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Farming & the land, 1948

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World Wool Position

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 9

"Unless there is a world depression, the future of wool, with its interests fully watched and advanced, is secure," said Dr. Edgar H. Booth,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 7

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Street. The quantity catalogued…

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New Wool Fabric

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

MADE from blended yarns, contaning as per cent.wool and 5 per cent rayon, yet another new [?] has been developed by two…

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The Wool Trade; Broker's Reports Bright Wool Prospects

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 27

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Australian New Year wool sales have fully confirmed bright anticipations. The strong general competition experienced…

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Wheat Thieves Are Busy

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 7

WHEAT thieves arc busy round Ardlethan, Barellan and Leeton, where bags awaiting transport to the stacks have…

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Increase In Wheat Price

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 9

CANBERRA, Thursday. --The Federal Government will increase the guaranteed price for wheat…

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World Wheat Causes optimism

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.-- A striking improvement in the world's wheat situation has occurred in the past few weeks, according to Broomhall's Corn Trade News…

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Wheat Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations by the State Marketing Bureau

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 29

All.Overseas quotes are for Wednesday, January 14, 19-18, and arc to the nearest ohc-citflith of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English…

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Russian Wheat Harvest Shoves Increase

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

IT has been reported In the United States that the Russian 1847 wheat harvest totalled 875,000,000 bushels, compared with 700,000,000…

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Germination Tests of "Shot" Wheat

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

MR. J. A. O'REILLY, district agronomist at Gunnedah, recently made a couple of tests with two very badly "shot" samples of his…

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1948 Show Season Opens At Dapto With Good Display of Dairy Cattle by Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 16

THE first fixture in the 1948 show series was held at Dapto last week when some excellent dairy cattle exhibits were on parade. Exhibitors included breeders well known in the show ring at the Sydney "Royal."…

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Wool for Home and Sportswear

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 13

FOR France's current Winter, Parisian designers are dividing their favors between…

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Pollard Claims Wheat Sales Are "Just"

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

RECENT overseas wheat transactions have conferred on the wheat-growers of Australia complete and effective justice, declares the Minister…

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Growers Penalised To Provide Cheap Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

ALTHOUGH It was realised that England and India needed cheap wheat, It should be realised, too, that the formers of Australia should not…

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Labor M.p. and Wheat Harvest

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 10

Sir,—At a recent meeting of the Murrumbidgee Electorate Council of the A.L.P. Mr. Langtry, M.P., made the astonishing statement "that more…

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Dapto Show Cattle Reveal Effects Of Good Season

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

WITH a bounteous season being enjoyed on the South Coast, the Dapto show, held under the auspices of the Dapto A. and H. Society last Friday and Saturday, was a great success. Entries of A.I.S and Jerseys…

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Breeding Farm Stock Veterinary Microbes May Cause Abnormal Conditions In Wool; Effect of Moisture in Fleece

The Land · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 18

SOME years ago (July, 1941 and October, 1943) articles appeared in the veterinary column of "The Land" which are of interest in this season when blowfly strika is at its worst. The articles in question dealt with abnormal conditions of the wool, many being due to microbes. It can be readily imagined that with dust millions…

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Good Augury For Future Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN New Year wool sales have fully confirmed bright anticipations, The strong general competition experienced…

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Wool Board Unit To, Visit Shows

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

BEARING the slogan "Wool on Wheels," a mobile display unit, established by the Australian Wool Board, Is travelling on…

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Norco Reports Best Butter Output For Four Year Period

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 16

NORCO CO-OP. LTD. production figures were the best for the past four years, said the district manager (Mr. R. A. Harvey)…

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