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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,691 stories in Murray's papers · page 60 of 85

“Brake” on U.s. Overseas Wool Buying

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Wed.: Recent legislation did not give the US Defence Department authority to buy foreign wool in preference to…

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Wheat and Provisional Tax Dickson Replies to Graham

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1952 · page 3

Replying to statements made by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) the Country Party member for Temora, Mr. S. D. Dickson,…

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N. S. W. Dairy Cattle For Japan

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 7

A draft of 75 grade A.I.S. heifers and a pedigreed A.I.S. bull, shipped to Japan this month by Dalgety’s, marks the first step in…

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New Synthetic Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 2

Erom Japan this week came news of a new synthetic "wool" which is being made from whale blubber. Dr. Yoshio Shita, a…

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Proposition for Wheat Farmers Turkey Raising Could Rival Fat Lambs

The Observer · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 3

The raising of turkeys could, in time, rival the fat Iamb industry in Australia, said the principal Livestock officer of the Poultry Division of the Department of Agriculture (Mr. V. H. Brann) in Sydney this week…

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Special Sheep Sale Success At Finley

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 8

Brew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (incorporated in England), report a most successful special sheep…

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Coolamon Wool comes to Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 8

Albury carrier, Mr. S. G. Webb (right), and his driver, D. Kane, unloading wool at Farmers and Graziers wool…

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Seed Wheat Shortage Weather Curtails Investigations

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 1

There may be a shortage of foundation seed wheat produced at experiment farms this year for distribution to registered…

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Rains, Taxes Causes Wheat Acreage Drop

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 13

An estimate that this year the Albury and district wheat crop would be more than 40 per cent down on previous years was made…

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The Rivers Wool and Stock the Murrumbidgee

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 2

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance. Co. Ltd. (incorporating the business of Wilkinson & Lavender Lte) wired under…

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Better Pastures Will Follow Crops Prepare Now for Control Of Skeleton Weed

The Observer · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 1

The time for spraying wheat and oaf crops for control of skeleton weed and other weed pests is almost here, and farmers should arrange to get in their stocks of weedkiller and put their spraying equipment in running…

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Turf Farmer's Selections for the Valley

The Observer · Friday 29 August 1952 · page 1

Aisla Handicap: ZAIGER 1, Plea 2, Joyous Rose 3. Hunter's Cup: TEEDUM 1, Edison 2, Yelkin 3…

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“Cattle disease was carried by agisted mobs”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1952 · page 15

One of the worst and most widespread recent outbreaks of the cattle disease PPC originated from cattle sold at the Wagga…

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Labelling of Textile Articles Urged Step seen as necessary to protect wool industry

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Fri.: Two Liberal Party members of else Federal Parliament today urged the Commonwealth Government to take immediate action to make textile labelling compulsory…

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Wool price rise not expected here

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sun.: Many American wool trade experts did hot expect that the price of raw wool would go up with the…

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Wool will be of better type

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: The Sydney wool sales, which open in Sydney tomorrow, will offer better quality wool to world’s buyers than…

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“Extra 5/- a bushel for wheat would add 2/3 to the basic wage”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sun.: A 5/- a bushel increase in the price of wheat would only mean a direct increase of 1/7 a week in the basic wage G. series index, the general secretary of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation (Mr. T. C. Statt) said tonight…

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No Spectacular Wool Price Rise

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 4

Developments this week in the world's wool trade have somewhat dampened the optimism that wool prices will rise…

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Hotels bar Japanese wool buyers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.: Appeal had to be made to the Licensing Commission today before hotel accommodation in Brisbane for…

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Wool Sales Open on Good Note

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 2

THE 1952-53 season’s wool sales opened in Sydney yesterday on a buoyant note, and while there were no…

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