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Farming & the land, 1953

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Wool Fashions

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 5

Irene of California tailors this suit in fine black and grey novelty stripe and check wool. (This suit was shown in…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 7

We submitted our catalogue of 6,142 bales on Thursday, 14th inst., the offering comprising a representative selection of clips from the…

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The week in wool

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

The dramatie re-entry of full-scale Russian competition in the wool market has dictated a new seasonal peak for the better general utility wools, and lias become another highlight of a memorable…

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Wool Suits From London Designers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 8

A brown and yellow flecked donegal tweed suit from the Victor Stiebel collection. The box jacket has a cut away front and makes a point of the high two-button fastenings…

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New Wool Suits From Paris

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 7

Hubert de Givenchy's arresting black wool suit is worn with a high fitting matching shoulder cape, deeply bordered with a coarse furniture fringe…

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Patou Topcoat in Satin-surfaced Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

This very attractive topcoat is featured in the Patou collection in pale blue satin-surfaced wool. The high yoked neckline can be…

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Junior Farmers' District Council Delegates Meet At Musewellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 5

Delegates from Muswellbrook, Scone, and Singleton attended the last meeting of the Hunter District Council of the Junior Farmers' Clubs, held at Muswellbrook…

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Maize Crop Increase

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

Maize production this season is expected to be double that of 1951-52, the chief of the division of…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 8

Rains in Victoria and Eastern Riverina have now assured. excellent sheep grazing conditions till Spring, but…

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Scheme Sought To Aid Young Farmers Cannot Get Properties Without Wealthy Parents

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 3

Hunter Regional Council of Junior Farmer Clubs will urge the State Council to press its efforts to find some scheme to place directly into production selected trained young people…

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Cattle Firm, Sheep Easier

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 3

There was a lighter yarding of about 800 fat cattle at Maitland to-day. The quality was generally…

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Sub-division Important in Dairying

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 4

Sub-division is one of the most important factors in effective grassland management, points out the Division of Plant…

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Wool Dresses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 4

Charming teenage dress in checked wool. Douglas Cox presents it in toast and gold…

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New Junior Farmers Club Formed at Hilldale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 6

A Junior Farmers Club was recently formed at Hilldale The club will affiliate with the Dungog District Council…

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Happy Farmer's Wife

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 5

This young American couple—Dot and Ray Rowland—stake their future on faith, hard work, and each other. On a 156-acre (62-hectare) farm that they lease in the southern U.S. State of Tennessee, they raise cotton, barley, clover…

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Cattle Firm

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson’s report: 19,360 sheep, Market generally 5/ dearer. Best crossbred suckers to 30d .per 1b,…

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Swing From Dairy Industry Halted

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 2

Increased returns from dairying had halted the swing away from the industry in the Lower Hunter Valley, the Lower Hunter Milk Production Advisory District Council was told yesterday…

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Big Cattle Movement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

More than 150,000 head of cattle, in mobs averaging about 1300, are now on the move in Northern Australia, either to fattening areas or…

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Wool and Cotton... Basic Textile Fabrics

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 10

The world's basic textile raw materials are wool and cotton, and prices for them to a great extent move upward or downward in more or less close relation…

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