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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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To Discuss Price Support for Wool

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs.: Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson has invited 21 representatives of the US wool industry to confer with…

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Army’s Action Angers Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 3

PERTH, Thurs.: Farmers in the rich farming district of Northam are angered by troops fighting “battles” over their paddocks…

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Must Kill 70 Sheep Daily

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Fri.: Wagga abattoir employes were exempted from the butchers’ (wholesale country sheep chain slaughtering works…

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Faulty Dip Can Harm Your Wool Clip

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 11

A faulty dip for external parasites of sheep this season may cost graziers thousands of pounds in wool value next year, a veterinary officer of the NSW Department…

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News features for the man on the land Cattle Do Well in the “Alice” Country

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 11

Prices for cattle trucked from the Alice Springs area to Adelaide markets compared favorably with those received in the Albury and border district, when it was considered the long 1000 miles journey they had to make…

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Show Sheep Highly Praised

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Judges of sheep at the Royal Melbourne Show today were unanimous in their commendation of the…

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Wodonga Butter Factory’s high award

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 3

Manager of Holdenson and Nielson Fresh Foods Pty Ltd, Wodonga factory, Mr. J. M. Young, has been informed that his factory has been…

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Commercial Wool Values Firm

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 14

SYDNEY, Mon.: Values ruled fully firm at the improved level established in Newcastle last week at the resumption of the Sydney wool sales…

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New [?] Wool nan[?] Now Being [?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 6

[?] at the [?] [?] HANIE[?] WOOLGROWER [?] received [?]…

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“Albury weekly sheep markets will benefit graziers and buyers”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 10

The introduction of weekly sheep markets of Albury (instead of fortnightly sales as hitherto), starting from tomorrow, should prove of immense benefit to graziers and buyers…

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Tallangatta Butter Factory’s Success

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 2

Butter produced by the Talangatta Butter Factory was awarded the Victorian butter factories’ prize for export butter, at the…

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Sheep flocks small in U.S.A.

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tues.: The United States was growing a quarter TO a third of its own wool requirements. Mr. O. McL. Falkiner, former…

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Commercial Melbourne Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 18

MELBOURNE. Wed.: Quality bullocks sold at firm values at Newmarket today, but calves were £1 to £2 lower. The yarding of 1335…

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Treatment for Pink Eye in Cattle

The Observer · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 7

The spread of pink eye in cattle can be very rapid in spring months, the District Veterinary Officer at…

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Japanese Wool Men Coming Here

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 10

TOKIO, Thurs. : The Japanese Wool Spinners’ Association will send a mission to Australia and New Zealand in October to…

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124M. Bushels of Wheat in Store

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 8

CANBERRA, Thurs.: At the beginning of this month, 124 million bushels of wheat were stored in Australia…

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Phosphorus in Diet May Reduce Milk Fever in Cattle

The Observer · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 6

If phosphorus in the diet of the high-producing dairy cow is increased during the last month or so of pregnancy, it is probable that the incidence of milk fever can be greatly reduced…

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Local and General New Payment in Wheat Pool

The Observer · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 2

A further payment of 4d per bushel for both bagged and bulk wheat in No. 16 Pool (1953-54 season), bringing the…

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Junior Farmers Visit

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 2

An evening has been arranged for Wednesday next., October 7, at the Parish Hall, Hay, to entertain a party of Junior Farmers…

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Dairy Block Fob Ballot

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 4

A 1298 acre irrigation dairy farm near Wakool will be open for application under the war service land settlement scheme,…

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