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Farming & the land, 1954

1,932 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 97

Wheat Stabilisation

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

CORRESPONDENCE: (We do not necessarily endorse views expressed by correspondents.—Ed., "L.R.)…

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Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Company Ltd., report: Our catalogue of 7,280 bales…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. For our 8th sale of the season, on Tuesday, 16th February, this…

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This Week in Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

The flattening-out of world wool consumption was underlined by a resumption of the easing trend in the week's wool markets in Sydney and Perth which left most descriptions 5 per cent, cheaper on…

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Jottings By Your Extension Officer M.I.A. Ag. Service Beating Wheat Disease

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

Fairly high incidence of bunt disease has been reported from Riverina silos in some seasons as a result of neglecting the…

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Nights Out While in Prison Farm Escapee Recaptured in Adelaide After Break

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — A prisoner in the Emu Plains Prison Farm escaped custody on four occasions to visit his wife and have a drink, the Penrith Court was told today…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

Wool series No. 11 concluded in Sydney last week when Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 7,068 bales…

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Sub-terminal and Wheat Harvest Minister Stresses Its Value to Transport

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A., says that the excellent…

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J O. to Distribute Further Dividend Wool Growers Benefit By Recent Decision

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 6

The news that the woolgrower is to receive another, and then a final, dividend from the Joint Organisation…

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Quality of F.a.q. Grain Shows Higher Standard Than Last Year, Says Wheat Expert

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

The quality of F.A.Q. wheat for the 1953-34 crop shows an Improvement compared to last year, the cereal specialist of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. George Nicholson, said this week…

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North Coast Farmers Crushed by Floods Warning of Another Cyclone in the Area

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

LISMORE, Wednesday— Scores of farms in the Lismore area will not produce again for 18 months, and many farmers, crushed by repeated flood losses, have decided to "give the game away" About…

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Exhibiting Show Cattle

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 3

The untrained champion in any field is a myth and farmers planning to show the quality of stock at the local Show next week should train their animals to lead, walk and stand correctly in the ring…

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Highly Successful Special Sheep Sale at Wagga

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd., and R. H. Blake and Co., in association, report a very…

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Wool Position Good, Due to Rains

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 2

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

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Eliminate Wool Bale Cap Save £400,000 Per Annum Says Materials Handling Department

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 8

The Materials Handling Branch of the Inter-Departmetal Committee on Wool Research (Dept. of National…

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Fodder for Flood Areas Donated by Local Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 2

In response to an appeal by the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA, approximately 500 bales of hay have…

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Big Oval at College for Farm Students at ‘Inveralochy’

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 10

The sports oval at St. Michael’s Agricultural and Trades College, Inveralochy is one of the biggest…

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Coolamon Sheep Sale

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 6

Messrs. M. O. Curtis & Co. report having sold 16,847 from a yarding of 11,647 of fat lambs, ewes…

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Record Bulk Handling of Wheat

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., states that harvest…

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U.S. Millers Building Up Wool Stocks Australia Benefits By Competition

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

It now appears clear that increased purchasing of raw wool by several countries which in the past have not…

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