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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

2,307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 116

"Dairy industry not fully efficient"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 2

Prof. S. M. Wadham told the Dairy Investigation Committee recently that the Australian dairy…

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New farming land available

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) said yesterday that in response to…

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Scholarships for farmers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Nuffield foundation will offer two travelling scholarships to Victorian and Tasmanian…

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Mr. Crawford New Manager Leeton Experiment Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 4

Mr. Gordon Crawford, who has been for several years District Agronomist at Deniliquin, is to be the new manager of…

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The Business Of Farming

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 2

Farmers keeping the Farm Record Books designed by the Department of Agriculture find that it did not take them more…

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Wheat Board Decision

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 4

The New South Wales Government has accepted the recommendation of the Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) that legislation he introduced as soon as…

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Cattle Compensation Act

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

Although it has been widely publicised and circulated to all agents it is known that some are still not aware of all the…

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Albury Sheep Show

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

There will be 14 Judges at the Albury Coronation Sheep Show which opens tomorrow. Competition will be keen in…

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Wool's "Twin Enemies"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 2

The Australian wool industry was faced with "twin enemies," the president of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association (Mr. O. McL. Falkiner)…

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Careless Handling of Poison Results in Death of Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 5

When merino ewes in the Bathurst district grazed on the vicinity of a dram of tree poison, 40 out of a flock…

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Decrease Of 6.9 p.c. In Next Wool Clip ?

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 7

Wool authorities estimate that Australia’s wool production in the 1953-54 season will be about 1,191,000,000 Ib. This would be about 6.9 per…

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Bacon Curing on the Farm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 4

The curing of bacon on the farm should be conducted only during the winter months, advises Mr. G. M. D. Carse, a Principal Live Stock Officer…

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SHOULD £2 Deposit Be Charged on Oil Drums? Farmers Responsible For Companies’ Action

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 4

At a recent meeting of the Junee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, criticism was launched…

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Graham Stresses the Great Importance Farm Machinery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 2

The need for adequate educational facilities to enable primary producers to properly care for form machinery was stressed by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) when he opened a Tractor and Machinery School at the Wagga…

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Fashions in wool

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2

A Mine blue wool Jersey evening frock, right, with matching triangular stole fringed in black. On the…

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The Week in Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

The shouting and the tumult of the wool salerooms has ceased till august 31, but in the wool stores and the shearing sheds…

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Albury Coronation Sheep Show's Opening Day

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2

ALBURY, Tues.: Albury Coronation Sheep Show, which opened today, is outstanding in every way with a record number of entries in the 13 different sections…

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Expert Baker Says Wheat to Blame

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An expert baker, who said his father and grandfather were also bakers, told members of the N.S.W. Wheatgrowers' Union today he could not make a decent loaf of bread from flour milled from the growers' wheat…

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Daring Theft of Wool Semi-trailer Stolen

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — A semi-trailer, with about £7500 worth of wool aboard, was stolen…

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Young farmers to visit U.S and Gt. Britain

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Three young N.S.W. farmers, including a girl, are to leave Mascot for the United States…

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