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Farming & the land, 1954

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Guaranteed Price for New Season’s Wheat 12/7 Bushel

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.: The guaranteed price under the wheat stabilisation plan for the 1954-55 wheat season will be 12/7 a bushel. This applies to new crop wheat now being harvested…

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Sheep and Wool Classes Still Lack Students

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

The 1955 sheep and wool instruction classes sponsored in Deniliquin by the Youth Service Committee of the Rotary…

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Deniliquin Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

The Deniliquin Associated Agents report having conducted their usual fortnightly sheep market on Thursday. December…

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Seed Wheat and Oats Available to Farmers

The Observer · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 6

Because of adverse seasonal conditions, it is anticipated that seed wheat and oats will be in short supply for sowing…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reporting on their 4th sale of the series held recently submitted…

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Wheat Bill before Parliament

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thurs.: The Wheat Industry Stabilisation Bill would guarantee all growers the cost of production for all wheat sold…

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This Week in Wool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 2

Reported purchases by Russia of 5000 bales of best merino wools at South African sales last week, and 700 bales in London,…

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Wool auctions at Albury favor sellers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 3

Albury woolbrokers offered the oddments portion of their catalogues yesterday to a full trade…

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Some Heavy Yields Reported From Oat Crops

The Observer · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

Hot weather over the past week gave promise of better harvesting conditions, but this was followed by a cool change…

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Chemical Thinners Give Better Apple Crop

The Observer · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 5

There was striking evidence that chemical thinning of apples by [?]naphthalene atetic acid Would obviate alternate…

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Monthly Crop Report Says Rains benefit whole district

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 5

In his monthly crop report for November, Albury district agronomist (Mr. G. R. Godden) states the whole of the district received substantial falls of rain which were well distributed throughout the month, registrations…

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Dairymen Told : Conserve Fodder

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 3

DISTRICT dairymen were advised this week by Mr. D. R. Scott, Dairy Officer, to conserve as much fodder as possible. The reason for his advice?…

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Wheat yield is halved

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 18

This season’s wheat yields from Albury to Illabo would be only half of last year’s returns, district supervisor of…

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News features for the man on the land Faulty branding may cut profit from cattle hides

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 12

Cattle owners who do not realise the damage that can he done by faulty methods of branding may be costing themselves and their industry the full value of its hide product. Good branding from the…

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Wind-damaged crop harvested at Rutherglen

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 18

Mr. Bill Francis of Rutherglen, operating one of the latest machines to harvest his wind-damaged crop…

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How Dairymen Lifted Production

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 12

How a North Coast dairy farmer lifted his production figures by hundreds of pounds of milk was…

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Canning peach crop may be record

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 12

Early indications are that the record canning peach crop of last year may be exceeded daring the coming harvest, reports Mr…

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M.p. Commends Tree Farming

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 26

MELBOURNE, Fri.: More incentive should be given farmers to grow trees commercially, Mr. Mitchell (C.P. Beneambra) told the…

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Record year seen for the dairying industry

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 12

Dairy production is climbing rapidly and many forsee a record year the Dairying Division of the NSW Department of Agriculture states in its current seasonal report…

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Storms cost U.K. farmers a huge debit

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 December 1954 · page 28

LONDON, Fri.: British formers, totting up losses after 20th century’s most difficult harvest, estimate that the wet summer and recent storms and torrential rains have cost the nation over 100,000 acres of grain—wheat…

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