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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,616 stories in Murray's papers · page 80 of 81

Wheat Stabilisation Scheme Correspondence move to reach agreement

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wed. : A further attempt to reach agreement with the States by correspondence on the wheat stabilisation scheme will be made by the acting Minister Commerce (Senator McLeay)…

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Wool dealers lose test claim over war-time sales overseas

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 16

SYDNEY, Wed.: A test claim by wool dealers for a £3½ million shore in the receipts from Australian wool sold overseas during the last war was unsuccessful in the Full High Court today…

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Garden Notes Ideal Time for Root Crops

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 8

December is regarded in the order districts as the best time to sow seeds of carrots, parsnips and other root vegetables…

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Fire destroys crop and stacks at Yarrawonga

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 5

Fire on a Yarrawonga property yesterday morning destroyed 200 acres of wheat crop was being harvested and…

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Wheat Crop Competition

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 16

The Rutherglen 1953-54 wheat crop competition has been won by Mr. J. H. Fuge, secretary of the Rutherglen Agricultural…

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Yerong Creek Farmer Wins Wheat C'ship

The Observer · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

A crop of Celebration, estimated to yield 45 bushels to the acre, grown by T. E. Gorman, and Sons', "Fairfield," Yerong…

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Rutherglen Wheat Good

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

Delivery of new season’s wheat at the Rutherglen silos has commenced. Mr. W. P. Gilfuis, who is accepting wheat on behalf…

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Wool and Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

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

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This Week in Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

STEADIEST Wool Values on Record. v Japan Again Buying at Full Strength. Russia Building 50 Huge Wool Mills. Nylon-Orion "Written Off." Crucial U.S. Tariff Decision This Week…

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Cattle Movement N.S.W. Into Victoria

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 4

Recently attention was directed to the impropriety of buyers of cattle signing Schodules "A" for their passage from N.S.W. into…

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Work on Wheat Silos May Cease

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Work at all wheat silos and bulk-heads throughout Victoria will cease after the weekend…

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Final Wheat Forecast for New South Wales

The Observer · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 4

A final review of the wheat crop position in N.S.W. as at 30th November, 1953, indicates a yield of 53,000,000 bushels of…

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Commercial Wagga Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 19

Associated: Agents of Wagga held their weekly market on Thursday, when 10,233 were yarded, comprising 9142 fats and 1291 stores…

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Steady wool market

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 14

The conclusion of the first half of the Sydney wool selling season brings to a close one of the steadiest…

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Coreen farmer’s heavy loss in fire yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 3

Almost 200 acres of crop and grass were destroyed, and hundreds of bags of wheat and barley on the property of Mr R. B. McKenzie, “Avalon,” Coreen, at 12.30 p.m. yesterday. Mr. McKenzie and a farm…

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Sheep perish in fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 2

WAGGA, Sun.: Wagga and Tarcutta police are investigating a bushfire at Borambola which burned through six…

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Wheat crop competition Yarrawonga and border awards

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 7

Fourteen entries, were received in the wheat crop competition, conducted by the Yarrawonga Show Society. This was three…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 16

The following is the order of sale at today’s Wodonga cattle market: A.M.L. and F. Co., John McNamara and Co., Gippsland and Northern,…

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Wheat Trucks Expected Tonight

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 1

Trucks for transportation of the district’s wheat harvest are expected to arrive in Deniliquin this evening, and…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Goldsbrough Morth & CO

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 3

Goldsborough, Mort and Company Limited, report:— A highly satisfactory pre-Christmas period was brought to…

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