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Farming & the land, 1954

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End of Wool Season in Sight

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

With Australian wool receivals into store this season to date reduced by nearly 40,000 bales, and…

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Junior Farmers Entries at the Gundagai Show (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

Dear Sir, I would be pleased if you could afford me space in your paper to reply to criticisms of…

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Eight Soldier Farms at Bookham Open for Ballot

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 2

There will be a ballot for eight Soldier Settlement farms on Bookham station. The N.S.W. Government has…

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Weedkillers Will Not Damage Crops If Proper Application and Care Is Exercised

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

The great benefits to zaderiwed from the hormone weed kulers, such as 2,4-D, 2,4-T and MCPA should not be minimised by careless preparation and application…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

An attractive offering of 9,411 bales was brought forward at the sixth Goulburn series of Wool Sales, conducted by…

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Melbourne Wool Reports

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. report on 25th March: Influenced by a strong widespread demand, prices at the…

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Wool Market Rises Strong Competition

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — The wool market continued its upward course yesterday, under strong pressure from the…

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Huge Cost of Asparagus Farm Gundagai Coy.'s Year's Activity

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

"The total cost of operating the property was £60,364 as compared with £59,786 for the previous year an increase of £577…

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Farmer Must Quit British Ejectment Order

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 3

A warrant for the immediate ejection of a 62-year-old Yorkshire farmer from the 180-acre farm he has tenanted for the last…

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Record Wool Production

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — New South wales wool production in 1952-'53 of 550,552,000 lb. (greasy) was the highest ever…

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Graham backs wheat plan

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

Mr. E. H. Graham said yesterday that Dr. Evatt's new 10-year wheat plan was "a real and constructive approach to the problem of wheat stabilisation."…

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Greasy Wool Output Record

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: N.S.W. wool production in 1952-53 of 556,552,000 lb (greasy) was the highest ever recorded, Government Statisician S. R. Carver has revealed…

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This Week in Wool Sudden Rush of Orders

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

A new upward turn in the wool market began at Newcastle last week, when, on rho second selling day, urgent telephone calls to buyers of all countries, including Russia, sharpened the competition for…

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Phone Calls to Buy More Wool Competition Sharpened At Newcastle Sales

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

A new upward turn in the wool market began at Newcastle last week, when on the second selling-day urgent…

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Lack of Rain in March Delays Crop Work

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

Because there were only 22 points; of rain recorded over the whole of March, cropping operations have been delayed in the district, and water supplies are…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

An attractive offering of 9,411 bales was brought forward at the sixth Goulburn series of wool sales conducted…

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Shoppers ‘Cant Identify Wool’

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 3

Most people, when shopping, did not know whether a fabric was woollen or not, said the State Prices Minister, Mr. A…

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Cattle Slaughtering Fees to Be Revised

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

"It will be recalled that at the December meeting of the Shire Council a report was presented to Council drawing attention to the very low scale of fees charged for the inspection of slaughtering cattle and…

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Today's Homebush Market Prime Cattle Dearer

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday —The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 21,882 sheep and 9892 lambs…

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Keen Demand at Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

Sydney, Thursday —Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that they sold 8,690 bales at auction and privately at their Sydney…

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