

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

Speaking in support of a campaign organised by the Executive of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W., Mr. Geot. Ashton made the…

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Advance on No. 13 Wheat Pool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

The chairman of the Wheat Board (Sir John Teasdale) announced on Tuesday that approval had been granted for the payment of the fifth…

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The Last Week in the Wool Market

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

Australia's most momentous wool selling season is nearing its close. Last week's sales in Sydney and Newcastle were the final curtains for…

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Hay Graziers to Oppose Wool Reserve Plan

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

A special meeting of the Hay branch of the Graziers Association of Riverina has unanimously decided to oppose the proposed Wool…

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Sheep Body Strike Prevention Trials In Scone and Bunnan District

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

Five body strike prevention trials have been undertaken in the Scone and Bunnan district over the past six months by…

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Lucerne in the Wheat Rotation Successes With Sown Pasture

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

As lucerne is becoming more popular with the wheat farmer for use in the wheat rotation, a trial was…

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Concessional Sales of Wheat Move to Amend Present Law

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

Mr. W. A. Chaffey, Country Party, MLA, for Tamworth, said that the fact that the NSW Minister for Agriculture (Mr…

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Decline in Wheat Acreages New south Wales Largely Responsible

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

Since the post-war peak of 13,880,000 acres was reached in the 1947-48 season areas sown to wheat in Australia have…

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Evenness in Fleece "Lambs" Tails Hold the Secret," Says Wool Scientist

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 1

"Don't threw away lamb's tails till you've read their index to the evenness of fleece in the grown sheep, says a British research scientist…

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With the Man on the Land World’s Wool Use Merino and Crossbred Clips

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

A British authority at the recent International Wool Conference estimated that 1950 world consumption of…

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