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Farming & the land, 1953

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Junior farmers for overseas

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Junior Farmer John Keir, 23, of Bogolong via Grenfell, has been selected to go to England as a guest of the National Federation of Junior Farmers…

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Loadsheddmg and Poultry Farmers Black-outs Less Likely Says Commission

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 3

Arrangements made regard-ing the effects of blackouts on poultry farmers in the Junee district are similar…

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Bushfire destroys sheep

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday: A bushfire near Jamestown destroyed 300 sheep and 2000 acres of grazing land and…

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Highest Wheat Yield for Three Years

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The estimated wheat yield per acre from the 1952/53 Australian crop is expeited to be the highest for the last three years. Estimated at 16.1 bushels…

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Dresses in Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

A semi-town dress in grey wool jersey which features the unusual combination of draped bodice with flatly-pleated skirt…

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Wheat Pact Quota Rise

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

The Australian Wheat Board on Thursday decided to increase its quota of export wheat under the International Wheat Agreement from 60 to 80…

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Weight Gain in Beef Cattle: Talks Wanted

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

Collaboration between Australian C.S.I.R.O. scientists and American research veterinarians experimenting with…

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With the man on the Land Sheep Shearing Record

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 7

A world record for sher ing sheep—456 in a nine-hour day—is claimed by Godfrey Mowen, 32, of New…

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Good Prospects for Graziers Interesting Review of Wool, Mutton, Beef

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 7

The welfare of the pastoral industry chiefly depends upon two factors, according to Messrs Winchcombe Carson…

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Bright Prospects for Wool

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report on 6th January: The welfare of the pastoral industry chiefly depends upon two…

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S.A. expects record wheat harvest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Monday: The Director of Agriculture (Dr. Callaghan) said today that became of the exceptionally…

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Taking Science to the Farm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 2

Most farmers and graziers know something of the varied and efficient activities of the Department of Agriculture, and…

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Synthetics Threat to Wool

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The production at new synthetic fibres, dacron orlon and terrylene, all members of the…

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The Week in Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

With a background reverberant with the warfare of wool versus test-tube fibres, the wool market has been in a state of…

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More Agronomists to Be Appointed Will Increase Service to Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, MLA, has announced that he has approved of the appointment of 10 new…

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Homebush Market Sheep Cheaper

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday a—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 14,407 sheep, 5550 lambs,…

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Wheat Production Delay on Talks

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Talks on whether mors wheat will be grown will probably be delayed until the secretary of the…

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Synthetics As Complement to Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

Miss Ruth Jackendeff, Director of Economics and Statistics of the Wool Bureau, told Dalgety's in New York this week thai the world would…

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Brighter British Wool Trad Selling Prospects Favorable

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: No developments have arisen which dim the prospects for woof sales in the opening…

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Brighter British Wool Trade Selling Prospects Favourable

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 4

No developments have arisen which dim the prospects for wool sales in the opening periods of 1953…

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