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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 34 of 81

Dearer Wool Goods

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

In Brisbane [?] Russian dom[?] market results [?] subsidence [?]…

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Wool Travel Ensemble

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

FBI 1/20 Australian Wool Board Photograph Pink and blue spotted woollen tweed suit with a matching coat…

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Wool for Annual Show

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

The Hay P. and A. Association secretary said to-day that the usual wool classes will be included in the 1953 Show and he asks…

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Dry weather cuts wheat sowings

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 16

MELBOURNE. Mon.: The dry weather made it impossible to forecast this season’s wheat acreage, the chairman of the…

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Increase in Bunt of Wheat Causes Concern

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 5

Bunt of wheat--also termed ball smut or stinking smut --was more prevalent in wheat crops last season than has been the case for some time. It is reported by the Department of Agriculture that 40,000 bushels were rejected from…

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Rice Crop for Whitton Community Centre

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

The Whitton Gymkhana Committee is arranging the growing of a rice crop for the purpose of assisting the community centre at…

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Future of the Dairying Industry

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 3

The Bank of New South Wales considers that future prospects for the dairying industry in Australia are…

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District farmers’ decisions

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 13

At the quarterly meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the F&S Association at Culcairn on Monday there were present Messrs…

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Geelong Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

The Geelong Woolbrokers Association report that at the ninth Series of Wool Sales in the 1952/53 season held on…

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Sheep Show

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Organisers of the sheep show and gymkhana to be held on Saturday next, 13th. June have secured the services of Mr. Gatacre,…

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Wool and Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

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

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Jindera Man’s Sheep Show Successes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

A successful competitor in the judging competitions at the Sydney Sheep Show was Mr J. M. Maher, “Dunwandren.” Jindera,…

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F. & S. Council Favours Orderly Wheat Marketing

The Observer · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

Mr. W. Jacob, of Burrumbuttock, addressed the quarterly meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the Farmers and…

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This will be the strangest cattle show of all !

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday : Thirty-two bulls from 14 of Australia’s most famous , studs will be flown to Brochette…

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Wheat Sown in S.E. Riverina Expected to be 10 Per. Cent Below Normal Area

The Observer · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Senior Agronomist at Albury, Mr. G. C. Bartlett, in his monthly crop report for S.E. Riverina, says the area sown to wheat this year is estimated to be 10 per cent, below normal. This applies, of course, only to the…

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Bright Outlook for Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 5

Lambing in the border districts had been satisfactory and crop prospects were most promising, leading farmers said yesterday…

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Cattle Act has helped many local breeders

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 10

Cattlemen ore commenting on the excellence of the Cattle Compensation Act, which came into force lost September, Hume P.P.- Board stock inspector, Mr. J. N. McCulloch, said…

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Our Sheep Show may be best yet

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 11

Albury Sheep Show on July 14,15 and 16 is expected to be one of the beat so far held and entries are arriving at the office…

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Cotton and wool move along in close relation

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 10

World’s basic textile raw materials are wool and cotton, and prices for them, to a great extent, move up-ward or downward in more or less close relation. In early 1951 quotations for…

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News features for the man on the land Wool v. synthetics

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 10

It is of vital I importance that everyone interested in the wool industry, more especially those connected with the production of the world’s outstanding textile fibre, should regard the progress of this expanding synthetic…

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