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Farming & the land, 1954

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This Week in the Store Sheep Market

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 2

The immediate effect of unexpected rains through Riverina, central west, and the north-west corner of the State last week-end…

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Dogs kill 23 sheep, maul 50 others at Walbundrie

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Two dogs in the Walbundrie district have killed 23 sheep and mauled 40 to 50 others. The sheep were owned by Mrs E. A. Wardius, whose property is three miles from Walbundrie on the Rand road…

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Eisenhower’s farm prices plan is endorsed

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: President Eisenhower yesterday expressed satisfaction with the passage by the Senate of a bill…

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Wagga Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 22

Associated Agents of Wagga held their weekly sheep market on Thursday when 15,113 were yarded, comprising 9001 fats and 6112 store sheep…

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Aberdeen Angus Cattle Are Increasing in Popularity

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 10

More Aberdeen Angus cattle were entered for last month’s Royal Show at Windsor, England, than any other beef breed. President of the Australian Aberdeen Angus…

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Our Wool Cheque for 1953 Was Worth £412 Mill

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 24

CANBERRA, Fri.: Australia’s wool cheque for the year ended June 30 last was £412,242,000—a rise of £9,338,000 over the value of shipments in the previous year…

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News features for the man on the land Commercial possibilities exist for intensive hand feeding of sheep

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 10

Commercial possibilities exist for the growing and fattening of sheep by intensive hand feeding, Dr. G. L. McClymont, special veterinary research officer at Glenfiled Research Station, says in a recent article in the N.S.W. “Agricultural Gazette.”…

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Rutherglen Farmer Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 3

A Rutherglen farmer, Jack Benson, suffered severe back injuries yesterday when several bales of pressed hay fell on…

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Less Canadian Wheat Is Sold

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 5

OTTAWA, Sun.: Canada’s wheat exports dropped by almost a third to 233,900,000 bushels in the first 11 months of the last…

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Chaos facing the dairy farmers, leader claims

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 16

MACKSVILLE, Sun.: The chairmen of the Nambucca River Co-op. Society, Mr. Lamberth, said today the State’s dairy industry was in “such a mess” that unless immediate assistance was given to assure and maintain…

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Cattle Slaughtering Fees

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 2

At the Hay Municipal Council's meeting on Tuesday, when an application was received from Messrs E. F Ashcroft and Sons…

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New Pastoral Award Starts August 30th

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 1

In a fortnight’s time the new N. S. W. State Pastoral Award will take effect. This award, states the “Farmer…

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Deniliquin Takes to Dairying

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 3

Rapid expansion is taking place in the dairy industry in the Berrigon and Daniliquin districts…

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Monthly Crop Report

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

Crop are expected to yield a good harvest provided good spring rains are received, but early rains are needed to…

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Colored Picture of Kiewa Butter Factory Piggery

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 15

So impressed is the Victorian Department Agriculture with the success of the piggery attached to the Kiewa Butter and Cheese…

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Aim Is to Get Better Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 18

SYDNEY, Tues.: The milling quality of wheat would be an additional factor in judging the R.A.S. championship field wheat…

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Education Week Farmers praised in address to High School students

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

Port played in primary industry by stock and station agents and woolbrokers was outlined by E. McDonald, monger of New Zealand Loon and M.A Co. Ltd., in on address to students at…

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Subsidies on tea and dairy products to be raised

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 20

CANBERRA, Wed.: Commonwealth subsidies on tea and dairy products are increased under the 1954-55 Budget, but the freight subsidy on wheat shipped to Tasmania has been discontinued…

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Black Oats Troublesome in Wheat Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 5

Black oats are proving particularly troublesome in some wheat areas this season, the cereal socialist of the…

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