Farmers seek troops to fight ’hopper plague in N. W. N. S. W
SYDNEY, Sun.: Formers in the north-west of N.S.W. hove urgently requested troops and equipment to fight the grasshopper plague…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming & the land, 1953
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Beef Cattle Breeders Competition
The closing date for receipt of entries in the Beef Cattle Breedersâ Competition for 1953, conducted by the Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool In Sydney At Highest Point Of Season
Under more widespread competition from the Continent, the United Kingdom and Japan, and increasing pressure by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Corowa P. A. & H. Crop Competition
Entries for the annual Field Wheat Competition conducted by the Corowa P. A. & H. Society will close on Friday next,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market
The Associated Agents conducted their weekly cattle market at Wodonga yesterday, when they yarded 1386 cattle, comprising 550 fats, 446…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Straying Dogs Kill Sheep
Straying dogs are regreated to be warrying [?] sheepmen. Eight sh[?] said to bgs [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Wool Sales District Record
A record season's price of 137¼d was obtained by Farmers and Graziers' Co.-op. Co. Ltd., for four bales of super…
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Total entry of 697 registered sheep of British breeds and Corriedales for the annual show and sale be held at Wodonga…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Firm prices expected at to-day’s Albury wool sales
Prices are expected to be firm at Albury wool sales today and tomorrow, when 16,000 bales will be offered. Sales will begin at 12.45 p.m., when big and star lots…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Junior Farmer Activities
On Friday, [?] October, a [?] of boys from the Junior Farmers’ Club at Finley, [?] to Berrigan to engage in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Junior Farmers Entertain Visitor
There was a large gathering of Junior Farmers from Berrigan and surrounding districts, together with visitors, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga conference to discuss “belter wheat”
SYDNEY, Wed. : A Commonwealth-wide campaign to encourage production of higher yielding and better quality…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Mcllrath Fellowship Award for Beef Cattle Research
C.S.I.R.O has decided to apply a gift of £50,000 from Mr. William McIlrath to found the William McIlrath…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Values firm at Albury wool sales
Values were firm at Albury wool safes when brokers submitted catalogues totalling 16,000 bales to a large attendance of world trade operators. Top price for the day,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Levy on export wheat Opposed by Burrumbuttock growers
The Burrumbuttock branch of Australian Primary Producers’ Union was opposed to the fixing of a levy on export…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record season’s price at Albury wool sales
With a record season’s price of 137¼d per lb., Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd. secured top price at Albury wool sales yesterday for the third successive time this season…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Missing girls walked to farmhouse and safety
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Three young girls, lost overnight in thickly timbered country near Kinglake, 35 miles from Melbourne, walked to a farmhouse and safety about 10 o’clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Hailstones damage wheat and vegetables
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Wheat crops, Tines and vegetables were badly damaged by hailstorms in the far North-West of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Is Another Wool Boom Crisis Looming?
Fears that persistent buying pressure from Soviet satellite countries may precipitate another…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Values are firm at wool oddments sale
Albury woolbrokeers submitted the oddment portion of their catalogue yesterday to a full complement of trade operators. Completion was widespread and compared with the last Albury series' all descriptions were…
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