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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Honor to Local Sheep Men

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 10

Three men who, between them, have given nearly 100 years’ voluntary service to the Australian sheep breeding…

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£385m. for our wool

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Australian woolgrowers this season are expected to receive a total of £385 millions for the 1952-53…

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Over 1000 sheep for Sydney Show

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 18

SYDNEY, Fri.: More than 1000 sheep will be exhibited at the Sydney Sheep Show on May 21…

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“N.t. Will Never Carry Many Cattle”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 18

DARWIN, Fri.: The Northern Territory was “not a bad place,” but would never be much good as a cattle producing area, says…

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Armed men guard farm

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Armed men will keep night watches at a farm at Campbellfield where thieves have been killing sheep…

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New plant food will aid soil, produce better crops

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 10

Use of K.C. liquid plant food involves the latest scientific method of plant feeding and helps to restore proper balances of soil solutions necessary for the health of crops…

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Goolgowi Sheep Sale

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

At a very successful sheep sale conducted by Mr. F. Rawlinson in conjunction with Dalgety & Co., Griffith, at Goolgowi last week,…

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Potato Tops Kill Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

When 76 aged ewes were grazed on potato tops In the Armidale area -recently, 16 of them died…

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Wheat Increase Forecast

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Wheat growers,plan to increase their sowings by at least 26 per cent, over last year's low level If seasonal…

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Fat Cattle Down To Minimum

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

Reporting to the Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board on Tuesday regarding the extent of consignments of sheep and cattle…

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Annual Dipping of Sheep Essential

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

Lice are still being found in sheep at the sale yards, and it appears that annual dipping after shearing is essential. Mr…

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The Week in Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

Never has the outlook for wool so rosy. Australia's biggest clip in history, totalling 1175 million lb greasy (surpassing 1169…

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Outlook for wool very bright

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Wool prices at a new seasonal peak last week had demonstrated the extreme world demand for woo! in the closing stages of the disposal of the biggest wool clip the world had ever produced, Dalgety and Co. said today. It was signification that…

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Monthly Crop Report for Corowa Berrigan District Seasonal Conditions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Useful falls of rain ranging from half an inch to one and a half inches fell in mid April. However, the season [?]very…

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New rail freights will hit farmers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Higher rail freight charges for wheat and wool were approved by State Cabinet today…

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Dairy employes get new aword

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: State Conciliation Commissioner Read today granted dairy industry employes a new award…

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“Butter price could jump to 6/3 a ib.”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 16

LISMORE, Tues.: The price of butter would rise to 6/3 lb if dairy employs’ hours were reduced to 44 from 56 hours a…

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Farmer leaves fortune to bishop

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

PERTH, Tues.: Dr. Gummer, Catholic Bishop of Geraldton, 300 miles from Perth, has been left between £30,000 and £40,000 by a…

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Farmer on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wed.: Carl Gerald Perry, 43, dairy farmer, was charged at Bellingen police court today with…

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Young farmers’ conference at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 9

The first quarterly meeting of the newly-formed Upper Murray Council of Senior Young Farmers of Victoria was held in…

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