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Farming & the land, 1948

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Forbes Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 23

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. report a total yarding or 5,389 sheep and lambs forward on Tuesday, January 6, this number being 261 less than was drawn…

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Wheat Intake

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

APPROXIMATELY 25,000,000 bush. of wheat had been received at the N.S.W. silos to January 6, and 6,000,000 bushels in the bags…

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From Scrub Lease To Productive Dairy Cattle Run

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 10

A GOOD example of how scrub lease country may be put to productive use by the employment of a programme of improved pastures is…

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Wool-shed

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 21

"S.L.": The Information you ask is far too long to be given through this page or by mail, but it is hoped that space will be available to enable an article…

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Irregular Demand for Sheep

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 23

The State Marketing Bureau reports: Tho number of sheep and lambs available on Monday was relatively light, the yarding totalling 15,423 head of chiefly…

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New Process In Butter Making

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 11

AN entirely new procedure in butter making is being tested at the Norco Co-op. Ltd, factory at Lismore The tests involve the use of two recently invented continues…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 25

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. received the following wire from Geelong:"Opening wool sales Wednesday,excellent selection Western Victorian wools. All selection operating,…

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The Wool Trade; Brokers' Reports Rright Wool Outlook

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 25

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Reports from abroad favor the view of buoyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford, the United States and on…

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South Africans Turn To Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 10

IN South Africa a swing from sheep to cattle has been evident of late years. The intent returns show that…

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Royal Show Wheat Entries

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

The extraordinary weather conditions in the N.S.W. wheat belt have necessitated an extension beyond the original closing date set…

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Extension For Wheat Entries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

ALTHOUGH originally intended that the wheat entries for the 1948 Sydney Royal Show, price money for which amounts to £490…

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camberra Field Wheat Competion

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 8

The [?] P. and A [?] final[?] resulted in a [?] and [?]…

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Wheat Prices and Stabilisation

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 7

Sir.—For years we have [?] about the stabilisation of the wheat industry. But what is our actual position to-day? Had our…

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Australian Wheat Reaches U.k

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 8 (A.A.P.).— The British steamer Artemisia berthed at Belfast to-day with the fisrt cargo of Australian wheat…

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Official Tour of Wheat Belt

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

TWO officers of the Department of Agriculture, the Principal Agronomist (Mr. Bartlett) and the Acting Cercal…

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FlatRateDockage on Wheat

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

A FLAT rate dockage of 2½d. a bushel will be adopted on under quality wheat delivered to silos, the State Superintendent of…

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Closing Dates For Show Horses, Cattle, Pigs

The Land · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

The final closing dates for entries for the 1948 Royal Easter Show are: Horses, January 31; cattle and pigs, February 2…

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Wool Supply For Jap Mills

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

FROM overseas statements it would appear that Japan is to be supplied with some 005,000 bales of wool either during the…

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Labor Shortage In Wool Mills

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 8

ACCORDING to news received by N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Sydney, the Bradford woollen industry's labor…

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Advance In Merino Wool Values

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 12

WINCHCOMBE. CARSON LTD. Geelong (Vic.), report by wire that wool sales opened at Geelong on Wednesday with an excellent…

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