Sheep Totals Are on the Increase
Washington, Sunday: The U.S. Department of Agriculture today estimated the world sheep total at the beginning of 1953 as 816,700,000, compared with 806 million…
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Farming & the land, 1953
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8'9 for B.H. Wool
Merino fleece and-skirtings free from vegetable fault advanced 2½% at Dalgety's final sale of the series on…
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A new and effective method of shrink proofing wool known as the Belmont process, has been developed…
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Washington, Tuesday: Except for Britain, all the nations that participated in the expiring international…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prices Up At Adelaide Wool Sales
Adelaide, April 28—Prices were 5 to 7½ per cent. up on previous Adelaide rates and par to slightly dearer…
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Bradford reports that the wool trade is in the strongest position it has known since 1949 and there…
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Supple new worsted, fine Donegal tweeds and sheer woollens for blouses are among the beautiful British fabrics London designer, Digby Morton, is using now for…
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Adelaide, April 29.—Wool prices remained firm today on yesterday's rates, Any change was in the seller's…
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Melbourne: The Commonwealth Government is expected in the next two months to make a strong…
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London, Monday: Mr. Athol Down, a retired sheep farmer of Macarthur, Victoria is the new "squire" of…
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Mr. J. G. [?] Department of Agriculture arrived in Broken Hill on Wednesday night to conduct…
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Sydney: Higher values for wool at Newcastle and Goulburn sales today caused consternation in the…
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An officer of the animal husbandry department of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. J. G. Shillman)…
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An officer of the animal husbandry department of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. J, G. Shillman)…
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Canberra: The United Kingdom and Japan were the biggest buyers of Australian greasy wool in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.H. Cattle Tested For Tuberculosis
An officer from the Department of Agriculture (Mr. G. J. Skillman) has completed a tuberculosis test and reading of about 80 of the 20O dairy cattle in the…
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Bovine tuberculosis in the Broken Hill district has been rated at less than four per cent, by an officer from the Department of Agriculture (Mr. G. J. Skillman), who…
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London, Wednesday: During the second week of the London wool sales 21,790 bales will be offered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Report of Wild Dogs in Pastoral Areas
The Assistant Western Lands Commissioner (Mr. H. C. Spencer) said in Broken Hill today reports had been received of a number of wild dogs in the pastoral areas north of Broken Hill…
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Wool prices were stepped up this week to a new seasonal peak at Newcastle, Goulburn, Geelong, and…
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