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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Widespread Demand for Wool

North West Champion · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 4

A most encouraging feature of the wool season in Australia for the first half of the selling period has been the…

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Record Area for Fodder Crops

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

It is expected that a record area will be sown to summer fodder on the north Western slope this year…

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Field Wheat Competitions

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

In a review of the 1953 Field Wheat Competition, Senior Agronomist Mr. J. A. O'Reilly warns farmers who intend sowing wheat on heavy land they would be well…

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World Wheat Stocks

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

World wheat production this year will be about 7,000 million bushels. This is 4 per cent above the 1945/49…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Review Wanted—-a New Type of Merino

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

Experiments similar to those being conducted in America should be carried out in Australia to cross Merinos with Ramboullets to produce a sheep giving more wool and…

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N. West Harvests 11 Million Bush. Wheat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

During December conditions were hot and dry. If good rains do not fall in some parts a serious…

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Grazing Sheep on Drome

North West Champion · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

The question of grazing sheep on Moree aerodrome was brought forward at a meeting of Moree Council…

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Recommended Wheat Varieties

North West Champion · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

Recommended wheat varieties for sowing in the Moree district this year have been announced by the Department…

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Heavy Wheat Yield

North West Champion · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 4

This year's wheat harvest in New South Wales will exceed 60 million bushels. Coupled with this…

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Wool Prices Firm SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 12

With Australian mills buying more actively than at any previous sale this season, and America taking the most…

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Grower Critical of Wheat Reduction Plan

North West Champion · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 6

A Northern wheatgrower has criticised a statement by the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Sir John Teasdale) that a substantial reduction should be made in the acreage…

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The Week in Wool SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 3

Back to their onerous task of valuing and buying the remaining and major portion of Australia's wool clip,…

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Graziers' Cereal Chairman Urges Caution in Restricting Wheat Acreage

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

A denial that the temporary lull in the world's wheat market could be rectified by reducing acreages in Australia was issued this morning by Mr. S. Carberry, Chairman of the…

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District Wheat Yield

Manilla Express · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

It has been estimated that the wheat yield for the 195354 season in the Manilla land Upper Manilla…

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Conditioner Boosts Crops

Manilla Express · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 6

Liquid soil conditioner was being used on various drops in the United State as an assurance against…

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Little Demand For Store Sheep

North West Champion · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 5

Timely new year rains have brightened die pastoral outlook over a wide area of New South Wales but falls, particularly in New England and die North-West have not been sufficient to…

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Inverell District Wheat Yield

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Wheat-receiving depots at Inverell, Mt. Russell, Delungra, and Warialda this season took in just over 1,700,000…

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Shire Favours Crazing Sheep on Aerodrome

North West Champion · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 6

Boolooroo Shire Council last week expressed its favour of grazing sheep on Moree aerodrome so that the grass might be kept down. Cr. Jamieson said he had…

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Second Half of Wool Season Opens

North West Champion · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Back to their onerous task of valuing and buying the remaining and major portion of Australia's wool clip, world "wool buyers re-assembled in Sydney, Adelaide and Albury last…

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Croppa Creek Building Blocks

North West Champion · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

Six Crown land building blocks at Croppa Creek would be open for application early in February, the Minister for…

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