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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Junior Farmer's Success

Manilla Express · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 3

A Manilla girl, Miss Joan Faulkiner of North Manilla was the winner of the N.S.W. 1954 Junior Former Girls Radio Speaking Contest, which was finalised in Sydney on Thursday last…

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Beef Cattle Week

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 11

Rural broadcasts this week feature talks and discussions on the subject of beef cattle production…

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The Week In Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 12

Synchronising with the rising tide of wool receivals into Australian stores for the opening sales of the new season less than a fortnight…

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GRASSHOPPERS Farmers Get Early Lead

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 9

Moves taken last week by the Department of Agriculture will play a big part in successfully meeting the grasshopper…

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Junior Farmers In U.S.A.

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 August 1954 · page 5

Their heavy suits and wide-brimmed hats made Junior Farmers visiting the United States feel…

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District Field Wheat Competition

North West Champion · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

Moree P. and A. Society will hold another field wheat competition this year. No details are yet to hand…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Review Lead to Assist Young Cattle Breeders

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 12

Young farmers were warned this week that in the future they would have to consider using grain for fattening cattle. In a letter to the Narrabri P., A. & H…

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Wool Ahead

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 12

"Wool is keeping ahead of synthetics," Dr. F. G. Lennox, senior officer in charge Of C.S.I.R.O.'s wool textile…

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Sheep and Vitamin A

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 3

Publicity recently given to vitamin A deficiency in sheep in time of drought may be misleading and cause graziers…

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Wheat Ballot October 15

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 2

A ballot will be held, closing at 4 o'clock on Friday, October 15, 1954, to ascertain the wishes of…

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Appeal for Dead Wool

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 4

Moree Hospital Board is appealing to district graziers to donate dead wool either through their own brokers or…

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Graziers Oppose Increased Wool Textile Tariffs

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 12

Any move to impose tariffs on imported wool textiles would be detrimental to graziers, Moree grazier, Mr. G. E. Kirkby, said this week. He was commenting on a…

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Wheat Ballot For N.S.W. Growers

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 13

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, Mr. E. H. Graham, announced today that a ballot would be held dosing at 4 o'clock on Friday, October 15,1954, to ascertain the wishes…

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Welsh Farms Mechanised

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 12

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, which took place at the small market town of Machynlleth…

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Narrabri Farmer Watches Experiments

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 12

A new method of soil conservation was described by Mr. C. McWilliams at the last meeting of die Agricultural Burea. Mr. McWilliams recently visited Mr. P. A…

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Excellent Sheep Yarding

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 8

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. report having yarded 15,500 excellent quality sheep at their special sheep cale at…

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Controlling Footrot in Sheep

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 6

Fred Widdowa discusses preventive and curative measures in the control of foot-rot in sheep with a district…

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Opening Wool Sales Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 1

Interest was world - wide and intense when Dalgety's opened their new season's [?]ool sales in Sydney today…

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Opening wool Sales

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 2

Now that the new selling season has opened, many of the questions and speculations as to the market level…

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Mechanised Farming

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 9

With the comparatively high cost of labour, landholders are looking more and more to labour-saving devices and…

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