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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Want Zink Exports Reduced Move for More Farm Plant

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

The Federal Government Members' Farm Materials Committee will urge Federal Cabinet to reduce as much as possible the…

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Proposer Expansion of Irrigation Murray Holdings To Be Cut For Mixed Farming

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 2

IN a plan to step up production of meat and dairy products, horticulture and other intense farming practice,, a State Government committee has recommended that. 420 holdings in the area between the Murrumbidgee…

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Monthly Crop Report Seasonal Conditions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

The month of January has been particularly try only to points of rain falling during that month was following…

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Wingless Grasshoppers At Orange Damage Fruit Vegetable Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

''Wingless grasshoppers have caused a good deal of damage of fruit and vegetable crops in some parts of the Orange…

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District farmer calls for action against Sunday afternoon shooters

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

Stifled that “Sunday afternoon” shooters had killed his valuable cattle dog was made yesterday by a farmer, Mr. A. Sewell,, of Howlong road. Mr Sewell said the dog…

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Former head of Junior Farmers dead

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY, Mon.: Mr E. Breakwell, who for many years was organiser of Junior Farmers’ Clubs, died yesterday…

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Take science to farm—Mr. Menzies’ plea

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 11

CANBERRA, Mon.: The few of the results of scientific research reached the man at the plough or the harvester, the…

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“Windfall” for district dairymen

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: Victorian dairyfarmers along the Murray are being offered more than 1/ a gallon extra to send their milk…

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Wool Values Firm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: The market at the Sydney wool sales was fully firm today at the previous day’s level with more inquiry…

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Butter Price Rise “Not Considered”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tues.: There was no foundation for reports that Cabinet was considering proposals to advance the price of…

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Wheat Payments. Growers at Fault

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 5

Mr R. A. O’Neill (Grower Member of the Australian wheat Board) says that some grower members of the Board are…

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Milk sales to Sydney hit butter production

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 1

Production at Tallangatta and Eskdale butter factories has been reduced because a large number of suppliers are selling milk to firms which send it to Sydney…

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Buyers’ market at Geelong wool sales

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Top making merino and crossbred wools were in buyers’ favor at the opening of the Geelong wool…

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Power and the peasant farmer

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 15

“Two-thirds of the world’s produce, or the[?]bouts, is said to be grown by peasant farmers—and these people have been sadly…

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Perth Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 14

PERTH. Wed.:, February series of wool sales closed in Perth today with finer quality Merinos unchanged on Tuesday’s rates at this…

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Wool market unchanged

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.: The market at the Sydney wool sales today was generally unchanged, apart from super spinners’ lots of fine to…

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Wool Cheaper at Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 14

MELBOURNE. Wed.: Values for broad comebacks and fine to medium crossbreds were fully five percent cheaper at the Geelong wool…

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New price-fixing tribunal for dairy industry

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed.: Completely new independent tribunal with statutory powers to determine prices for dairy products on new cost of production formula may be introduced shortly…

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Items of News Dairymen Postpone Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 2

Owing to the fact that several committeemen of the Albury and Wodonga Wholesale Milk Producers’ Association had to attend…

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Farmer for Trial

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 10

PARKES, Wed.: Frank Stanley Kingham, 45. farmer, of Tichnorne was committed for trial today on a charge of malicious…

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