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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Corowa Farmer’s Invention Makes Ploughing Easier

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 August 1953 · page 8

Improvements in farm machinery have in many instances come from practical farmers with an inventive turn of mind, latest example being Mr John O. Woods, a young farmer in the Corowa district…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation Plan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 3

The State Executive of the Victorian Wheat land Wool Growers' Association decided, at its special meeting in…

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Dogs Kill Sheep Men Kill Dogs

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 3

Further trouble has been experienced during the past week or two by landowners adjacent to Corowa, who report that dogs…

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£356 million for wool last year

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Mon.: Australia’s wool cheque for 1952-53 was £356,576,000. The total quantity of greasy…

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Victorian Government postpone decision on wheat price

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: State Cabinet today postponed a decision on a recommendation by the Australian Agricultural Council that the price of wheat for home consumption should be 15/- a bushel…

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7,600 Store Sheep Average £4/11/5

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 1

Buyers from all parts of northern, south-east and central Victoria were among those who made a record attendance at…

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Efforts To Prevent Wool Fabric From Shrinking

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 6

Details of the new Australian shrink-proofing process for wool have been supplied to the International Wool…

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Growers Will Have Early Vote on New Wheat Plan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said on his return from Canberra that…

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Water for Farm Tractor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 4

Water from dams and odd places about the farm should not be used in the radiator of the farm tractor; it may carry…

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Farmer on Murder Charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Mon. : Clarence Edward Ritchings, 43, of Kilsyth, farmer, appeared in the City Court today charged with…

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“Victorian Decision Can Cause Chaos in Wheat Industry”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 20

CANBERRA, Tues.: Failure of the Victorian Government to agree to a 15/- per bushel home consumption price for all Australian wheat would bring chaos to the industry, both in internal and overseas trading, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) said today…

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Steady Rain Falls on Parched Western N.s.w. Wheat Belt

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Steady, soaking rain which has fallen on the western N.S.W. wheat belt today has eased drought conditions, but more rain is required. Rain commenced in the western areas on Monday night, and…

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farmer on murder charge can now milk his cows!

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A farmer, in gaol since last- Saturday on a murder charge, will be released on bail for a fortnight so he can arrange for somebody to milk his cows and tend his sheep. The farmer, Clarence Edward Richings, 43, of Kilsyth, today claimed…

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New Probe Into Dairy Costs

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tues.: A new survey of production costs in the dairying industry will be made shortly…

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Rain soaks N.S.W. wheat

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Rain over most of inland NSW yesterday and today has saved the wheat crop from failure…

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Wheat Wrangle Victorian Government is not sincere: wheatmen

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The Victorian Government could not be sincere when it asked the Federal Government to subside wheatgrowers, the Federal president of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union (Mr. S. S…

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Dairy farmers to confer at Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 8

Representatives of dairy farmers, covering the whole of North-Eastern Victoria district, will meet in conference at Wangaratta on…

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Fears slump in wool values if Japanese competition eases

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.: Curtailment of Japanese operations at the next wool selling season might have a damaging effect on values, president of the Farmers and Setters’ Association (Mr. W. R. Scilley) said today. He was speaking at the association’s 60th…

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If farmers are prosperous we are all prosperous, Sir William Slim declares

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Farmers were the natural barometer of Australia, said the Governor-General (Sir William Slim), opening the Farmers and Settlers’ Association conference today…

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Border farmers expect a bumper season Rain soaks district

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

Border district farmers, following the soaking rain which has Been falling almost without stop for the past 48 hours, expect a bumper season…

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