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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wool demand keeps pace with world output

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 November 1953 · page 9

While the average world wool clip continues to show signs of increasing, there is still a steady increase in consumption, which is more than keeping pace with production…

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The Mixed Farmers’ Dream

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 November 1953 · page 9

This is an excellent picture of the newly introduced seed dropper which is fully explained on this page…

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New seed dropper will be the mixed farmers’ dream

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 November 1953 · page 9

Considerable interest has been shown by Albury and Wodonga district farmers in new fertiliser and seed dropper. Agents said yesterday orders had been more than the supply…

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Cattle Stealing Alleged

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 2

Albury detectives arrested a young man at Howlong on Sunday afternoon and charged him with stealing cattle. He was…

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Wool Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 3

At Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort & Co.'s wool sale in Melbourne last week 47,500 bales wore offered. The following prices were…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 14

The following is the order of sale for today’s Wodonga cattle market: New Zealand Loan and MA Co., Farmers and Graziers, John…

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Draft Allowance on Sheep Skills Abolished

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said to-day that the Sale of Goods…

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Drover Prosecuted for Slow Move of Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 2

Drover, Edward David Bowman, did not appear to answer a charge that he failed to travel sheep the statutory distance, in…

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Roberton Queries Morality, Justice of Wheat Bill

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 1

"I do not challenge the competence of the Government to negotiate an agreement on wheat to stabilise the economy and help…

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Will Russia be buying at today’s Albury wool sales?

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 6

Fourth series of Albury wool sales for the current season open today. There is much speculation about how much Russia will buy. One well-informed source…

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Crop Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 7

Mr. G. R. Godden, District Agrono[?] competition, crops entered in the Berrigan A .and H. Society’s competition,…

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Farmer fined £100: failed to “suppress” rabbits

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 1

WAGGA, Tues. : A man was fined £100 with £3/18/- costs in the Court of Petty Sessions at Wagga today on a charge of failing to suppress rabbits on his property…

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Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report per Messrs Young-husband Ltd., that the 5th Series of Wool Saes in this…

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Commercial Melbourne Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Bullocks were firm with young cattle prices equal to the best rates of the previous market at Newmarket saleyards…

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Experiments to breed new type cattle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 5

DARWIN, Wed.: The CSIRO has established a cattle breeding station north of Rockhampton to try and breed a more suitable type of…

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Four More Men on Wool Theft Charges

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 21

SYDNEY, Wed.: Four more men were remanded today on charges said to involve possibly £50,000 worth of wool…

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Scientific research—answer to synthetic wool challenge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 10

CANBERRA, Wed.: The wool industry’s most effective answer to the competition of synthetics was an increase in wool production,…

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Albury Wool Sales Eastern European interests are keen buyers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 1

Feature of the fourth series of the current season’s wool sales in Albury yesterday was the keen buying by Eastern European interests. Although prices were…

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Keen and widespread competition at the Albury wool sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 6

The final wool sale in Albury for the first half of the wool selling season commenced yesterday when brokers submitted the main portion of their catalogues, comprising some 18,000 bales, to auction. The offering consisted of some 70 per cent comeback and…

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Albury Crops of High Standard

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 10

Crops entered by nine competitors in the competition sponsored jointly by the Albury Show Society and the Royal…

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