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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Bumper wheat harvest in N. S. W.

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Fri.: There would be a bumper wheat harvest in the north-west, Government principal agronomist (Mr H…

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Tidy Farmer to Retire

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 17

One of the tidiest forms in the border district is owned by Mr. Harry MacLean, of Bandiana, who has…

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Watch that dairy

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 17

Cloths should never be used for washing dairy utensils a clean scrubbing brush should be used. This advice is given by the…

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Henty farmer placed on board

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 3

In Henty Petty Sessions yesterday a 66-year-old farmer Charles Henry Rainbird, was placed on a £20 bond after he had…

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Sitting down on the farm can produce more

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 10

Almost everyone is sitting down these days, so that work is going on at its most productive rote. Such is the effect of mechanisation on the average form in the Albury district…

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St. John’s wort one of farmer’s worst enemies

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 10

One of the worst weeds in the State at the present time is St. John’s wort and it is causing Josses in a variety of ways to landholders. St. Johns wort is quite…

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Commercial Lockhart Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 5

Lockhart Associated Agents report that at their monthly sheep sale last Friday 9987 good quality local sheep were yarded…

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Wool Ceiling May Stabilise

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

The wool market appears to have reached its peak. As predicted in U.S.A. several weeks ago, the turn of the season has been…

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Don't Use Clods for Dairy Utensils

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Cloths should never be used for washing dairy utensila; a clean scrubbing brush should be used…

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Wealth From Wool Wax

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 3

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

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Success of Local Dairy Herd. First in State Group Herd Recording Scheme

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

Results have just been completed of the .State Group Herd Recording Scheme for 1951-52, and Mr. N. W. Crosbic’s herd of…

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Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

Younghsusband Limited report under date of 21-1-53:— We offered our first catalogue for the New Year today bringing…

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Wool Week in Albury—March 23 to 28

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 3

Albury is to have a Wool Week from March 23 to 23 to create more interest in the industry. This was decided by a meeting of the wool week…

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Henty Sheep and Wool Classes Start

The Observer · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

Enrolments for the Sheep and Wool Class at Henty were accepted on Wednesday, 28th January, and the class will…

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New Pastoral Company

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

Shareholders in Pastoral Developments (Holdings) Ltd. are offering 80,000 £1 ordinary shares at 25/- each for sale to the public…

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Cattle Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 5

Robert Bradshaw and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report having conducted a highly successful…

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Cattle Expansion Potential

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

New South Wales pastoral properties are capable of producing, within a few years, as much beef as the whole of Australia now…

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Swan Hill Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 7

A highly successful sheep sale was conducted at Swan Hill the other day by New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd…

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Sheep Dipping At Saleyards

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

The Deniliquin District Stock and Station Agents’ Association asked the Municipal Council by letter at its recent…

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Record Wheat Yield

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

New South Wales' probable total wheat yield is estimated at about 50,000,000 bushels. Department of Agriculture Cereal…

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