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Mid North Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Pleuro Quarantine Worries Q'land Cattle Industry

Macleay Argus · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE: The New South Wales Government's decision to extend pleuro quarantine regulations was…

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Dairy Farms Not for Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

CASINO—Northern Rivers dairymen, who are being offered up to four times the purchase price of their farms are…

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Dairy Officer Claims Diary Grant Farms Withstood Drought

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Dairy Grant Demonstration farms on the North Coast have maintained production despite drought conditions. Mr. D. W. Crowfoot…

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Russians Buy Wool

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Jan. 12. -- Russian buyers were active at today's wool sales, and the market firmed after their…

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Storekeeper Can Help Dairymen

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 7

If traders kept table margarine off their shelves and refused to handle it a considerable measure of "unfair…

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Australia: Desert, Sheep, Kangaroo !

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

Some Americans still thought of Australia in terms of desert, sheep, and kangaroos, young N.S.W. farmer, Miss Felicity Gowing, said in a report to the Australian Council of Young Farmers…

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Week in Store Cattle Market

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

There have been no auctions of store cattle since the new year. Consequently there has been no test of values since the recent rains…

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Good Prices Paid for Fat Cattle

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 7

E. W. Sparke Pty. Ltd. (Assoc. with A.M.L. and F. Co. Ltd.) report 60 head of fat cattle yarded and sold at…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY. -- There have been no auctions of store cattle since the new year. Consequently there has been no test of values since the recent rains. THE heavy falls of un to 7…

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New Dairy Officer

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

Bill Curtain has joined the Taree branch of the Department of Agriculture as a dairy officer. Mr. Curtain recently…

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Many Seek Good Farms on Manning

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

Mr. Ralph Plummer, auctioneer, of Victoria Street, Taree, said to-day that many people were searching the Manning district for good quality dairy farms, but owners were…

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Ducks Invading Good Rice Crops

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 8

Wild ducks are causing losses to rice crops along the Murray. Mr. R. C. Hood. district…

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Wool Cheque £201m

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

Australia's wool cheque for the six months ended December 31 was almost £201 million--more than £20 million…

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Butter Trade with Russia Doubtful

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON. -- Congressional opinion is divided on the desirability of trading some of America's vast stocks of surplus butter with Russia for consumption in Poland…

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Kempsey Junior Farmer . Tells of the 4-H Clubs

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

Some Americans still thought of Australia in terms of desert, sheep and kangaroos, young N.S.W. farmer, Miss Felicity Gowing, said in a report to the Australian Council of Young Farmers…

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Farmer Sailing Pacific in Coconut Tree Canoe

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

LONDON. -- A British farmer is making plans to drift 2500 miles across the Pacific from Tahiti to New Zealand in a canoe carved from coconut trees. Main objects are to test the theory of the Kon…

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Heavy Damage to Vegetable Crops

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Jan. 17. -- It is estimated that yesterday's heavy rain at South Werribee caused damage to crops…

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Frozen Desserts New Threat to Dairymen

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 5

LISMORE.-- The introduction of a number of frozen desserts which closely resembled ice cream constituted a further threat to the interests of dairymen, stated the general manager of Norco Co-op…

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Dairy Herd Hundred Per Cent. T.b. Free

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 7

Messrs. A. A. Adams & Son, of Frederickton, have every reason to be proud of the result of a T.B. test made on their dairy herd last week. MR. A. R. McNIVEN, who…

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Prime Cattle Firm At Maitland

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

An average supply of 850 fat cattle yarded at Campbell's Hill yesterday. The quality was fair, but not up to the standard of…

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