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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,514 stories in Murray's papers · page 64 of 76

Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 18

The Associated Agents held their weekly cattle market at Wodonga yesterday, when they yarded 2378 cattle comprising 1160 fats, 635 choppers, 420…

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Lilliput Farmer Loses Lambs in Dip

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 2

Lilliput farmer, Mr M. Mclaurin, suffered his second serious loss on Monday, when 46 of his prime sucker lambs valued at…

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Lambs’ wool 35/5 a lb

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 20

GEELONG, Wed.: A new Australian record for lambs’ wool this season was set to-day when two bales from…

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“ Soviet enigma of the wool market”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY, Wed.: “One of the enigmas of the wool world at the moment is just what may be expected from the Russians. Most…

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Lutheran Pastoral Conference Held at Henty

The Observer · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

Fourteen pastors of the N.S.W. District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church met last week at Henty for the annual pastoral conference, which was also attended by the President-General of the Church of Australia,…

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Swan Hill Special Sheep Sale

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

O'Connor Egan & Co. merged in the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. and Young husband Ltd., agents in…

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Store Sheep Rise by 25/- Head

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

A Tasmanian buyer purchased 1750 ewe lambs at yesterday’s annual special sheep sale and they will be…

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Action, Not Talk Wanted on Cattle Saleyards

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

Primary producers would have to watch that talk about the cattle saleyards didn’t continue for two years and cattle…

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Lambs’ Wool 44/4 a Lb

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 9

GEELONG. Thurs.: One bale of superfine merine lambs’ wool sold at the Geelong wool sale today created a season’s…

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Warning on “Get-up” of Wool

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Wool users are very concerned at the tendency for the “get-up” of many clips in NSW to deteriorate…

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Sheep Average 74/3 At Swan Hill Off-Shears Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 9

O’Connor E’gan and Co. merged in the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. and Younghusband Ltd., agents in…

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Dairy farmer fined over pigs

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 5

A dairy farmer was fined £7 and ordered to pay £22 costs by Mr Bell, SM, in Wodonga Court of Petty Sessions…

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Warns of “danger signals” in the wheat world

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.: A warning that danger signals were appearing in the wheat world was given today in the House of Representatives by Mr. Lemmon (Labor, N.S.W.)…

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Mechanical Unit to Aid Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs. : A mobile mechanisation unit has been attached to the southern agricultural region, the Minister…

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Demonstrations for Dairymen

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

Two Field Days and Film nights have been arranged for district dairy farmers next week…

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North Coast butter output up

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 11

Butter output from factories coastal arms north of Sydney’ is increasing rapidly, the Dairying Division of the…

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Vitamin ‘A’ Requirements of Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 11

Vitamin “A” supplements can be very valuable when given to sheep in the right circumstances. However, reports indicate that graziers may be wasting time and money on…

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Crop Competition Closes

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 2

Entries in the Albury Show Society’s crop growing competition will close at the secretary’s office, Beehive Chambers, on…

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Field Day for Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 2

Victorian Department of Agriculture and Yarrawonga Show Society will conduct a farmers’ field day at the department’s…

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Wheat Harvest Labour

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 4

With the advent of the 1954 wheat harvest, even though crops have been severely affected by the drought conditions,…

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