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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wool Report

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

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report on October 28:…

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U.S. Wool Support Scheme

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 7

While wool values last week in Sydney did not show any material alteration, competition appears to…

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Bulk Wheat Storages at North Geelong

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 11

These photographs show one of the two 9-milhon bushel storages being provided under the Commonwealth guarantee, in course of erection. The steel framework is…

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Wool Report

Manilla Express · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 2

We submitted our catalogue on Wednesday 27th instant. The offering comprised upwards of 8,000 bales…

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Moree Cattle Market

North West Champion · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 11

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having held their special cattle sale on Tuesday last, November 9. 1,800 store cattle were…

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North Star Wheat Competition

North West Champion · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 13

The North Star wheat crop competition conducted by the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, was…

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This Week in Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 3

In a week of dramatic events, the month-old tie-up of ships and wharves throughout U.K. ended, while in Australia, wool was caught in a new maelstrom of waterfront…

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Wheat Board Men at Moree

North West Champion · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 4

Eleven members and officials of the Australian Wheat Board will arrive in Moree tonight. Today they toured Boggabri,…

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Big Change in District Crop—Pasture Conditions

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 2

Drought breaking rains were received throughout the district during October. Just prior to these rains however a couple of useful falls of 80 points were received, which…

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Sale Of Seed Wheat

Manilla Express · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 1

At a recent meeting of the Manilla Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association the question of the sale…

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Moree Cattle Market

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 3

Dalgety & Co. Ltd. report having held their special cattle sale at Moree on Tuesday last, 9th inst…

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Sheep Numbers Near Record

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 3

The announcement by the Commonwealth Statistician that the N.S.W. sheep population has reached 59,639,000…

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Wheat Better Than Expected

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 1

Mr. C. Clarkson, manager of Keys and approximately 30,0000 Co., said to-day that…

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Waterfront Dispute Brings Halt To Wool Auctions

North West Champion · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 4

In a week of dramatic events, the month-old tie-up of ships and wharves throughout U.K., ended, while in Australia, wool was caught up in a new maelstrom of waterfront chaos that has…

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The Week in Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 13

Wool sales this week in New Zealand and South Africa were the only pointers to values when selling is…

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First Advance on This Season's Wheat

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said that no announcement had yet been made by…

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Croppa Creek Harvesting Difficulties

North West Champion · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 8

Harvesting has commenced in the Croppa Creek area bat farmers are having great difficulty in stripping the crops…

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Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. presented a catalogue of 2778 bales of wool, representative of the north-western…

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Pointer to Australian Wool Values

North West Champion · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 2

Wool sales last week in New Zealand and South Africa were the only pointers to values when selling is resumed in Australia. Dalgety's correspondents…

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North-west Impresses Wheat Board Members

North West Champion · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 5

The Victorian and South Australian members of a party of Australian Wheat Board officials who visited the North-West last week, were amazed at the fertility of the soil in the Moree,…

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