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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wheat Crop In Victoria May Be Near Record

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Wheatgrowers from the Mallee [?] Wimmera wheatgrowing [?]eas predict that this year's…

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Do You Need More Butter

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 2

IT will be a fine feeling when we can throw away that last food ration card—the one that limits us to 6oz of butter and 2oz of tea a week. A THOROUGH review of…

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Cookie Comes A Cropper

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 2

Jockey W. Cook came a natty cropper at the start of the Denman Handicap at Randwick yesterday. The barrier failed to function properly, and when his mount, Burnley, sprang forward the tapes struck Cook across the face,…

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Gales ruin wheat crops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 7

A 40-miles-an-hour gale late yesterday afternoon flattened thousands of acres of wheat, and…

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Synthetic Wool Advances

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON.--U.S. Government scientists have developed more than 60 different types of wool…

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Synthetic Wool Advances

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON.--U.S. Government scientists have developed more than 60 different types of wool…

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Synthetic Wool Advances

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON.--U.S. Government scientists have developed more than 60 different types of wool…

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Finer Quality Wool Grown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 4

A trend foward finer quality wool of merino and crossbred types has been shown in the current season's clip, says the…

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Vital Wool Talks in London Soon on Future Market

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--The whole future of Dominion wool marketing will be discussed at vital talks between the British and Dominion Governments in London towards the end of January…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as goad as the record 1947-48 crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will he the second best ever and nearly as good as the record 1915-16 wartime crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as good as the record 1915-16 wartime crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as good as the record 1947-48 crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as good as the record 1947-48 crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as good as the record 1947-48 crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's wheat crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as good as THE Grain Elevators Board…

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Bumper Wheat Crop Expected This Season

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Experts say that Australia's crop this year will be the second best ever and nearly as good as the record 1947-48 crop. THE Grain Elevators Board…

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New Threat To Wheat Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

With a wheat harvest of nearrecord magnitude in prospect, there is every indication that Australian ports will form a…

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Hold-up of Wool Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 17

Wool ships were being detained in Sydney Harbor for two or three days longer than necessary because…

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Shipment of Wheat Steady Loading At Ports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

Nearly six million bushels of wheat and flour will have been shipped from Sydney and Newcastle by the end of February,…

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