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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 77 of 124

Residential Farm Sold at Auction

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

Mr. T. E. Wright, Licensed Real Estate Auctioneer, reports having submitted Mr. Bert Schier's residential farm of approx. 12 acres near Leeton…

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Experimental Drainage Project M.I.A. Farmers Sob £1900 Trial

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

An experimental lay-out for tile draining an orchard farm to which £3000 has been allocated by the Minister for Conservation…

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Scarcity of Containers for Superphosphate Farmers Asked To Supply Own Bags

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

A drastic cut in the supply of containers for the distribution of fertiliser is causing great concern among primary producers…

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Fashion Styles Modelled in Butter

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 3

An attractive feature of the dairy produce exhibition at the Wagga Show is the winning exhibit shown by Mrs. R. G…

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Butter Price to Rise by 6d

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — The Premier (Mr. McGirr) announced that the N.S.W. Government had agreed to increase the retail…

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Wool Entries at Show of High Standard

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 7

Excellent high quality of all exhibits compensated for the dearth of entries in the wool section at Wagga Show this year…

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Sheep Sections Well Up To Standard, Say Wagga Show Judges

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 4

With nearly 400 separate entries covering all breeds, the sheep sections at the Wagga Show this year were well up to standard. However, more than one judge complained that the bigger studs seemed to be neglecting the Wagga Show…

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Butter Price to Soar by 6d TO 2/8 Per Pound

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) today announced that the New South Wales Government had agree to increase the retail price of butter from 2/2 to 2/8 1b. He said that the price increase would not apply until the Government issued…

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Wool Interests Wait Australian Sales Is U.S. Subsidising Factories for Synthetics?

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 6

The wool market at present is in contrast to the experience of last August. Then values were ascending rates for private sales…

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Snow Isolates Farms in Southern Alps

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Several roads and outlying farms have teen isolated by heavy snow which fell over the Southern Alps…

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U.S. to Have Second Largest Crop. Floods Reduce What Might Have Been Record

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 2

Although recent midwestern United States floods have reduced the estimated wheat crop yield this year, the U.S. Department of…

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Why Hot More Butter ?

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 4

Although milk production in 'Australia has risen by only 1 per cent in the past twelve years our population has grown by 20 per…

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Why Not More Butter ?

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 8

Although milk production in Australia has risen by only 1 per cent in the past 12 years our population…

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Why Not Moke Butter?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

Although milk production in Australia has risen by only 1 per cent, in the past 12 years our population has grown by 20 per cent. in the…

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Butter Up 6d. lb

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

The. Governments of NSW and Queensland announced this week that they would raise the retail price of butter…

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Sheep Firm at Homebush

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 4

Dalgety's News Service reports that at the Homebush sales on Monday last 10,346 sheep and lambs were yarded, and were mixed quality…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 2

Prices obtained, during wool selling season of 1950/51 reached a peak which was an outstanding record in the long…

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Fall in Wool Consumption

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 2

During June, the rate of wool consumption in the United Kingdom textile industry declined sharply for the 10th month in…

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Three Children Burned to Death on Sheep Station

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Two boys, aged five and three, and a girl aged four, were burned to death last night when fire…

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Monday's Wool Sales Prospects Now Brighter

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday— Brokers expect wool values to be fully maintained at the new season's sales beginning in Sydney on…

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