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Farming & the land, 1953

2,307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 35 of 116

Wheat pact doomed?

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: Britain has, refused to sign the extended International Wheat Agreement, and some…

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Adelaide wool sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tues.: Prices were 5 to 7 1/2 per cent. up on previous Adelaide rates, and par to slightly dearer than…

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Adelaide Wool Sales Prices Up

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wednesday — Prices were 5 to 7 per cent up on previous Adelaide rates, and par to slightly dearer than…

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Turkey Is Big User of Wool Many Factors Influence Quantity

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 7

Wool prices, like values for all commodities in world wide [?], do not for long remain absolutely on an unchanged…

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Huge M.i.a. Peach Crop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 4

In a report just issued on M.I.A. peach harvest, M.I.A. Agricultural Service stated that although the tonnage was not up to the record crop last year, it was higher than normal. It…

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The Week in Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 3

Merino fleece and skirtings free from vegetable fault advanced 21½ to 5 per cent, in Sydney this week, returning to the preturning to the pre-Easter seasonal…

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Wool Suits From London Designers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 3

A brown and yellow flecked donegal tweed suit from the Victor Stiebel collection. The box jacket has a cut away front and makes a point of the high two-button fastenings…

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Expanding Wool Use a Sound Market

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 2

Wool prices, like values for all commodities in world wide use, do not for long remain absolutely on an…

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U.k. Fails to Sign Wheat Pact

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 1

Except for Britain, all 46 nations who participated in the expiring International Wheat Agreement signed the new agreement before the…

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Stage Set For First N.T. Cattle Show And Sale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 2

Interest in the record airlift of stud Shorthorn bulls from Victoria, N.S.W. and Queensland to the first show…

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Australian Wool Growers' Council a special meeting of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council was held in Melbourne on Monday, 20th April. Wool Statistical Service

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 3

Consideration was given to a proposal by the Department of Commerce and Agriculture that an organisation be set up to supply the…

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Cattle Stampede After Transport and Car Collide District Residents Escape Serious Injury In Accident

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 1

WHEN a car and a stock transport collided near Tumblong, on Tuesday night last, the 24 head of cattle stampeded and great difficulty was encountered in rounding them up in nearby paddocks…

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M.I.A. PEACH CROp

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 3

In a report just issued on M.I.A. peach harvest, M.I.A. Agricultural Service stated that although the tonnage was not up to the record crop…

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Farmer fined at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 2

A Tallimba landholder with a previous conviction for failing to suppress rabbits on his property was fined a total of £13/15/, including costs, at yesterday's Wagga Court of Petty…

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Dairying Industry Hit Rain needed in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 2

Mr. G. E. Chapman (dairy officer) said yesterday that seasonal conditions in the Riverina district for dairying were far from good. He said that the dry spell…

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Record Yield of Winning Maize Crop Estimate Of 187 Bushels To The Acre

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 1

AN ALL TIME RECORD HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY MR. GORDON MACDONALD WHO HAS WON THE GUNDAGAI P. AND A. SOCIETY’S FIELD MAIZE COMPETITION. HIS CROP, GROWN ON “BEREENA” NEAR…

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Feeding Wheat Meal To Dairy Cattle

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 6

Crushed wheat is a valuable concentrate for dairy cattle, but the following four principles should always he observed when…

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Cattle Irregular; Sheep Dearer at Young

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

More than the advertised numbers of both sheep and cattle were yarded by J. A. Barton and Company at Young last Tuesday,…

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Canadian Wheat

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 7

Canada has a wheat licensing system under which no variety can be licensed before it has…

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Wool Dresses

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 4

Woollen afternoon frock in pale green, featuring a matching fringed wool stole fined with gold…

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