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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Albury wool sales help Aust. economy

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

Wool sales at Albury this week would do a great deal towards stabilising the Australian economy, Mr D. G. Padman,…

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Albury proves worth as wool centre

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 8

This week’s wool sale in Albury is further proof of the importance of the centre and proves that the…

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Cattle Judge

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 4

One of Great Britain's best known stud beef cattle men, Mr. Geoffrey Griffiths of Temple Court, Bosbury, Herefordshire,…

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Wool Sales Returns

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

Australian wool sales for the first six months of the financial year brought £180,434,860 from 1,794,729 bales. This compared…

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145,000 Bushels Wheat In Bulkhead Season Nearly Finished

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 8

Wheat deliveries to the Grain Elevators’ Board bulk-head at Deniliquin were approximately 145,000 bushels for…

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N.S.W. wheat yield will be highest for six years

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY, Mon.: The wheat yield per acre of the 1952-53 crop in N.S.W. is expected to be higher than for the post six years. Preliminary estimates place the grain yield for the season at 20.7 bushels per acre,…

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A Plan to Save South Africa's Soil a Farmer's Ideas

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

I have before me a copy of "The Farmers' Weekly," 51152. It is described as "South Africa's foremost Agricultural Journal." It is 100 pages, plus cover, but of course not as large as say. "S.M. Herald" pages. It contains…

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Farmer on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A 38-years-old farmer, changed with the murder of his sister-in-law, had told police he killed her because she had been “bringing men to my house and making my wife unfaithful to me,”…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY. Tues.: Values generally ruled firm for all merino descriptions, oilier than for the better quality and style spinners wools, when…

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Big crop drop at Tungamoh

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

Following figures from the Tungamah silo show how the wheat yield has fallen off in that area this year, compared with last year…

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District News Springhurst Sheep Guessing Competition

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 10

Sheep guessing competition at the local sports on Saturday was won by Mr. G. Kennedy, Albury, who guessed the correct weight…

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There's Money in Wool Grease

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 4

Australia's annual wool clip could produce £70 million in by-products, according to a G.S.I.R.O., report issued on…

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Tribesmen Attack Farm

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 5

NAIROBI, Wed.—A gang of 20 Kikuyu tribesmen attacked a European farm yesterday. They ransacked the house,…

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Wheat Crop Prospects

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thurs. : The Central Meteorological Bureau has issued the following notes on the condition of Commonwealth…

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The Wheat Situation

The Observer · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

"Wheat supplies in the U.S.A. and Canada, which are the chief wheat exporting countries, are at a…

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Commercial Albury Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 14

Younghusband Ltd. and Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., in conjunction, held a special sheep sale yesterday, when 16,000 sheep were submitted to…

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Wealth From Wool Wax

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 7

The C.S.I.R.O. Division of Industrial Chemistry reports a major advance in chemical techniques for producing wool wax…

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Sales Confirm Good Wool Season

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

Prediction that rising world demand will prolong wool's longest post-war period of healthy stability throughout the remainder of…

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Sheep Men Can Aid U.s. Is Clam

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

Anything Australia could do to assist the languishing U.S. wool industry would, in the long run, be beneficial to…

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Wealth from wool wax

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 17

The CSIRO division of industrial Chemistry reports a major advanced in chemical techniques for producing wool wax acids…

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