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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

2,419 stories in Riverina's papers · page 52 of 121

Junee Wheat Sub-terminal Officially opened by Mr. Graham

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 2

The second big bulk wheat sub-terminal erected in New South Wales was officially opened by the Hon. E. H…

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The Week in the Wool Market Dalgetv's News Service

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 6

With good lines of merino 64's-70's wool approximately back to the October peak- of- season averages at Brisbane…

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Firm Values at Wool Sales Report on Sydney Auction Market

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 7

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd sold 5,780 bales of wool at auction and privately at the Sydney sales this week…

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More Wool Used As Population Up. Big Production Drop Registered in N.S.W.

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 6

Lack of normal supplies of wool at consuming centres and the small quantities now available for sale are the…

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Potato Crop Will Provide Funds for Tumbarumba Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 3

The Tumbarumba Show Society committeemen will soon begin, literally, to harvest additional funds for the society. A potato crop was grown…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Grower holds key to citrus export M.I.A. Farms Can Make or Mar Markets

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 4

Prospects of heavier exports of citrus fruit from the M.I.A. to overseas countries, particularly New Zealand, led to comment this week by Mr. W. Wynnard, fruit inspector, M.I.A. Agricultural Service, Leeton, that bad…

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Sheep Show Sales Prices Higher

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Rates for British-breed sheep auctioned at the Sydney Sheep Show today were well above last…

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Griffith-israel Sheep Airlift Delayed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 1

GRIFFITH, Friday: The aviation fuel shortage has delayed for two months a flight of over 100 Corriedale sheep from Griffith to Israel, scheduled for early in June…

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Wool Report

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report under date 28th May, 1952:…

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Wool Styles by Jean Desses

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 2

This white wool picture skirt is embroidered with stars, and is worn with a strapless navy wool jersey corsage. Desses adds a…

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The Farmers' & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Wool Report 28th. MAY, 1952

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

We submitted on Tuesday the 27th. inst., a catalogue totalling 4,134 bales, the selection including a number autumn shorn wools from the far-Western and Central Western areas, also the North-Western Plains…

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Good Supply of Sheep on Offer. Report on Homebush Stock Market

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 8

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reports the following sales at Homebush market on 29th. May:…

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Modern Methods Aid Soldier Settlement Farms

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 4

Pasture improvement programmes on soldier settlement farms are doubling and even trebling carrying capacity and…

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They’ll Farm, Not Merely Harvest The Seas

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 4

Scientists are new at work on ways of farming the seas, building new soils, cultivating plants in water, accelerating growth of livestock and sorting chemicals out of the ocean So Dr. Vannevar Bush,…

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Sheep dog trials

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

A sheep dog working sheep through a race at the sheep dog trials at Sydney Showground…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited, Sydney, on May 28, 1952, report…

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Corriedale Sheep Sales Mangoplah buyers tops bids

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

SIDNEY, Monday: At the sheep sales today there was a very strong market for Corriedales…

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We Are Still "On the Sheep's Back"

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 2

By the way of reminder to city people of the source of the bulk of their export money, sheepmen have displayed some of…

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"Let it blow, let it blow ..." with Windbreaks, Shelter Belts on the Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 4

Windbreaks and sheter-belts are a valuable asset to any farm," according to an article in the latest issue of "Herd Recorders' Letter.' published by the N. S. W. Department of Agriculture. "Dairy fanners in particular"…

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Wheat Outlook Is Not Bright. 75 Per Cent of Last Year's Area to be Sown

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 5

The wheat crop position is not bright and present indications are that the total area in the district will only be 75…

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