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Farming & the land, 1951

8,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Committee To Make Official Survey of Butter Costs

The Land · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

AN official survey of the costs of production of butter throughout Australia, will commence next Monday. The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr…

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Three Day Store Cattle, Sale at Sth. Grafton

The Land · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 37

Nearly 5,000 store cattle, mainly Herefords and Devons of high Quality and in excellent condition, were sold at Dalgety's annual three…

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Wool Tax Applies To Soldier Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 15

SOLDIER settlors under the war service land settlement scheme and ex-Servicemen being financially assisted in other ways to settle on the land will not be granted exemptions from the…

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Govt. Case For Wool Sales Payment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The wool sales deduction Acts were for the imposition of taxation and were,…

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Move for Rise in Local Wheat Price

The Land · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 9

Tamworth F.S.A. District Council wants a substantial increase in the price of wheat grown for home consumption…

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Wheat Board Decision To Make Pool Refund

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

AFTER long discussion, the Wheat Board has agreed to seek approval from the Minister for Commerce for the refund of £16,420,334 in No. 11 Pool Stabilisation Account, plus interest…

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Trial Shows Value Of Pasture With Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

BENEFICIAL effects of lowing pastures with wheat have been demonstrated by a recent trial on the Ulamambri farm of Mr. D. A. Cavanagh…

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Millions More for 1950-51 Wool Clip

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

Wool sales for the first seven months of the current season realised £347,222,408, compared with £286,628,911 for the full 1949-50 season. The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers…

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U.S. Predicts Still Higher Wool Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

BUSINESS in U.S.A. it in a transitional stage at shifts are made to a near-war economy. Advices to Dalgety's from their correspondent in Boston report that defence production will be well…

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Wool Fabric Weighs An Ounce a Yard

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 19

"CLOUD-LIGHT" wool fabrics, ranging from 10-oz. to only 1-oz, to the yard, have made…

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Steep Price Rises In Wool Sales Records

The Land · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

SALES of wool in Australia for the seven months July to January totalled £347,222,408, easily exceeding the 1949-50 year's record of £286,628,911…

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Hardship Provisions of Wool Sales Deduction Act

The Land · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 23

"Inquirer," "Walla," "J.E.," etc.: See page 14 of last week's issue for Departmental statement on the procedure…

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Australian Standard Of Life Sought For Dairy Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

AN Australian standard of life for the dairy farmer was asked for by the Australian Primary Producers' Union (Victorian Division) before the Milk Board price inquiry in Melbourne. Messrs. B. Robinson (chair-…

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£347,22,408 For Wool In Seven Months FINANCE

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 14

Wool sold in the Commonwealth during the seven months to January 31 was valued at £347,222,408, compared with £151,286,862 for the corresponding seven months of teh previous season. The previous record…

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£347,222,408 For Wool In Seven Months FINANCE

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 14

Wool sold in the Commonwealth during the seven months to Junuary 31 was valued at £347,222,408, competed with £151,286,862 for the corresponding seven months of the previous season. The previous record…

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Financial News (Cont.) £347M. for Wool 7 Months' Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 7

Wool sold in Australia in the seven months of the current season to January 31, realised £347,222,408, compared with…

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Monaro Gould Produce More Beef Present Prices Make Cattle A Profitable Proposition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 7

URGENT need for breeding beef cattle on rho Monaro and adjacent tablelands was stressed to the South Coast and Monaro Divisional Conference of the Agricultural Bureau at Nimmitabel last week by Mr. C. C. Bradley, member of the cattle…

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Wheat Grading Sought F.A.Q. System Said To Be Unfair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 11

The fixing of the F.A.Q. wheat standard for New South Wales last week at 61½lb a bushel again raises the question whether this system should not be abandoned in favour of grading according to…

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Uniformity In Sheep Essential, Says Expert Ewes As Basis Of Flock Care Needed In Selection

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

UNIFORMITY was the essential basis of flock selection, Mr. B. J. Fitzsimons, Goulburn Livestock Officer (Sheep and Wool) told graziers at the South Coast and Monaro Divisional Conference of the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W…

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Wheat F.A.Q. Fixed at 61½lb. Bus. for N.S.W.

The Land · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 7

THE f.a.q. for N.S.W. wheat for 1951 was fixed last Friday in Sydney at 61½lb. a bushel, compared with 63 lb. last year and 63½ lb. in 1949. The f.a.q. was obtained from…

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