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Farming & the land, 1951

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Judge's Opinion On Wool Price

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

WHILE It was difficult to see how the present extraordinary prices for wool could be maintained for any…

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Minister Explains Wheat Pool Payment Delay

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 9

MINISTER for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) has replied to criticism of delay in the payment to wheatgrowers of approximately £17,000,000 wheat stabilisation tax collected on…

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Homebush Stock Markets Monday Demand for Lightweight Cattle

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 39

The State Marketing Bureau reports: On Monday, the yarding showed an increase and totalled 2,287 head, of which 123 were sold…

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Average Basis For Wool Workers' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —The Arbitration Court this week in varying Sydney wool store workers' basic wage,…

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411. For Lambs' Wool at Geelong

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 2

A world record price of 411d. a lb. for wool was paid at Geelong wool sales on Tuesday. This was paid for one bale of…

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Beef Cattle At Show Will Be In Top Class

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 10

Most of the cattle entered for next month's Royal Show will be in the top class. So keen has been the demand for stud bulls in the…

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£1/15/7 lb for Lambs' Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Three bales of merino lambs' wool brought the world record price of 427d a lb on the closing…

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Jerseys Pre-eminent of Cobargo; Qualify Cattle at Local Show

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 15

THE Jersey breed of dairy cattle is the pre-eminent Cobargo district. It was not surprising that the breed should be represented by high quality stock at the 58th of the Cobargo H.A. and P. Society, held last week in fine weather…

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Diary Industry Doings Hundred Dairy Farms in Economic Survey

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 16

AN economic survey of the management of dairy farms would be conducted during the next lew weeks in the Comboyne, Nabiac, Wingham and Taree districts, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said this week…

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Dairy Farm Survey

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

A DETAILED economic survey of the management of dully farms would be conducted during the…

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Holt Says Few Dairy Farmers Want Migrants

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

FEDERAL Minister for Immigration (Mr. Holt), in a letter to the Milk Producers' Association, said that…

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Improved Feeding Methods Could Boost Dairy Production Expert's Advice To Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 5

ONE of the great majority of dairy farms, especially along the coast, a considerable improvement in milk production could bo obtained by the improvement of feeding methods said the district dairy officer for the Newcastle area, Mr. R. A. Hall, at a…

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Top Quality A.I.S. Cattle In Tabbagong Royal Show Team

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 26

THE Tabbagorig A.I.S, stud of Messrs. Richardson Bros., Croome Vale, Jamberoo,…

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Three Types Of Women You'll Meet At Cattle Shows And Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 14

WOMEN are Intriguing—especially those seen at cattle sales and shows, writes Mrs. Hendrix Royston in the "American Hereford Journal," "First, there is the true cattle-…

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Wool at Yass Show Valued at More Than £2,000

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 10

WOOL on the backs of 180 sheep and fleeces exhibited at Yass Show last week was estimated to be worth more than £2,000. The magnificent collection of…

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F.S.A. Branch News and Notes Wheat Stacks Collapse, Heavy Losses Reported

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 21

HEAVY wheat losses had occurred when stacks in the North West had collapsed, speakers said at last meeting of Willala F.S.A. The meeting decided to ask the Wheat Board and the…

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Star Letter of the Week Method Of Computing Butter Cost Queried To the Editor of "The Land."

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

Sir,—It will he interesting to see the result of the survey of butter costs. A previous survey did not appear to do the butter…

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Review of the Week's Markets Dairy Produce Sussex Street Wholesale Markets

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 38

The State Marketing Bureau reports: BUTTER: Production showed a normal seasonal decline. The price is unchanged at 218/4…

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Bright Prospects For Prune Crop

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 23

GROWERS are likely to receive substantial cheques for this season's prune harvest…

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Caroona Farmers Form F.S.A. Branch

The Land · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 21

A branch of the Farmers & Settlers' Association has been formed at Caroona, near Quirindi, with an initial…

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