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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Take Care With Sheep Drenches

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

Mortality from arsenical poisoning may occur if sheep drenches containing arsenic are not carefully…

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Fewer Store Sheep Available for Sale

North West Champion · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

The long awaited break-up of the dry season has put a more encouraging face on winter prospects, but the falls, though embracing all districts, were patchy, and on the highlands in particular…

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More Wheat Handling Facilities for North-west

North West Champion · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, has announced that additional bulk handling facitities for wheat are to be constructed in the north-west…

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Wool Future Promising at Newcastle Sales Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 1

The wool season closed today with a most reassuring market tone evident. A recovery in the values of burry wools was evident, particularly in the case of lines of…

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New Sites For Bulk Wheat Storage

Manilla Express · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production the Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A., has announced a…

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Heavy Supplies; Sheep Cheaper

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 3

Continued unfavourable outlook for winter over much of the western sheep country was again responsible for another…

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New Sheep Marking Fluid

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

The City of Bradford (Yorkshire)" By-products Department has further evolved a new sheep-marking fluid…

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Warships for Wheat Storage

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 1

The practicability of using disused warships for bulk storage of wheat will be discussed at the Namoi…

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Upward Trend in Wool

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 7

Mr. c. R. McKerihan, President of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, believes that recent trends in…

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Wool Values Continue Upward Trend

North West Champion · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 7

In another week of diminishing offerings at a single sellinng centre, wool values continued their upward trend at Brisbane, where £7½ million was realised for 68,000 bales…

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Room for More Girl Junior Farmers

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 4

Junior Farmers should give many more demonstrations, both at field days and shows…

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Vigorous Selling Policy Needed To Boost Wheat Sales

Manilla Express · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham M. LA said recently that he…

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State Not Financing Wheat Storage

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

"The Australian Wheat Board is providing" all the funds for the erection of storage for about 13 million…

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Triple Wool Production Vast Potential for Improved Methods

Manilla Express · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

Experiments undertaken by the Department of Agriculture have shown that it is possible to triple wool production over millions of acres of the New England Tableland…

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The Week In Wool

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

Reluctance of the world wool trade to wind up the selling season with values embarassingly high for the…

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U.S. Tour for Junior Farmers

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

Two Junior Farmers, one the winner of a recent wheat growing competition and the other a soil conservation…

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Farmers and Settlers Meet

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

Resolutions dealing with almost every aspect of the wheat industry were passed on Friday at a meeting of…

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Research Into Export Wheat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 2

The Namoi district F. and S. Council will ask the Government to provide money for further research into the…

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Depots for Spastic Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 3

Depots for the storing of wool donated to the Spastic Appeal will shortly be set up throughout the Narrabri…

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Bagged Wheat Destroyed By Horses

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board will be asked to provide more permanent fencing for bagged - wheat…

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