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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wool Maintains Its Demand. World Uses All Clips Available

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 7

Trade reports do not indicate that a falling off in demand for wool is likely, according to Messrs…

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Farm Water Supply

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. Cahill, says that two additional field engineers would be appointed to the farm water supplies branch of the Water…

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Crop Spray Best for Skeleton Weed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

Farmers are advised that crop spraying with 2,4-D is still the most effective control of skeleton weed. Spraying of ley and fallow ground…

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M.l.a. Farm Traditions Developed to Meet Difficulties

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

Faced with the problem of managing soils more "difficult" than those in United States and South Africa, M.L.A. farms have developed a…

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All Time Record Maize Crops Likely Yield From Broom Millet Will Also Be Very High

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 2

Maize crops at Gundagai and Tumut are making remarkable growth states the District Agronomist (Mr. F. J. Nicholson). The crops at Gundagai are in really excellent condition. It is some number of years since the crops have…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday: The Melbourne woolbrokers report that the eighth series of wool sales this season opened today…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Values for all Merino descriptions at the opening of the 11th series of Sydney wool sales…

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Increase in Milk, Butter Production

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: Milk, butter and cheese production in the first six months of the current financial year were…

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Sydney Wool Sales Market Firm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Values for all Merino descriptions at the opening of the 11th series of Sydney wool sales yesterday…

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N.Z. wool sale prices up

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Monday (AAP): Fine wools met strong demand with prices up by two and a half to five per cent…

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Floods Threaten Nine Towns Heavy Rains Could Ruin Crops

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Officials said, today that if heavy rain continued to fall over the State, crops would suffer, large scale…

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Dairyman Asked to Carry Out Improvements Discussion at Council Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

On Thursday night last the Leeton Shire Council had before it a letter from the Dairy Officer Wagga, requesting that the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Wool sales were continued yesterday, when 13,300 bales were submitted to auction, offerings…

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Wool Can Be Washed. Synthetics Putting Up Big Fight

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 8

Wool interests in the United Slates are making considerable efforts to combat the claims made by…

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Boree Creek Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports having conducted a very successful sale of store sheep at Borce Creek on 11th…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The United Kingdom, the Continent and Japan provided strong competition at the Sydney…

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Today's Homebush Market Cattle Dearer

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Comapny, Ltd., report that there were 10,442 sheep and…

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Wheat Acreage Lift Likely

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 3

The area of fallow land in Rew South Wales is appreciably larger than for some years and present indications are for an increase in wheat…

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Increase in Milk and Butter Production

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 4

Milk, butler and cheese production in the first six months of the current financial year were all well above production for the same period…

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