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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 69 of 81

Annual Off-Shears Sheep Sale at Urana

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 3

A successful Special Sheep Sale was conduced at Urana yards by J. M. Smith & Co. and New Zealand Loan &…

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These Cattle Will Be Sold To-day

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 5

Some of the 500 top line Hereford bullocks being offered at the Wodonga special sale today by the…

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Wants export of N.W. wheat stopped

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.: The overseas export of hard, high protein wheat from the northwest of NSW should be…

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Border farmers watch for breeding beds

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 3

Farmers and graziers throughout the border district are keeping an anxious lookout for any signs of grasshopper breeding…

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Farmers fight ’hopper plague from Qld. border to Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. : The hatching area of grasshoppers is now estimated to extend over 80,000 square miles—from Victoria to Moree. Farmers are working from dawn to dark to…

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Wool, stud cattle prices soar to new high

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Wool and stud cattle prices hit new “highs” today. At the Geelong wool sales lambs’ wool brought 490¼d a lb.—a new world record—whilst…

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Hay Special Sheep Sale

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 4

The conjunction agents, Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd, and Younghusband Ltd., report a most satisfactory…

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Wool and Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 2

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

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Wool Market Remains Stable

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 2

Steadily balanced at longest level of stability in its auction history, the week's wool market continued its even tenor at…

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Cattle Values to £2 Dearer at Henty Market

The Observer · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., Albury, and Messrs. Wehrman and Davidson, Henty, auctioneers in conjunction,…

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Good Progress in Winter Wheat Breeding Programme

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

The winter wheat breeding programme, plon[?]red by the Department of Agriculture and developed at the New England Experiment Farm is now making encouraging progress. This is reported by the Cereals…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Goldsbrough Mort & Company Limited

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 3

This company says all the salient features of the wool market during the week were reproduced at the sale on Thursday…

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Junior Farmer Speaks on Overseas Tour

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 2

On Monday night, John Keir, lectured at the Hay Memorial High School on his trip overseas last year as winner of the State…

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University Students Seek Farm Work

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 3

Students from the University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture, are seeking farm employment to cover their November…

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Boost For Dairy Production Under Irrigation

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

Plans have been made to establish twelve new pasture improvement demonstrations in the area…

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Wheat Legislation in Force

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 October 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Fri.: The Governor-General, Sir William Slim, today proclaimed tomorrow as the day on which the new wheat…

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Kiewa Butter Factory Paid Out Millions

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 October 1953 · page 2

Reporting to the 60th annual meeting of shareholders of Kiewa Butter and Cheese Factory and Creamery Co. Ltd.,…

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300 classes in RAS cattle competitions

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 October 1953 · page 9

Competitions for the 13 major beef and diary breeds will be provided in the Royal Agricultural Society’s £4300 cattle…

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Cornishtown Senior Farmers’ Club

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 October 1953 · page 9

Recently four members of Cornishtown Senior Young Farmers’ Club, accompanied by an advisory councillors. Mr A. Shelley, made…

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Kiewa butter factory had record turn-over

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 2

Turnover of £1,031,644 in the 60th year of the Kiewa butter and cheese factory’s operations was a record, the chairman (Mr. S. A. Turner) fold the annual meeting of directors…

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