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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

2,307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 116

Wheat Increase Forecast

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 4

Wheatgrowers plan to increase their sowings by at least 25 per cent, over last year's low level if seasonal conditions are favourable…

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Mia. Seen As Beef Cattle Centre

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 3

Prospects of vast numbers of beef cattle being raised on the M.I.A. are promising—a start has in fact already been made towards building a new centre…

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Wool Fabrics for British Industries Fair

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1

A special Coronation Year display of wool fabrics will be made by members of the National Wool Textile Export…

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Aid Asked to Settle Young Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1

The registrar of the Royal Agricultural Society, Mr. H. N. Sarina, said on Thursday that properly owners should help settle junior…

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Farm Available

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1

A 2,590-acre soldier settlement block on the WaKool irrigation district will be open for application on 4th May, as advertised in Monday's…

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Farmers Give Ideas on Finance

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 4

In a survey of 127 farmers and one share-farmer conducted recently by the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Agricultural…

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Restoring Dairy Land Fertility

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 4

Successful dairying involves not only the proper feeding of the herd but also the proper feeding of the soil—the…

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Winning Maize Crop’s Remarkable Yield Gundagai Field Maize Competition

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 3

The estimated yield from the crop which won this year’s Field Maize Competition is expected to be 187 bushels to the acre. The judge’s remarkes and the point score in the competition are printed hereunder:—…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Values at the Sydney woolsales to-day when compared with the Newcastle close were up to…

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Sydney Wool Sales Values Up

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Values at the Sydney wool sales yesterday when compared with the Newcastle close were up to 2[?]…

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Wool House Reviews Market Large Clip Readily Consumed Sale Dates Announced

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

The Australian Estates Company Limited, in its Market Review issued in April, states that, of an estimated clip of 3,640,000…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1
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SYDNEY, Wednesday— Values for merino descriptions carrying light vegetable faults were fully firm at the improved…

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How Arthur Butter Put Tooraweenah on Air Map

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

In Tooraweenah, NSW, we met a drover who could never be persuaded to travel by aeroplane. It was not that he had any real…

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Bale of Wool Lost Near Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

A bale of wool, valued a[?] about £160, has been lost within a few hundred yards of the Old Junee turn-off on…

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Butter at 6'3 Prediction if hours cut down

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday: The price of butter would rise to 6/3 a lb if dairy employees'…

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Wool Fights for Existence Competition With Man-made Fibre

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 8

Despite the growth in output of some of the newer fibres in the United States in 1952, the total output of…

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High Prices and Prospects of Wool Inflation An Enemy To the Industry

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

Indication favour the opinion that demand for wool will be sustained during this season. Increased…

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Cattle Numbers Increasing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 7

Beef cattle are the only livestock In Australia which have Increased steadily. The beef cattle population…

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"Coonong" Stud Cattle Auction

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 5

Three stud Shorthorn bulls and 40 stud heifers and cows of Mr. Roy McCaughey's "Coonong" Stud, were sold by auction at…

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