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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 4

At Messrs. Younghusband, Ltd.'s. wool sale in Melbourne last week the following prices were realised for Corowa district wools:--…

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Wangaratta News Wangaratta, Thursday. Winning wheat crop

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 7

Wheat crop of Messrs Arthur McDonald and Son, Docker’s Plains, is the winning crop in the Wangaratta Agricultural Society’s…

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Wheat train derailed near The Rock

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 10

Tottering bulk wheat vans, twisted rails and scattered sleepers 10 miles from The Rock railway station…

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Next Wool Sale January 13-14

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 10

NEXT wool sale in Albury will be on January 13 and 14, when it is expected 22.000 bales will be…

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Seven per cent, rise in use of wool in America

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 10

Consumption of apparel wool in United States wool textile mills for the first 10 months of 1953 was 7 per cent ahead of the same period in 1952, the Wool Bureau reports. The bureau noted, however , that consumption…

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Stubble, Wheat and Crop Burnt

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

A bush fire broke out on the property of Mr. Ray Lewis, about 12 miles from Yarrawonga on Saturday morning. Brigades from…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 10

The following is the order of sale for today’s Wodonga cattle market Younghusband Ltd., A.M.L. and F. Co. Ltd., Dalgety and Co. Ltd., New…

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Wool Values Talk

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Harwood, chief valuer for Younghusband Ltd., will discuss trends in Australia's wool qualities in the A.B.C…

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Minister’s promise on wheat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

ADELAIDE. Mon.: The acting Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Senator McLeay) agreed to place before Federal Cabinet…

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Wool Substitutes Discussed in Government Review

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

In the past few years, competition racing wool from synthetic fibres hAs increased considerably, particularly since the development…

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Rain Saves Farmers Thousands

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: Primary producers’ representatives say the week-end rain has saved farmers many thousands of…

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Growers Urged to Cut Wheat Acreages

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 6

PERTH, Tues.: President of the wheat section of the Farmers’ Union of Western Australia (Mr. D. W. Maisey) today called on…

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Sheep, lamb figures highest for 8 years

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 10

Had it not been for the export trade, the number of sheep and lambs slaughtered at Albury abattoirs last year would have been lower than estimated, but they were highest for eight years…

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Appu Attitude to Reduce Wheat Acreage Plea

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The attitude of the wheat section of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union to the pies to…

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Weakening Market for Cattle, Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 5

“Odd Cattle sales were held during December with one excellent yarding of fat cattle at Finley Mr. E. Scott Rogers,…

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More Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

World wool production in 1953 was a record 4410 million lb. grease basis, the United States Agricultural Department…

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Wheat Silos Full

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 2

At a nearly 100 per cent rollup of wheat growers at Telford, in the Yarrawonga district, it was decided to allow 80 bags to each…

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Recommended Wheat Varieties for 1954

The Observer · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 4

The following wheat variety recommended for 1954 sowing have been announced by the Division of Plant…

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World Wheat Production 7000 Million Bushels

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 6

Significant developments in wheat and rice production and marketing are referred to in the latest “News Summary”…

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Yarrawonga and Border Wheat Crop Competition 1953 Report of the Judge, Mr. E. C. Watters, of Shepparton

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

There were fourteen entries in the Wheat Crop Competition which was conducted by the Yarrowonga and Border Agriculture and Pastroal Society and judged on 2nd and 3rd December. This is three more entries than last year, and…

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