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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Disused Ships As Wheat Stores

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 5

The Namoi District Council of the F. and S. has endorsed a suggestion to see Whether disused shipping…

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Wool Report

North West Champion · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Limited report…

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Moree Special Sheep Sale

North West Champion · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 8

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Sydney and Moree in conjunction with R. K. Hunter, Moree, report having yarded 18,000 surplus…

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Willow Tree Cattle Top Market

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 8

Through the Flemington market on Thursday last a consignment of 21 Hereford bullocks and steers was sold…

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Narrabri Farmer For W. Australia

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 2

A well-known Narrabri farmer, Mr. Noel Barrett, will be one of two delegates to represent the…

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Crops Well Established

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 7

Wheat crop prospects in the Tamarang, Liverpool Plains, Namoi, and Walgett shires have improved…

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This Week in Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 10

With a cheque for £390 million, Australian woolgrowers closed their books last week for the third richest season in wool's history. In the last four years wool earned for…

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Wheat Research Grant

North West Champion · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 6

Flour millers have decided to give Sydney University a further £9000 for additional wheat research…

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Minister's Reply on Wheat Agreement

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A. said last week that it…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Review Edgeroi Lead to Better Fodder Conservation

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 9

An Edgeroi farmer, Mr. T. Casley, is giving district landholders a lead in better fodder conservation. Following an extensive programme…

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Windbreaks Important in Farm Economy

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 9

Windbreaks and shelter belts play an important part in the economy of farm management. Practically…

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Not Enough Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 3

At the recent Annual Meeting of the Australian Wool Growers' Council and the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers, the estimate of anticipated receivals into Brokers'…

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This Week in Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 12

While statistical officers are busily calculate ing the precise amount of Australia's third biggest wool cheque and its average return per bale and per lb. the silent, empty wool stores…

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Black Fibres in Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 9

Use of black-faced rams should be banned in Australia. Mr. Mac Falkiner said this in a letter from London to the…

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Faulty Feeding May Kill Sheep in Drought Time

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 10

Graziers should remember that starvation, is not the only cause from which sheep die in time of drought…

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Wheat Freights Alarm

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 7

Housewives and stockfeeders using wheat were hard hit by the appalling N.S.W. rail freights, declared the Rural…

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T.B. Cattle Test Soon

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 10

The Department of Agriculture will commence TB tests of all cattle in the Narrabri area during the…

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Bulk Handling and Premium Wheat Problems

North West Champion · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 2

Bulk handling would bring with it its own problems in regard to premium wheats, Mr. J. B. Buckley told a meeting of the Barwon District Council of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Marsupials Menace District Crops

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

"For every kangaroo shot in the Wee Waa district, ten still remain," the Secretary of the Namoi District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association (Mr. A. Wyndham)…

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Five-Year Wheat Plan

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture and Pood Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said last week that the New South…

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