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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

2,307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 55 of 116

Australian Farmers Visit Nidderdale Watch Sheep-dog Demonstration

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 4

In the quietness of Nidderdale, a few miles from Pateley Bridge, recently, a party of Australian farmers and their wives, including Mr…

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Butter Price Rise Anticipated

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 7

Storekeepers rushed to buy butter from distributing firms last week before an anticipated rise in price…

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The Week in Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 1

As auctioneers hammered the final bids of the season at Adelaide, Brisbane, and Albury this wool-week, avid buyers with unfilled orders for…

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Business Man Has Hobby Sheep Stud

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 3

A Sydney company director (Mr. H. F. Friday), who last year began sheepbreeding at Castle Hill, near Sydney with six ewes, six lambs and one ram, has been given permission by the executive council…

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Griffith Sheep for Israel After Two Years' Preparation

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 1

Two years of preparation to export sheep from the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area will culminate on August 6 when 96 ewes and four…

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Griffith Sheep for Israel. Heavy Transport Costs For Experiment

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 7

Sheep from Dr. Solomon Goldberg's property at Griffith. are to be shipped to Israel on August 6th…

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MR. O. McL. Falkiner to Study Sheep Industry Abroad

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. O. McL. Falkiner, M.L.C., of "Boonoke," will leave Sydney on 9th July for the Argentine and the United States, where he will inspect the…

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Mix-up in Sheep Trucks District Council Wants Greater Care

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 4

The Junee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will ask the Railway Department for greater…

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To-day's Homebush Market Prime Sheep and Lambs Dearer Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 2

Dalgety's News Service reports that at the Homebush sales to-day (Monday) 21,708 sheep and lambs were penned. Prime sheep and lambs were…

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Farm Production Increase

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said on Thursday that there had been a spectacular increase in primary production in New…

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Junior Farmer Reports on U.s. Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 3

Milk solids as veil as butter-fat are earning premiums for dairy farmers in some parts of America, Victorian Junior Farmer Allan Macdonald has told the president of the Council of Tonne: Farmers' (Mr. Noel Griffiths) in a report from Madison (Wisconsin)…

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Stamp Will Honor Junior Farmer Movement

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 4

A 3½d postage stamp to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the official establishment of Young Farmers’…

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Spectacular Rise M State’s Farm Production

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Agricutture, Mr. E. H. Graham, said last week that there had been a spectacular increase…

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Big Cattle Airlift

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 6

The world's longest cattle airlift started on Friday when four A.N.A. Bristol Freighters flew 32 stud bulls to Brunette Downs…

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Wheat Rice Drop

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 2

An overseas message during the week states that the price of wheat in Chicago dropped to 13/10 sterling per bushel. In…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Values were firm for all Merino wools of good length, and carrying little fault at the Sydney wool…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 6

The Australian Estates Co. Ltd. report: We held our 14th and final sale of the season on Wednesday when…

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State Cabinet and Wheat Stabilisation

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 2

Cabinet has decided that it would not ask N.S.W. wheatgrowers to vote on the Australian Agricultural Council's wheat…

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Wheat to Coast by Trucks

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 7

An Inverell message states that 35,000 bags of wheat have been taken to the coast from Inverell by motor truck this season…

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Sydney Wool Sales Firm Market

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — Values were firm for all Merino wools of good length, and carrying little fault, at the Sydney wool…

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