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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,514 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 76

Don’t want wool “stabilised”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Stabilisation of wool was strongly condemned at the fifth annual meeting of the wool section of…

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Extra Wheat Storage in N.s.w

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Bulk wheat storage facilities in NSW would be increased by seven million bushels before the next harvest,…

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Judge Slates Farmer Has sexual “morals of street dog,” he declares: to pay his mistress £200

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A Nhill farmer, described by Judge Nelson as having the sexual “morals of a street dog,” was ordered in the Country Court today to pay his farmer mistress £200 damages for breaking her…

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Razing Oats Boosts Wheat Yields

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

A demonstration just concluded at Wagga Agricultural College shows that over a seven-year period, where oats for grazing were sown in wheat stubble, subsequent wheat yields were appreciably increased…

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Federal Govt. ends uncertainty over storing wheat

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, announced today that the Commonwealth Government had approved steps necessary to ensure that sufficient storage would exist in Australia to take care of the 1954-55 wheat harvest…

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Russia only small buyer of buyer our wool

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

Mr R. D. Bakewell, chairman of Australian Woolgrowers’ Council. has made the following comment on the announcement that…

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Wheat men got £100 million from one pool

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 17

SYDNEY, Fri.: Final payment to growers who delivered wheat to No. 15 pool (1951/52 season) will be made on May…

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“Fog” to fight crop pests

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

Plant pest warfare specialists in Hungary have this month begun experiments in spreading protective live liquids and powders on crops…

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Subdivision Is Important Factor in Dairying

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

Subdivision is one of the most important factors in effective grassland management, points out the Division of Plant Industry of N.S.W. Department of Agriculture. Dairy cattle changed at…

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Wangaratta News Items Dogs Tackle Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 5

Dogs made a raid on sheep close to Wangaratta and three were so badly mauled that they had to be killed. Mr. E. F. Sullivan,…

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Drought so bad that some graziers may not shear any sheep this year

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Sun,; The drought position in the Meekatharra area, north of the Murchison goldfields, about 500 miles from Perth, is reported to be so bad that some stations will be unable to shear sheep this season. In the previous drought…

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Govt. Moves to Save Starving Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 9

PERTH, Mon.: The State Government is to act quickly to save about 80,000 sheep in the drought - stricken Meekatharra…

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More Wheat Storage Space for Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Victoria is expected to have additional bulk wheat -storages available in time for the 1954-55 wheat harvest…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 7

A strong confident enquiry which, if anything, increased in tempo throughout the week was a feature of the 11th series of…

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Information Free to Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 1

Free copies of the following new or revised publications issued, by the Department of Agriculture may be obtained…

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Commercial Wool Prices Firm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 22

SYDNEY. Tues.: Rates for all descriptions of merinos and crossbreds remained fully firm at the wool sales today. Greasy merino fleece sold to…

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Grazing Oats Boosts Wheat Yield

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 8

A demonstration just concluded at Wagga Agricultural Colugo shows that over a seven year period, where oats for…

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Springhurst Farmer Wins Competition

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 23

First prize in the 1954 Hanslow Cup soil conservation competition in the Upper Murray district was won by a Springhurst farmer, Mr…

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Send more butter appeal

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.: An appeal to the great butter exporters, Australia, Denmark and New Zealand, to increase their exports…

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