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Farming & the land, 1953

2,307 stories in Riverina's papers · page 68 of 116

Rain Over Wheat Belt Very Welcome Good Prospects Now for Big Crop

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Agricultural officials said today's soaking rains in the wheat, belt had given rise to high hopes for a "bumper wheat crop." DROUGHT-stricken wheat…

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Drought Conditions Broken by General Rain But still more is needed for wheat crops

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Steady soaking rain which has fallen on the Western N.S.W. wheat belt today has eased drought conditions, but more rain is required. Rain commenced in the western areas on Monday night,…

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Strong Wool Position French Views

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The world's stocks of wool by the time the new season's supplies commence to arrive at…

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Federal Intervention Wheat Price in Jeopardy

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday — The Commonwealth Government will make a strong bid to prevent the collapse of the wheat…

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Minister fears chaos in wheat industry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Failure of the Victorian Government' to agree to a 15/ per bushel home consumption price for all Australian wheat would bring…

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New Survey of Dairy Industry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: A new survey of production costs in the dairying industry wilt be made shortly…

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Full Wool Sheep Skins Firm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 4

Long merino and comeback were very firm at Dalgely's sheep skin sales on Friday last, 31st July. Other descriptions were par to 2d per lb…

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Proposal on Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: The Victorian Government was strongly in favor of wheat stabilisation, but it was…

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Rain saves wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Rain over most of inland N.S.W. yesterday and today has saved the wheat crop…

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Safeguarding M.I.A. sheep

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

Large-area growers bent on preserving the health of growing sheep numbers on the M.I.A. by supplementary feeding are choosing their pasture hay…

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The Week in Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1
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With the opening of the new wool selling season only a month off, there is conflict of opinion in Bradford and Boston regarding the probable effect…

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Paris Favors Fine Wool Jersey

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 7

Wool jersey in a variety of weights, weaves and designs is top favorite in Paris this summer, especially for…

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Two States Defer Decision on Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 4

The Victorian and Queensland Cabinets on Monday deferred their decisions on the Agricultural Council's recommendation for a flat rate…

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Minister Fears Chaos in Wheat Industry

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 6

Failure of the Victorian Government to agree to a 15/- per bushel home consumption price for all Australian wheat would bring chaos to…

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The Great Contradiction—Wheat Surplus — Food Shortage

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

Last week a Melbourne newspaper, perhaps by design, carried two stories adjoining each other on the one page. One bore the heading “World Grows Too Much Wheat.” The other carried the title, “World Faces Food Crisis.”…

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Drought Dismay Turns to Fears of Floods Wheat Belt Can Expect More Rain

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — Further soaking rain is falling on the N.S.W. wheat belt today, and farmers say that the drought is broken. There is now so much rain in some areas that…

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Farmers the "Barometer" of Australia

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: Farmers were the natural barometer of Australia, said the Governor-General (Sir William Slim)…

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More wheat trucks

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday N.S.W. Railways are converting 350 42-ton coal trucks into wheat trucks, the manager of the…

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Warning on Wheat Prices

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: World prices for wheat had shown a downward trend since the Korean armistice, Mr. R. A. O'Neill, a vice-president of the Formers'…

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