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Farming & the land, 1951

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London Wool Prices Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 2 (A.A.P.). —The Committee of London Wool Brokers reported to-day that buyers from the Continent…

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Rearmament boosting wool price

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

World rearmament was one of the chief factors responsible for recent big rises in the…

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Check to rise in store sheep prices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 12

The upward frond of store sheep prices was checked this week. Buyers wore less active, but attractive sale sheep…

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Wool Prices Bewilder U.k. Buyers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 11

Wool prices were now bewildering to English buyers, Mr. Trevor Hunter, of the British Wool Federation,…

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Wool Prices Bewilder U.k. Buyers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

Wool prices were now bewildering to English buyers, Mr. Trevor Hunter, of the British Wool Federation,…

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Big Wool Div. Less Than Half Of Profit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 6

Squatting Investment Co. Ltd. earned at the rate of 47 per cent, on shareholders' funds, and more than 100 per…

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Where World Wool Clip Grows

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 12

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Prices steady at U.K. wool sales LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 12

CONTINENTAL wool-buyers showed much more confidence in current values than the…

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Ideal wife for farmer is 21 and heart-free PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 41

A GIRL who recently carried off 29 prizes at an agricultural show is claimed to be Australia's "ideal farm wife." She is attractive country…

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Bees, Rabbit in Flames Destroy Farm Home

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Sat. -- Bees, a rabbit, and fire combined today to destroy the home of two young settlers near Keith. Fire swept the property and destroyed…

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200 Maimed Sheep at Sale

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An inspector from the Society for the Prevention of .Cruelty to Animals said today that two farmers who allegedly sent 200 maimed sheep to market would be proceeded against by summons. It was claimed that the sheep…

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200 Maimed Sheep at Sale

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE,; Monday.--An inspector from the Society for the Prevention off Cruelty to Animals Said today that two farmers who allegedly sent 200 maimed sheep to market would be proceeded against by summons. It was claimed that the sheep…

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200 Maimed Sheep at Sale

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An inspector frdhi the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said today that two farmers who allegedly sent 200 maimed sheep to market would be proceeded against by summons. It was claimed that the sheep…

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200 burned sheep sent to abattoirs

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Nearly 200 sheep, badly burned in a recent grass fire, arrived by road transport at the Newmarket Abattoirs late on Friday, after a 50-mile journey…

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Prices Fall at City Wool Sales

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

Wool values showed an easier tendency particularly for good fleece wools, at today's Sydney sales. Early, however, the fall…

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Wool rates easier

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

An erratic market prevailed at Sydney wool sales today. Values in the main room early showed a tendency to…

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Cattle Up £1 a Head

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 16

Prices of cows and bullocks rose between 10 and 20 a head at Homebush yesterday. Prices of vealers and light…

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Wool prices ease slightly

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

Prices of all descriptions of wool were up to 2½ p.c. lower in the Sydney sales yesterday, compared with closing prices on…

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£80m. FROM S.A. WOOL

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 15

South Africa will obtain more than £80,000,000 for its wool this season, says the Government…

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Wool Sales Outlook No Marked Fall Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 5

The statistical position of wool is so strong that any great variation in prices appears improbable, says Winchcombe,…

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