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Farming & the land, 1950

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Forbes Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 36

Edward Weaver & Company, Forbes, and The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy. Ltd. (Auctioneers in conjunction), report that upwards of 5,500 fat sheep…

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First Cattle Dog Trials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

CASINO, Thursday. — The first cattle dog trials ever held in Australia will be held at the Bonalbo Show on May 12-13…

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Sheep Sale at Coonamble

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 36

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report having conducted a successful sheep sale at Coonamble on February 22, when 2,500 sheep were offered to a good…

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More Milk and Butter Produced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

ESTIMATED production of whole milk in Australia during December 19409 was 148.4 million gallons compared with…

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High Cattle Prices At Cootamundra

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

Country Producers, in conjunction with Holman and Lindsay, report a very successful cattle sale at Cootamundra, on Wednesday, of last week…

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Sheep Sale at Boree Creek

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 32

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (Inc. in England), report a very successful clearance of store sheep at Boree Creek, N.S.W., on…

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Peak Hill Monthly Sheep Sale

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 32

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., Sydney, in conjunction with Roache-Matthews, Peak Hill, report having held a successful sale of fat and…

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More Breeders of British Sheep

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 16

Membership of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep continues to increase in all States, and below are given names of some…

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Record Acreage Yield For The N.S.W. Wheat Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 16

WHEAT yield for N.S.W. from the current harvest is estimated at 83 million bushels from an area of 4,621,000 acres…

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Wheat Question in Senate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thursday.— The President of the Senate, Senator G. Brown, to-day asked Senator C. J. Rankin…

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Preparation Of Wheat Lands

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 24

JANUARY ram in the West Wyalong district has enabled wheat farmers to cultivate their land and destroy skeleton weed…

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Interesting Wool Price Comparison

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

A SYDNEY wool and stock firm has taken out the following comparison of Commonwealth records for greasy wool for the…

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Wool and Its Price

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 35

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:—Recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it, indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material supplies is…

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This Week's Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

WHEN wool sales were resumed in Sydney on Monday, the market opened without change on the closing rates of the Sydney auctions of February 16 and values remained firm for the rest of the week…

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Sheep Station Sells For £148,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —Larundel, a 7,070-acre property between Geelong and Ballarat, has been sold for…

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Death of Vic. Wheat Official

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

THE death occurred suddenly in Melbourne on Sunday, of Mr. F. H. McCredden, secretary of the Victorian Wheat and Wool…

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Homebush Stock Markets Monday Moderate Cattle Yarding

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 32

The State Marketing Bureau reports—Pennings were moderate on Monday and totalled 1,961 head including 221 auctioned in the store section. In contrast…

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Deaths of Cattle; Explanation by Dept. Questioned

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

THE epartment of Agriculture's explanation for cattle deaths on a Clarence River property is questioned…

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Japs may not buy wool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

TOKIO, Thurs.--Japan may have to suspend purchases of Australian wool, wheat, and Malayan…

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Slow Movement of Wheat From Country

The Land · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

THE slow movement of wheat from the country to the seaboard is causing concern in wheat circles. Prospects of getting all the grain…

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