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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Demand for fine wool

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

GOULBURN, Wednesday: Exceptional demand prevailed for fine wools at Goulburn wool sales today…

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Store Sheep in Demand After Good Rains

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

The enquiry for all classes of store sheep has broadened considerably since the rain last week over the greater portion of the…

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Wool Sales Firm at Melb

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Throughout today's Melbourne wool sale keen and general competition prevailed with…

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Ley Fallow Urged Aid to Wheat Quality

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

Wheatfarmers were urged to adopt on a much wider scale the ley method of fallowing their land between crops by Mr. David…

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R.a.s. Wheat Section Entries Total 256

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

Entries in the 24-class wheat section of the 1954 Sydney Royal Show, which begins on April 9, are 70 in…

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This Season's Crop

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Surveys have estimated the New South Wales wheat crop for the 1953-54 season at 65,000,000 bushels…

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This year's crop estimate

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Surveys have estimated the New South Wales wheat crop for the 1953-54 season…

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Effect of Rains on Pastures. Will be Reflected la Sheep ad Wool

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7

The excellent follow-up rains which have occurred over & wide section of the pastoral areas, presage the…

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Melbourne wool sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: This week's Melbourne wool market closed on a firm confident note, and under general…

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Another Wool Record

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

GOULBURN, Thursday: Goulburn district gained new honors today, when the well-known woolgrowing family of…

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The Week in Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 4

Wool values trembled, dipped, and recovered, in an extraordinary week of hesitancy, suspense and renewed confidence. When the…

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100 Cattle Killed to Control Pleuro

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7

Two dairy herds, comprising 100 cattle, had to be slaughtered at Canowindra to check the recent…

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Wheat Plan Victoria Rejects Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Victorian Government has rejected the Commonwealth's appeal to come into line on…

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U.S. discussion on wool

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Public hearings by the Senate Agriculture Committee on the Eisenhower Administration's proposals for a new…

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Good Pasture Rains Wool Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report :--The excellent follow-up rains which have occurred over a wide section of the pastoral areas…

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Wheat Crisis States Still Disagree On Stabilisation

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1

In the face of an announcement from the U.S.A. that the accumulated wheat surplus of the Argentine, U.S.A.,…

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Ley Fallow Urged Aid To Wheat Quality

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 6

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

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'Farmers Could Learn From Ford' Says Orchardist

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 6

"Farmers can learn from industrialists like Henry Ford, who produced cheaply and efficiently because they…

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Dairy Survey to Start in Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1

A start has been made with the collection of information from farmers in the Tumut district whose properties have been selected for inclusion in the Commonwealth-wide survey of the dairy industry being…

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Weevil Damage In Farm Silos

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 6

Weevil damage was apparent in some farm silos in the Wagga district, said the district agronomist (Mr…

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