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Farming & the land, 1954

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Farm Record Books Are Valuable

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

Farming is a business, and if a farmer would be completely efficient he must keep records of his financial transactions and…

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London wool sales

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Friday: A total of 40,000 bales. Including over 10,500 bales of Australian wools, will be offered during…

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Will end wheat stabilisation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday: The failure of the Victorian Government to come into line with all other States and the Commonwealth on wheat stabilisation would…

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Homebush Market Sheep and Cattle Dearer

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday — The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 7423 sheep, 6393 lambs and…

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This Week in Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

The silence- of buyers for Russian countries at the opening sales of the tenth series in Sydney contrasted…

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Wheat Plan Statement by Minister

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA, informed the Acting Minister for…

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RECORD U.K. Wool Imports Russian Activity

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

Imports of raw wool into the United Kingdom during 1953 set a new post-war record totalling…

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It Was in 1938—Top Wool Price 23¾d

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

On April 7th, 1938, Farmers and Graziers Coop. Co., submitted the following report, which was…

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Farm Record Books Are Valuable

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7

Farming is a business, and if a farmer would be completely efficient he must keep records of his financial…

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Sydney Wool Sale

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: We sold 11,800 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Thursday…

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Wheat Trials— Berrigan District

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

"After a lapse of many years, wheat variety trials were conducted again last year by the Department of Agriculture in…

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Increase in wool cheque

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Australia's wool cheque for the first seven months of the current season—July to…

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Recommended Wheat Varieties for 1954

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 7

The following wheat variety recommended for 1954 sowing have been announced by the Division of Plant Industry of the Department…

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Ley fallow urged Aid to Wheat Quality

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 4

Wheat farmers were urged today to adopt on a much wider scale the ley method of fallowing their land between…

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Wool Values Uncertain Last Week Russia Again Active As Bargain Opportunities Became Evident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

Wool values trembled, dipped and recovered in an extraordinary week of hesitancy, suspense and renewed confidence. When the series opened in Sydney competition was apathetic…

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Dairy survey to start in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

A start will be made today with the collection of information from formers in the Wagga district whose properties have been selected for inclusion in the…

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Phenomenal Wheat Crop

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: What is claimed to be an Australian record has been established by Mr. L. H. Lange…

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Lime Useless on Wheat Lands. Value of Super Shown In Trials

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 7

Liming experiments at the Wagga Agricultural College have indicated that lime will not increase wheat yields,…

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Cattle Disease at Border

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday, Three fresh outbreaks of the cattle disease, plcuro-pneumonia have been found in…

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Widespread Inquiry For Store Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

With winter feed assured-throughout Eastern Australia, inquiry for store sheep has become widespread from Victoria to Queensland. Store values have taken a sharp upward trend, and intense…

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