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Farming & the land, 1954

1,514 stories in Murray's papers · page 45 of 76

U.S. Ambassador at the Sheep Show

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

The U.S. Ambassador to Australia (Mr. Amos J. Pcaslet, centre) with the president of the Sheep Show (Mr. D. W. Hague, right) and vice-president (Mr. S. P. Webb), admiring a pen of Dorset set Horns at the Sheep Show yesterday. Mr. Peaslee later officially opened the show…

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Record attendance at Albury Sheep Show yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 12

Success of Albury’s ninth Sheep Show was placed beyond doubt yesterday—People’s Day—when door takings for the day sessions reached the all-time record of £486. Three thousand people…

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Growers Conference To Consider Wheat Crisis

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 8

Many wheatgrowers from all wheat producing areas of the State will be in Sydney next week to attend the 25th…

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Faulty Feeding May Kill Sheep in Drought Time

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 6

GRAZIERS SHOULD REMEMBER THAT STARVATION IS NOT THE ONLY CAUSE FROM WHICH SHEEP DIE IN TIME OF DROUGHT, POINTS OUT MR. F. W. EVANS, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VETERINARY OFFICER AT ARMIDALE. Some losses are directly associated with faulty hand feeding, Says Mr. Evans,…

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Australia outstripped America in wool growing, says Ambassador

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 2

Australia had for outstripped America’s accomplishments in wool growing and the wealth of the Australian industry had contributed greatly making Australia one of the richest countries per capita in the world. The U.S. Ambassador, Mr…

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Single-Phase Most Economic Farm ELectricity Supply

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 2

THE MOST ECONOMIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FOR THE FARM IS FROM SINGLE-PHASE MAINS, ADVISES THE RURAL ELECTRICITY OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (MR. J. R. LLOYD). Some farmers, said Mr. Lloyd, are given the choice of a single-phase supply at a…

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News from the District CORRYONG Cudgewa Dairy Co.’s Field Day

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 8

Manager, Mr. R. McArthur, and the board of directors of the Cudgewa Dairy Co., Mr. W. H. Lambert, chairman, invited supplies…

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Farmers Urged to Grow Better Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thurs. : Following a report that buyers in South Africa Malaya and Ceylon wanted better quality Australian wheat…

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This Week in Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 4

While statistical officers are busily calculating the precise amount of Australia's third biggest wool cheque and its average…

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Wheat sale to South Africa

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 15

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: The US Department of Agriculture yesterday announced the sale of 55,4000 long tons of Government-owned…

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This Week in the Store Sheep Market

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Rain unexpectedly developed in Central and Southern Queensland last week-end and extended into Northern N.S.W. to as far…

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Warning Against Complacency in Wool Industry

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.—Graziers were warned against complacency by the Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council (Mr. R. D. Bakewell) in Perth today…

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Stud sheep sell well at the Albury ram sales

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 9

Agents who conducted the ninth Albury stud sheep sale yesterday, at the conclusion of the Sheep Show, reported noticeable improvements in quality and prices equal to and better…

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Our Wool Earned Us £327 Million

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thurs.: Australia shipped more wool and earned more for it overseas in the 11 months ended May last than…

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Heavy Lag in Farm Material Supply

The Observer · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 5

The supply of most steel products required for the form has deteriorated very markedly in the last six months. In a…

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Well-known Henty Farmer Fatally Injured In Road Accident

The Observer · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

A well-known and highly respected identity, Mr. Friedrich Wilhelm Lubke, aged 73 years, farmer, died on Saturday night after being struck by a car on the Henty-Cookardinia Road…

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Phenothiazine in Sheep Licks

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 10

One of the methods of giving phenothiazine to sheep is in a lick, states Mr. A. E. Engel,…

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Commercial Wagga Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 22

Associated Agents of Wagga held their weekly sheep market on Thursday, when 9904 a were yarded, comparing 6427 fats and 3477 stores…

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World Wool Position Has Never Been Healthier

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 10

In recent years, and particularly since the end of the war, a number of new synthetic fibres have been evolved and taken to the stage of commercial production. Sweeping claims have been made for some of these fibres. Their enthusiastic promoters have declared them to be “better…

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For the Farm Housewife Make your apron do the work

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 10

An apron on a woman about the home can be a symbol of crisp efficiency or a badge of drudgery. Nothing gives a woman more confidence than the…

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