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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

2,466 stories in Riverina's papers · page 79 of 124

For the Man on the Land Next Week's Momentous Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 4

The stage is set for what promises to be another momentous wool-selling year, with speculation rife as to market trends and probable prices, stockpiling policies and allocation fears…

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Synthetics in Suits Not Real Success. U.S. Spending Money to Counter Wool

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 3

"American suits containing 40 per cent, nylon have not proved entirely satisfactory," Mr. Ray Bladwell, former manager of…

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Dairy Cows to £30 at Coolac Sale

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

Dairy Dairy cows made to £39 at Coolac on Wednesday, when L. M. Boyton conducted a highly successful clearance sale on…

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Junee's Case for New Industries Meeting Farms Out Research for Details

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 5

A meeting called by the Mayor (Ald. C. Leslie) was held in Junee tot night to discuss the presentation of a case to…

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Scarcity Of Containers For Superphosphate Farmers Asked To Supply Own Bags

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

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

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16 Gundagai Dairies Close Farmer Gives The Reason

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 4

Two-thirds of the number of dairy farms at Tumblong in the Gundagai district have closed since the introduction of price…

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Coolamon Farm Sold

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

A farm of 640 acres, about six miles northeast of Coolamon, on the Temora Road with the dwelling and some improvements in…

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Woollen Good [?] Dearer Even [?] Wool Price [?]

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The [?]tralian public would pay [?] higher prices for [?]ments next winter, even [?]…

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M.l.a. Criticises Small Increase in Butter Price

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Labor M.L.A. for Liverpool Plains (Mr. R. Nott) today criticised the action of the New South Wales…

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Australia "Bound To Sell Surplus Butter To Britain At Loss"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Australia was bound by a firm contract with the British Government to sell this year its surplus butter and cheese at a loss of 7d. lb., the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) said in Sydney tonight. THE Minister left Sydney by…

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Wool Plan Defeated in Referendum Growers Against Reserve Price

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The referen[?] among woolgrowers, which closed [?]st 23, resulted in a majority of [?]wers voting against the proposed…

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More Crops Per Acre

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 6

AN answer to many farmers' problems has been produced by a British firm in the shape of a rotary hoe which, they claim, cuts costs and creates the best possible conditions for…

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Dairy Farmers Disgusted N.S.W. Government’s 6d. Rise In Butter Price

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

North Coast dairy farmers were “mad with rage” because of a statement by the Premier (Mr McGirr) on the price of butter. Mr McGirr had said that the proposed increase of 6d lb in the retail price of butter would be “more…

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Calcium Deficiencies Affect Teeth of Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

That abnormal molar development in sheep is due to dietary deficiencies has been demonstrated by experiments carried but by…

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Withholding of Butter Qld Threaten Legal Action

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday — Legal action will be taken by the Queensland Government to ensure butter supplies to the…

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May Sue [?] Butter Withheld Queensland Threatens Action

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: Legal action [?] be taken by the Queensland Government to ensure butter supplies to the [?], the Deputy Premier…

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Wool Reserve Price Plan Rejected

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

By a four to one majority woolgrowers rejected the reserve price plan. Voting was 63,000 against…

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Turkeys Better Than Sheep at £7 Per Bird

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

Despite the high prices being paid for wool, some growers we finding turkey breeding, an even more lucrative proposition…

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Cattle Poisoned by Arsenic Dips Should Be Well Fenced

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

Four cows and four yeralings died recently in the Casino district from arsencal poisoning…

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District Graziers’ Loss: Dogs Kill Over 100 Sheep Killers Trailed And Shot

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

Over the past few weeks Gundagai graziers, whose holdings are situated in the area from Tarrabandra to the half-way on the Gundagai Tumut road, have suffered heavy sheep and lamb losses through the maraudings of two wild…

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