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Farming & the land, 1954

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Dairy Science Schools

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced last week that a series of…

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Sheep Breeding on Sub. Clover. Watch for Trouble

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 3

Far many years [?] of sheep in parts of Western Australia have been troubled by rather [?] changes in the…

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Farmers to Be Armed

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 3

TUNIS, Tues.: French settlers will be armed and asked to volunteer for home guard duties under a series of measures to…

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Rain is needed to establish crops

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 12

A fall of one or two inches of rain was needed in the Albury district to ensure satisfactory establishment of wheat and oat crops. This was stated yesterday…

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Holbrook farmer on trial

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 14

Holbrook farmer, Sidney John Harmer, had walked past the scene of an accident on Holbrook’s main streets two witnesses told a jury in Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday…

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Commercial Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 14

The associated agents report that at their fortnightly sheep market at Albury yesterday they yarded 14,237 head, comprising 10,090 fats and 4147…

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Successful Sheep Sale At URANA

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 3

On Thursday, 27th May, J. M. Smith and Co. and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. held a very…

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Flag Smut in Wheat

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 3

Flag Smut is the third smut disease which can be responsible for reduced wheat yields. The distinguishing features…

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Sheep Breeding on Sub Clover Watch for Trouble

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 4

For many years, breeders of sheep in parts of Western Australia have been troubled by rather peculiar changes in…

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Officials worried by lack of support for Sydney Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: Sydney Sheep Show officials are perturbed at the lack of support for the show by sheep breeders. Only 185 exhibitors have entered sheep in…

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In Albury Quarter Sessions Yesterday Former Holbrook farmer says he was in bed at lime of accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 10

A former Holbrook farmer told Albury Quarter Sessions yesterday he was in bed 20 minutes before the time of an accident in which an elderly man had been seriously injured. He is Sidney John…

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Prefers Sheep to Cattle

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 20

Following his flock of sheep on the outskirts of Albury yesterday was drover Archie Lang, well-known personality in the border districts. After 30 years’ droving he prefers sheep to cattle, he says…

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Rain Needed for District Wheat and Oat Crops

The Observer · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1

District Agronomist (Mr. G. R. Godden) in his monthly crop report issued but week-end, said a fall of one or two inches of rain was needed in the Albury district to ensure satisfactory establishment of wheat and…

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Sheep good at Sydney show

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Sydney Sheep Shaw Judges today were unanimous that standards were maintained in all sections and…

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Far West Wool Drive

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2

Hay branch of the Far West Children's Health Scheme is making an appeal for donations of wool for their current wool…

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This Week in Wool Wool Floors Cleared at End of Season

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 4

THE dwindling flow of wool offerings, climaxed by the cancellation of the Brisbane May series of sales, resulted in a week of silent sale rooms for the first time this season. With their portfolios still bulging…

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Sheep Breeding on Sub. Clover Watch for Trouble

The Observer · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 3

For many years breeders of sheep in parts of Western Australia have been troubled by rather peculiar changes in the…

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Annual Wool Class For Echuca Technical College

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 8

Arrangements have been completed for the annual wool class to be conducted by the Echuca Technical College…

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Electricity Aids Dairy Hygiene

The Observer · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 6

Electricity offers the dairy farmer an effective means to improve dairy hygiene through cleaner production, labour saved and dairy work made lighter, the Rural Electricity Officer of the Department of…

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Monthly Crop Report

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 3

In his report for the month of May, Mr. D. F. Keely, District Agronomist at Berrigan, states:--…

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