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Farming & the land, 1954

1,514 stories in Murray's papers · page 65 of 76

Wool Sales Start Tomorrow

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 2

Albury’s third wool sales for the current season will be held at the Wool Exchange, tomorrow and Thursday, when 20,000 bales…

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Labour Shortage Expected For Wheat Harvest

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 7

With the advent of the 1954 wheat harvest, even though the crop has been severely affected by the drought…

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N.S.W. to ratify wheat plan

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.: Legislation to ratify the wheat stabilisation plan will be introduced into the Legislative Assembly soon…

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To Dairy Farmers: Cut Hay, Feed Out

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

It was more economical to cut hay and feed it out during the lean Autumn-Winter months than to attempt to…

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Oil and Uranium Wobble, But . . . Wool prefers to stand contentedly aloof (“Mail” Special)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 14

While freely acknowledging that wool for years has been Australia’s senior wealth producer, have you ever thought of oil and uranium moving into the sphere of helpful…

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Asparagus Farming at Gundagai

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 4

The value of the asparagus farms at "Dalkeith" are appreciated by many Gundagai people but few realise that an amount…

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Fat Lamb Breeders' Competition Corowa Farmer Wins

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

A team of extremely big framed and robust Corriedale ewes entered by Mr. W. T. Lewis, of "Coonara," Corawa,…

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Berrigan Junior Farmer To Represent District

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 2

A Berrigan boy has been chosen to represent the Central Murray District in the 1954 “Star” Junior [?]…

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Rain Won’t Help All the Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

Only the irrigation farmers and those who are short of storage water will derive material benefit from the recent rain, said Mr. Des Keely, District Agronomist this morning…

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Govt. Challenged on Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 28

CANBERRA, Tues.: The Government was tonight challenged from its own Senate benches during the committee stages of the…

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Albury Wool Sales Start To-day

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 2

Chairman of Albury woolbrokers (Mr. T. S. Ware) advised yesterday that the third series of the 1954-55 wool sales would commence today and be continued to-morrow, when 18,000 bales would be submitted to the…

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Labor Shortage for Wheat Harvest Is Likely

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 9

With the advent of the 1954 wheat harvest, even though the crop has been severely affected by the drought conditions, it is…

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Farmers Urge Freer Trade Flow

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 2

PERTH, Tues.: Urging more liberal trade with other countries, Mr. T. Vowles SA, told the Australian Wheatgrowers’ Federation…

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“Farmers ‘penalised’ by Tax Department”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 6

PERTH, Tues: Delegates at Australian Wheatgrowers’ Federation conference which ended in Perth this afternoon, claimed that…

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Has Science in View Rain-making plants for all border farmers? (“Mail” Special)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 5

If a theory of today turns out to be a reality of tomorrow—it has happened often in scientific circles—there will be thousands of people in the border district exclaiming, “I…

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Wheat Harvest

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 5

With the, advent of the 1954 harvest, even though the crop has been severely affected by the drought conditions, it is…

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Lower wool prices here

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 1

Third series of Albury wool sales commenced oft 10.45 a.m. yesterday, at the Wool Exchange, when…

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"Flying Squads" move New Season's Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 3

The above photograph shows a new idea being used to speed up handling of this season's wool. The wool firm, Bridgland Brown Pty. Limited, has organised some of its wool handlers into teams called "flying squads", which work in conjunction with classes in their wool…

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Our wool cheque may be down by £50 million

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed. : With a spasmodic foil in prices of wool for more than a month past, it is expected that Australia’s wool cheque for the current season will be in the vicinity of £341 million, or £50…

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Sheep and Wool Classes May Start Here Next Year

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 1

Sheep and wool classes for interested people who have left school may be started in four Riverina towns including Deniliquin next year. Sponsoring the…

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