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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

2,419 stories in Riverina's papers · page 27 of 121

N.s.w. Wheat Claim Denied by Graham

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs: Wheat acreage throughout Australia had tended to decline since 1949, the State Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said tonight…

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Liberal Rural Conference Will recommend wheat price rise

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

ALBURY, Thursday: The Liberal Party Rural Conference today decided to recommend to the Government an increase of 6/1 a bushel in the price of wheat for home consumption…

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N.s.w. Wheat Claim Denied by Minister

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. — Wheat acreage throughout Australia had tended to decline since 1949, the state Minister for…

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For the man on the Iand Bickering will not give us more wheat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

The battle for better all-round prices for wheat is becoming intensifted in all the States as the sowing season comes nearer. Since the granting of a Federal subsidy on stock…

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'Give Farmers Fair Share'-vic. Premier

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday : Federal taxation was the main cause of the decline in primary production in Australia…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Field Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

The Farmers and Settlers' Association will be holding the South-West Zone Field Day at the Yanco Experimental Farm…

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More Beef Will Make Better Farming (Dalgely's News Service)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

"At last we are beginning to realise that food production is indeed Australia's No. 1 industry: that meat and bread are more…

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Two Junior Farmer Schools At Yanco

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said that a Junior Farmers' School for boys would be held…

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Taxes and wheat production

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Modification of the wheat growers' tax was necessary to encourage farmers to grow…

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Wheat Coy. Refused Appeal to Privy Cl. Wheat Board Acquisition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Full Court today refused a wheat firm leave to bring an action before the Privy Council for compensation for wheat compulsorily acquired by the Australian…

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For the man on the land Easing Wool Values in Healthy Market in Healthy Market

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 5

The fact that wool valueS are still easing in Australia and overseas is by no means an unhealthy sign. It is quite in keeping with the stabilising influences that are at work to bring about an adjustment of prices in closer accord with values…

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Races to be held at Warwick Farm again

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Friday: The Australian Jockey Club's Warwick Farm meetings, at present held at Randwick, will…

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Australia's Biggest Farm to Grow More Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 1

sAustralia's largest wheat farmer is to increase his area by 10 per cent. in the coming season. He is Mr. E. F. Smart, of…

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Wool Selling Broker Dies

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 4

Mr. R. Sinclair Smith, a prominent figure in wool and financial business circles, died at his Vaucluse home last week after a short illness…

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Less Wool Being Exported

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): One fifth less wool was exported by the five principal Southern Hemisphere producing countries in the 1951-52 season up to December, the American…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Extended

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

Owing to the extreme shipping conditions Melbourne woolbrokers have agreed to extend the period of payment for wool purchased at auction…

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World Is Using Less Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

World consumption of wool last year fell from 2,652 million pounds in 1950 to 2,150 million pounds, the…

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Junee Sheep Sold in Sydney Country Producers Selling Company

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 13th inst:…

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Suspected Botulism in Sheep at Young

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

"Several suspected out[?] of botulism in sheep have been reported lately from the Gar[?]ar and Young districts said Mr…

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N.s.w. Wheat Prices

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

Rates fixed by the Australian Wheat Board at March 13, are: Millers' Lots: All prices for export on application to the…

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