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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

2,307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 61 of 116

Today's Homebush Market Sheep Up; Cattle Down

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 11,147 sheep and 11,925…

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Difficult to Sell Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Australian Wheat Board was finding it difficult to sell wheat today, although there…

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Mysterious Killing of Cattle Near Lismore

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 4

Dairy farmers at Koonorigan, a small settlement near Lismore, believe that mutilations which have caused the…

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Wheat only medium flour content

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Flour Millers' Association of N.S.W. declared today that 80 per cent. of Australia's…

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Semi-trailer Found; Wool Still Missing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Police to-day recovered a semi-trailer which was stolen with its load of 75 bales of wool from…

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Truce May Hit Wool Price, Says Calwell

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

The acting Federal Labor Leader, Mr. A. A. Calwell, said on Tuesday: "The Korean war was the principal cause of increases in world price of…

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Farmers and Settlers' Annual Conference Move to Increase Membership Fee

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 3

The F.S.A. annual conference in Sydney next month will be asked to increase the membership fee from £2 to £5 a year…

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Billabidgee East Irrigation League Flan to Irrigate 1051 Farms

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 3

A scheme, envisaging the irrigation of 1,051 farms on 1,300 square miles or marginal land in eastern Riverina, has been put forward by…

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Farm at Ladysmith for Ballot

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. (Mr. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said last week that, in response to his…

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Farmer's heavy loss Through Sheep-killing Dogs

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons last four dogs were seen worrying sheep at Mr. M. Rourke's property,…

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Cattle Compensation Act

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 3

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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Prime Cattle Higher

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 8

There was keen competition far a moderate yarding of 2454 cattle at Homebush on Monday,…

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All Sheep Dearer

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 5

There was a much stronger competition for all descriptions of sheep and lambs at…

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The Week in Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 3

The shouting and the tumult of the wool-salerooms has ceased till 31st August, but in the wool-stores and the…

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Wool Recovered in Backyard

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — Detectives yesterday recovered £7500 worth of wool stolen from a semitrailer at Pyrmont on Tuesday…

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Albury Sheep Sales Follow the Show

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

ALBURY, Thursday: This year's annual sheep sales following the Albury Sheep Show were generally better in quality than last year, and all agents submitted a total of 230 Merino rams to a large attendance of buyers, mostly from local districts in N.S.W. and Victoria…

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Stolen wool recovered by police

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Defectives today recovered £7,500 worth of wool stolen from a semi-trailer at…

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Cotton Seen As Threat to Wool

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Cotton fabrics which are becoming increasingly popular in the United States represented…

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Substitution of Margarine for Butter Condemned By Union President

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

Sydney newspapers had recently told him that he would get no support for increased butter prices from "harassed…

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Future of Wool U.s.a. Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 4

Winchcombe Carsson, Ltd., report:--The chief interest in the wool industry is the values likely to rule for the keep's staple.at…

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