Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 73 of 81

Metal scraps can kill your cattle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 16

The danger of leaving metal scraps where cattle can gain access to them in feeding is stressed by veterinarians of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

845 Million Head of Cattle in World

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 16

There are an estimated 845 million head of cattle in the world. The estimate is made by the United States Foreign…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Drought Hits Oat Crops

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 16

A survey of oat crops throughout NSW recently conducted by the Department of Agricultural Division of Marketing and Agricultural…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

2000 cattle quarantined

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Mon.: More than 2000 head of cattle have been placed under quarantine in the Wangaratta district following…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Tips butter price fall in Britain

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon. : Australian and New Zealand export butter would drop in price sharply when Britain…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Goldsbrough Mort's Melbourne Wool Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

At the above firm's wool sale in Melbourne on Tuesday lest the following prices were realised for Corowa district wools:--…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

They Learn About Australian Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

Eager to learn bow the sale of wool is handled in Australia, two Canadians, Miss Helen Kerr, of Albert, Prince Edward Island,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Ban Move on Hard Wheat Types

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Labour find Industry (Mr. A. Landa) said in the Legislative Assembly that high quality hard wheat from…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Forecast for N.S.W. Preliminary Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 4

The forthcoming wheat harvest in New South Wales is expected to yield 45 million bushels. This forecast was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool cheque up by £16m. for four months

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Australia’s wool cheque for the first four months of this season was £111,217,157—£16 million more than for the same period of last year. This was revealed in the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Engineer Makes Success As Farmer

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 4

On his first attempt at farming a Greek engineer has worked out an agricultural experiment near Brisbane which could…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Relief for Farmers "'Cut Rail Freights"

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 1

The State Labour Government cared "not hoot" country" dweller said Mr. G. R. Crawford (G.P…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Plan for wheat could end

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 13

CANBERRA, Tues.: Unless the Australian Wheat growers’ Association decides in the near future to support requests to…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Wool Values Firm at Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 20

NEWCASTLE, Tues.: Values at Newcastle wool sales today were fully firm on closing rates in Sydney last week. Fine wools showed…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

£2/0/3½ for Lambs’ Wool—record

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A world record price for lambs’ wool—516¼d. a lb. ( £2/0/3¼) was paid at the Geelong wool…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

40 Mil. Bushels of Wheat Could Rot in Paddocks

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tues.: More than 40 million bushels of wheat may lie rotting in paddocks throughout Victoria in three weeks unless Grain Elevators Board grants a wage increase at silos and bulk heads…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 6

Younghusband Limited report on their fourth Catalogue submitted on Monday 10th November…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Allegedly gave stolen sheep to policeman!

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wed. Two young Wentworth (NSW) drovers were sent to gaol for three months in Mildura General…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Arrangements to lift wheat harvest

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 19

SYDNEY, Wed.: Commissioner for Railways (Mr Winsor) said today arrangements had been made to provide the equivalent of 2005…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

World record for lambs’ wool— £2/7/6 a lb

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A new world record for lambs’ wool, breaking the figure set yesterday, was paid at the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →