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Farming & the land, 1954

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Wheat Prospects

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 2

THE prospects for the profitable sale of Australian wheat are certainly rather badly clouded at the…

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Commercial Wagga Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 26

Associated Agents of Wagga held their weekly sheep market on Thursday, when 20,037 were yarded, comprising 20,037 fats. Yarding of fats…

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Rising wheat surplus

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA, Fri.: Australia will have a wheat surplus at the end of next month of nearly…

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Hews features for the man on the land Our wool cheque down by £6 mill

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY Fri.: Australia’s wool cheque for the July-September period was nearly £6 million less than for the same period last year, although nearly 2000 more bales were sold this year…

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Strike threat to asparagus crop

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri. : A strike of 100 cutters at Cowra threatens the biggest asparagus crop in the Southern Hemisphere. The…

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Large pig crop reported

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 11

Earlier forecasts of a rapidly increasing pig population in Victoria are verified m the half-yearly…

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Wool fabrics popular in Far East

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Sun.: The growing popularity of wool fabrics in the Far East would become an important factor…

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Heavy Rain Kills Thousand of Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Heavy rain in north and north-western N.S.W. over the weekend has killed thousands of newly-shorn sheep and new-born lambs…

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Wool Prices Up in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 14

MELBOURNE. Mon.: There was an, appreciation of 2½ er cent in prices [?] fleece wools, by comparison with in other centres recently, when…

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Sheep Took Too Long Fine of £15

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 1

Drover J. Brooks of Echuca had travelled 420 ewes and 1025 wether lambs only 19 miles in eight days, Stock…

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American Wool Men to Visit Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

A party of six American woolgrowers, and an officer of the Department of Agriculture of America, at present touring…

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Border Farmers Pleased More rain needed, but present falls welcome

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

Border district formers welcomed rain which fell on Sunday and yesterday, but thought it insufficient for crops and pastures. Falls of up to 135 points…

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Farmers’ conference today

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 8

CANBERRA, Mon.: Representatives of five States will attend the Federal conference of Australian Primary Producers’ Union…

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Rain Kills 32,000 Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Tues.: At least 32,000 sheep are estimated to have perished In torrential rains in the north and north west of…

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Nearly £2 Million in Dairy Fund

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tues.: The Dairying Industry Stabilisation Fund at June 30 last stood at £1,926,737…

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M. P. on farmers’ labor needs

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tues.: The Government regarded the regarded the recruitment of seasonal labor for the forthcoming cereal crops as…

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Commercial Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 9

The Associated Agents held their weekly sheep market at Albury yesterday when they yarded 8835 sheep, comprising. 6519 fat sheep and 2316…

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Police believe sheep stolen

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 24

MELBOURNE. Wed: About 100 sheep had been found near Avoca following an intensive police investigation into…

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Wool in Demand in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The Melbourne woolbrokers report that the third series of wool sales in this centre was continued today, when 13.569 bales…

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Australia urged to step up wool output

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A world expert today urged Australian graziers and farmers to produce more wool—“as much as they can handle” keep pace with the sale of synthetics…

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