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Farming & the land, 1954

1,514 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 76

Hollywood’s glamorising blamed for depressed state of U.S. sheep, wool industry

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Hollywood’s glamorising of the life of the cowboy was blamed as one of the factors for the depressed state of the American sheep and wool industry, the Federal secretary of the Grazier’s Association…

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Kiewa Butter Factory Directors’ Election

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 2

Nominations for the election of Kiewa Butter Factory directors close at 5 p.m. next Wednesday, Retiring directors are Messrs…

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[?]Ld People’s [?]Creation Centre Sheep Auction Raises £46 for Appeal

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 5

Sheep were donated and auctioned at Albury sheep market yesterday and the proceeds handed to the appeal for an…

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Wool prices might be “somewhat lower, says U.S. economist

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 20

NEW YORK, Wed.: An American wool economist today estimated that market prices for wool during the 1954-55 selling season might, on the average, be “somewhat lower” than…

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Another good crop is expected in Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The beneficial rains which fell over the Victorian wheat bell earlier this week would go far…

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New Pastoral Award

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

The new N.S.W. State Pastoral Award will take effect as from August 30. This award, states the "Farmer…

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Another big contract for Kiewa butter factory

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 5

The Klewa Butter and Cheese Factory and Creamery Company Limited has just been advised that the…

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Cattle £5 to £6 Dearer At Wednesday’s Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

A complete clearance at prices quoted at £5 to £6 dearer than previous sales is reported by the New Zealand…

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Commercial Boree Creek Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 22

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., of Boree Creek, conducted a special sheep sale on Monday, August 23, when a yearding of 5500 Corriedale…

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Information Free to Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 11

New and revised publications free to farmers in NSW on application to the NSW Department of Agriculture now include…

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Sterilisation of seed bed soil gives better crop protection

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 11

Many diseases of vegetables and flower crops are soil borne. Infection may start in the seed bed, following the use of soil contaminated with a pathogenic organism, and seedlings, set out in the field, carry the disease to new areas…

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Record Apple Crop Fills Cool Stores

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 11

A record apple crop has filled all cool storage space to capacity, the NSW Department of Agriculture’s Division of…

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Win for Table Top Farmer

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 8

Table Top farmer. Mr. W. J. Paterson has won the pasture and fodder competition conducted by Albury Show Society…

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Wheat harvest of 180m. bushels

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Should normal rains fall in the wheat belt between now and October, Australia could expect a wheat…

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All eyes will be on today’s wool sales in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun. : Australia’s wool selling season will open in Sydney tomorrow, when the first of the 1953-54 season’s clip will be presented. Both graziers and…

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This Week in Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 7

At the dawn of the new wool year, graziers this week were anxiously scanning the horizon for portents likely to determine…

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Merino wool values lower at opening of new selling season in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Values for Merino wools were 71/2 to 10 per cent lower than last season's rates at the opening sales of the new Australian wool selling year today. Better style wools and the…

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Dairymen to fight margarine

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA, Mon.: A trust fund has been established to protect the interests of Australian dairy farmers in the fight against…

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Egypt Seeks Our Butter and Jam

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Australian trade prospects in Egypt had been greatly enhanced as a result of restrictions against…

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Federal Minister Sees Drop in Wool Prices As “Pretty Modest”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.: Prices received at the opening two days of the new season’s Sydney wool sales represented a drop of about four per cent on the average age price received for all wool last years, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said tonight…

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