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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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One Man W[?] Grow More Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 2

PERTH. Wed.: [?]pite indications acreage under w[?] in Australia with…

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The Week in the Wool Market

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 3

Stronger tendencies were again in evidence in the wool market this week, and the sagging values of the preceding week…

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Rice Crops Remarkable Recovery

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

Mr. J. Brady, chairman of the Rice Marketing Board, accompanied by the secretary, Mr. C. E. Dalton, made an extensive tour of inspection of the…

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Castle Turned Into Silk Farm Cocoons Thread For Coronatiton Gown

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday—Thousands of silk cocoons are being carefully guarded in ancient Tudor castle in Eynsford (Kent)…

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Help for Dairyfarmers Urged

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 2

To lift dairyfarm outputs, farmers must be helped to get supplies of superphosphate, lime and other materials for soil…

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Junior Farmers Will Make History at Yanco Tractor School

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 6

First school exclusively for junior farmers to be arranged at Yanco Experiment Farm since it was made known that…

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Rain Urgently Needed at Gundagai Condition Of Crops And Pastures

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 6

At least three inches of rain is urgently needed in the Gundagai Tumbarumba listricts, states the district . .Agronomist (Mr. F. J. Nicholsin) in his monthly report. Wheat (Grain)…

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Local Wool Appraisements

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 3

With United Kingdom buyers operating with more confidence and Continental buyers again taking the bulk of offerings,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1
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SYDNEY, Friday—Very firm values ruled for all descriptions compared with Wednesday's when the 12th series of wool…

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Local Wool Appraisements

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report--We sold 5,120 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney on Tuesday. There was…

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Warning on wheat acreage

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A further serious decline in wheat acreage would be inevitable this season, unless immediate action were taken to encourage growers to plant more wheat, Mr. L…

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Sydney Wool Sale Report Good Competition

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report having sold 3120 bales of wool at auction and privately on Tuesday…

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Value of Molasses Doubtful For Feeding Sheep During Drought

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

"The common impression among sheep men that molasses has particular virtues in drought or supplementary feeding of sheep needs…

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For the man on the land No progress reported on the wheat front

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

Here we are well into March and as much at sea at ever regarding the prospects for next season's wheat acreage. From all one can hear in Canberra last Week's Agricul[?]…

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Tax Deferments Given to 23 Local Farmers Taxation Officers' Interviews on Fire Losses

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

More local landholders than in any other town in the itinerary of two Taxation Department officers visited them in Cootamundra to seek deferment of amounts of fheir provisional tax because of bush…

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Yanco Experiment Farm as irrigation college Chamber of Commerce concerned over delay in implementing proposal Letter to Be Sent to State Member

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

A well attended meeting of the Leeton Chamber of Commerce on Monday night, unanimously supported the resolution moved by Mr. W. Farrell, that a letter he sent to the State Member, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A., requesting him to approach…

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Struggle Against Pests Department of Agriculture Backs Farmers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 6

A farmer studies the label on his tin of insecticide, mixes up his field-spray or sheep dip and goes all out after pests. He…

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Wheat Speedup Urged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Commonwealth Government has been asked by the State Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to speed up the shipment of wheat to New South Wales…

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Mad fight in store for butter

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Ten women collapsed when several thousand men end women swept into McDowell's George…

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