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Farming & the land, 1954

1,514 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 76

Getiing Started in Farming

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 4

A new printing of the Department of Agriculture's .book, "Getting Started in Farming," is now available…

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Corowa Rotarians to go farming for a good cause

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 4

Corowa Rotary Club will sow 90 acres of the local aerodrome to wheat to raise funds for the swimming pool, spastics and Legacy. Superphosphate has been…

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Serious Wheat Storage Position

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.: The Commonwealth Government’s silence on financial aid for the construction of emergency wheat…

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Russia may still buy wool here

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Tues.: Other “Iron Curtain” countries may buy for Russia in the Australian wool market next season, the…

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Another £9 Million for Wheat Men

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Final payment to growers who delivered wheat to No. 15 pool, 1951.52 season, will be made on May 11…

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3000 sheep believed drowned

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Wed.: Heavy rains in the drought-stricken Kimberleys have brought tragedy as well as blessing —at one station alone…

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Wheat storage difficulties

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: Sufficient storage cold not be provided by the Government in time to hold the season’s wheat crop,…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 18

A.M.L. and F. Co. report having offered 5424 hales at Melbourne wool sales on April 26. Some of the principal prices realised were:…

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Inspector urges revision of “pleuro” cattle detection

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 3

The present system for detecting pleuro-pneumonia in N.S.W. cattle crossing into Victoria should be either abolished or at least drastically revised. This is stated by the…

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Move to have more wool used

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 18

NEW YORK. Wed.: Australian Wool Bureau chairman, Mr. C. B. Ball, has flown to London to discuss a world wool promotion…

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Farmer’s Story of Blonde’s Fall

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A Nhill farmer today supported his farmer friend’s claim in the Country Court that a blonde…

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Urana Special Sheep Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd., Corowa, and J. M. Smith & Co., Urana, agents in conjunction, report having…

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Wool prospects bright

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The demand for Australian wool had remained firm since the opening of the 1953-54 sales, the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

The 11th series of Melbourne Wool sales opened this week when Younghusband Ltd. offered about 4,000 bales…

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Butter Soft Drink Sales Increasing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

Sales at Deniliquin Butter Factory have increased by 28.833 lbs to March 31 this year over sales from the…

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Henty Cattle Breeder Wins Trophy

The Observer · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 6

The first prize in the beet cattle breeders' competition for the Central and Upper Murray Region, a trophy to…

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Sheep Lice Can Cost Owners Money

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

Neglect of proper precautions in the handling of lice infested sheep can be costly to sheep owners and may lead to…

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Record U.S. Wheat Stock

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 3

The Agriculture Department reported a record of 1,128,300,000 bushels of wheat in storage in the United States on April 1…

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Variety Trials for Wheat, Oats

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 1

Fifty wheat variety trials will be conducted by sixteen district agronomists with forty-one farmers this season, the…

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Wool men oppose wages board

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Although the wool section of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union opposed the establishment…

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