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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,691 stories in Murray's papers · page 61 of 85

New 8-point wheat plan pas to Federal Govt

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 8

CANBERRA, Mon.: Details of a new eight-point plan for wheat marketing presented to the Federal Government by the Australian Primary Producers’ Union were released today…

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New Australian wool selling season opens on confident note

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: The 1952-53 Australian selling season opened in Sydney today and values, when compared with Sydney rates in were fully firm for best Merino fleece…

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Keith Barley Meets Up with the Helys “Pastoral Times” Read In Denver, U.S.A.

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 3

AN air mail letter was received recently by Mr. J. McNaughtan, of the well-known End Street grocery, from Mr. Keith Barley, M.Ag.Sc., of the C.S.I.R.O., Deniliquin, now in the United States under a Rotary fellowship…

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Open wool auctions to remain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tues.: The Minister for Commerce, Mr. McEwen, today gave an unqualified assurance that the Commonwealth…

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“Wool Prices Will Not Sustain Economy at Present Level”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 16

CANBERRA, Tues.: Prices realised at the opening of the new season’s wool sales yesterday would not be sufficient to sustain the Australian economy at its present level of costs, money incomes and productivity, the Vice-Chancellor or the Australian National University (Professor Sir Douglas Copland) said today…

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Foot-rot in Sheep

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 7

Graziers from many parts of the State have reported a high incidence of both foot-rot and foot-abscess…

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Wool still irregular

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 14

SYDNEY, Wed.: Yesterday’s irregularity was still in evidence at the Sydney wool sales today. Good fleece wools and average…

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Successful Special Sheep Sale, Finley

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report a most successful special sheep sale was conducted by…

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Turkey Raising Could Rival Fat Lambs Proposition for Wheat Farmers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1952 · page 3

The raising of turkeys could in time, riva the fat lamb industry in Australia, said the Principal Livestock Officer of the Poultry…

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Sheep and Cattle Dearer at Henty Market

The Observer · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 3

Farmers and Graziers' Co. Ltd., Albury, and Wehrman and Davidson, Henty, report holding their monthly stock sale…

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Wool looks promising

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 2

THE eagerly awaited wool sales which opened the selling season in Sydney this week were not spectacular,…

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Same Food Value in Butter and Margarine

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 4

Butter and margarine can have the same practical nutritive value, Mr. G. Loftus Hills, Officer in Charge of the Dairy Research…

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[?]Erinos to 5 Per Cheaper at [?] Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 7

[?] Monday—The Con[?] and Japan dominated [?] at the opening of [?] for the 1952/53…

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Wool values fall back five per cent in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 16

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Wool values fell at least five per cent during four days of the first series of the new season’s Sydney wool sales, which ended today. Better grown fleece wools,…

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Higher Returns When Graziers Use New Emulsion [?] New Brand Saves Wool

The Observer · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 1

Lanolin Base Emulsion for branding sheep is one of the most important developments in the grazing industry, considers die Principal livestock Officer of the Sheep and Wool Section of the Department of Agriculture (Mr…

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Albury farm production competition

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 3

Messrs. W. C. Schulz and Son, “Willurah,” Table Top, repeated last year’s success by again winning the farm production competition conducted by the Albury Show Society…

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Late Commercial, Wodonga Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 18

John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. report that at their spring cattle sale at Wodonga yesterday there was yarding of 1500 station bred Aberdeen…

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Child dies after eating “peanut butter” found

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY , Fri.: Detectives investigating the death of a two-year-old girl at Parramatta today are awaiting the government analyst’s report on the contents of her stomach…

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Baby crushed to death in wool bale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.:. An 18-months-old baby was suffocated and crushed to death in a wool bale on his fathers property 'at…

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Farm Production Championship Holbrook property wins southern zone comp

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 8

A “droght-proof” 85-year-old 4500 acre property, miles from Holbrook, Has been placed first in the southern zone of the R.A.S. inland farm production championship…

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