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Farming & the land, 1947

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Wool From Stock to Be Offered

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 11

CHAIRMAN of the Australian Wool Realisation Commission (Mr. J. F. Murphy) advices that U.K. Dominion Wool Disposals Ltd.,…

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Chifley on Aust. Wool for Japan

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today that the proposal to resume Australian wool exports…

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Americans Co-operate With Wool Secretariat

The Land · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 18

To achieve a large and ever-expanding wool market, the American branch of the International Wool Secretariat was working closely with…

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Chifley on Aust. Wool for Japan

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA Friday. --The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said today that the proposal to resume Australian wool exports…

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Wool Deal Cut Down "Fear Of Criticism"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, Feb. 13.—High officials attached to General MacArthur's headquarters believe that fear of criticism within Australia…

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Aust. Wool For Japan; Growers Query Minister

The Land · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 3

THE Japanese occupation authorities will buy 120,000 bales of burry topmaking wool from Australia…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney. Thursday, February 13

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

All overseas quotes are for Wednesday, February 12, 1947, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Mystery Bale of Wool Left at Botany Scour

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

POLICE are anxious to contact the owner of a 2501b bale of scoured wool, which was left at Glendenning's Wool "Scour, Botany, on January 9…

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Mystery Bale of Wool Left at Botany Scour

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 3

POLICE are anxious, to contact the owner of a 2501b. bale of scoured wool, which was left at Glendenning's Wool Scour. Botany on January 9…

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Make Lines Of Wool As Big As Possible

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

Sydney wool sales will continue without further interruption up to March 6. During that period approximately 45,000 bales will…

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Mystery Bale of Wool Left at Botany Scour

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

POLICE are anxious to contact the owner of a 250lb. bale of scoured wool which was left at Glendenning's Wool Scour. Botany on January 9…

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Queensland Weekly Letter. Freezer Locker Plants For Dairy Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 10

IN an effort to lift quality of dairy products the Queensland Butter Board has started to assemble refrigeration looker plants for the State's 23,000 dairy farms. condition of the first six…

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Farmer Makes Call For More Vigorous Leadership In Dairying Industry Affairs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

APPALLING seasonal conditions which the dairy industry had experienced within the last year, plus the protracted delay by the Commonwealth Government in granting the producer a payable return for his produce, was approaching a national calamity, said. Mr. George Johnson, Taylor's Arm, Macksville, in a letter to "The…

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Notes from Victoria Committee To Plan For Stabilised Wool Marketing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 11

A SPECIAL committee has been appointed by the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' [?]ation to draw up plans for the…

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Wool Marketing Plan Proposed To Follow J.O.; Producers Want Action

The Land · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 1

SUGGESTIONS for a stabilised wool marketing plan, to take the place of the Joint Organisation scheme at the termination of the present arrangement, were considered by the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation at a meeting in Melbourne this week…

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N.S.W. Wheat Disaster Caused Big Slump In C'wlth. Figures

The Land · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 7

THE fall of the estimated Australian avorage wheat production from 12.46 bushels per acre in 1945-46 to 9.44 bushels in 1946-47 was mainly due to adverse seasonal conditions in Now South Wales, which has in recent years been the largest wheat-producing State…

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Wool Prices Not Unduly High "Still Cheapest Raw Product in World" Federation President's Review

The Land · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 2

THE Joint Organisation reserve wool price had indeed proved a floor price, said the president of the Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation (Mr. F. E. Hitchins) in his address to the half-yearly meeting…

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Growers In N.S.W. Can Get Seed To Sow Large Area Of Wheat This Season

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 16

WHEAT harvesting in New South Wales was completed in January and the total was 15,000,000 bushels. F.A.Q. sample has been determined as of 621/2-lb. per bushel weight, and is moderately bright, a little slack in the filling of a plump grain and slightly below average in cleanliness, said the N.S.W. Cereal Specialist…

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Trade, Finance, Produce, Overseas Markets 725,000 Bales Empire Wool Stocks For Sale Before June 30

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 18

About 725,000 bales of wool from stock will be sold in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Britain before June 30. The programme has been fixed…

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Big N.S.W. Wheat Acreage Likely To Be Sown Dept. Cereal Expert Reviews Prospects Wheatmen Are Anxious To Recoup Their Drought Losses

The Land · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 7

FARMERS in New South Wales intend to plant a large area to wheat this year. Stating this, the Cereal Specialist of the N.S.W. Dept. of. Agriculture (Mr. H. Bartleit) pointed out this week, that no…

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