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Farming & the land, 1952

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Wool Prices Drop Back at Three City Sales Clip Estimate Down

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 3

Wool sales continued last week at Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with prices still trending downwards, particularly for good spinners' wools…

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Visit of Junior Farmers From North Coast

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 4

Thirty-eight junior farmers from the Far North Coast on a tour of the Northern Tablelands, left Armidale this morning after a one-day visit here. Yesterday they inspected…

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Junior Farmer in Hospital

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 8

John Cowan, 14, of Casino, one of the junior farmem from the North Coast who Visited Armidale…

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Record Fruit Crop at Kentucky

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1952 · page 8

All going well, the fruit crop on Kentucky Settlement this season is expected to be a record…

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Sheep Production Problems

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 3

There are many problems confronting the sheep man. and shortages, any points and shortages, and any points…

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Drought Feeding of Sheep

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 6

With dry conditions after a number of good seasons the subject of a drought feeding of sheep assumes a new…

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Arresting The Decline In Wheat Growing

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 3

TAMWORTH: The District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association yesterday forwarded telegrams to…

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Wheat Only Bright Spot in Food Front

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Drought, fire and insect pests forced a serious decline in N.S.W. food…

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F. & S.a. Request for Wheat Bulkhead at Byron Siding

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 4

A resolution from the Oakwood branch will go through the District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association to the Zone Conference in March, pressing for the establishment of a wheat…

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Manufactures Over Aided Farming Vital to Survival

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 3

Secondary industry had been fostered to an unwise extent. The emphasis must be on primary production if Australia was to…

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The Breeding of Wheat for Resistance to Stem Rust (This is the seventh of a series of articles on plant breeding supplied by Mr. A. Johnson. District Agronomist)

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 6

The possibility of controlling stem rust by breeding wheals resistant to it, was first recognised by William Farrer, and largely as a result of his work, considerable success has been achieved in this direction. A few of Farrer's wheats, such as Florence, did…

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Wool Report

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 10

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Coy., Ltd., report: We submitted a catalogue of…

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The Prosperity Loading on Pastoral Awards

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

Early abolition, or a reduction of prosperity loading on pastoral awards, is being sought by the Inverell branch of the Graziers' Association. A motion to that effect is to…

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District Wool at Newcastle Yesterday

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

Claude Bentley and Co., local agents for Pitt Son and Badgery, report that at Newcastle sales yesterday the market was…

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Wool Market To Remain Stable

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 1

World business is not likely to recede alarmingly, with Government defence expenditure high in almost all…

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Farmer Blames Scientists for Lag in Agriculture

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

Mr. D. M. S[?]and, of Woodville, said in Armidale today that the failure of our scientists to…

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Sheep Sale

Guyra Argus · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 4

At last Friday's sheep sale held by the New England Agency, fat sheep fetched from 30/ to 55/. aged, and broken…

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Fleece Of Wool

The Uralla Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 2

The president donated a fleece of wool for a guessing competition, for which Messrs. C. V. Hayne, J. R. Blanch and…

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Near Record for Walcha Wool

Guyra Argus · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 5

Dalgety and Co. report that a season's record for Newcastle was established at Wednesday's wool sales, when…

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Horse and Cattle Sections of Show Will Be Strong

Guyra Argus · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

Despite the adverse season, some good entries have been received for the Guyra show, commencing tomorrow. Horse and cattle sections will be particularly…

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