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Farming & the land, 1954

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£248M Worth of Wool Exported

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday: Australia exported 665,750,000 lbs of greasy wool worth £248,494,000 in the eight months ended February last…

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M.I.A. Extension Notes Crop enemy approaches M.I.A. Attack on Skeleton Weed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 4

Invasion of the environs of the M.I.A. by skeleton weed has been progressing and farmers on the dry areas are now turning to spray attacks in a bid to control a major menace to valuable crops…

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T.B. Free Dairy Proposals. Private Practising Vets for Service

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

Because of the considerable interest shown throughout the State in the provision of T.B. free dairy herds, the…

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Minister Announces Short-term Schools for Farmers

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the. Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced that the undermentioned…

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Ganmain Junior Farmers’ Club (By the Publicity Officer)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 8

On Thursday night, 8th April the monthly meeting of the Ganmain Junior Fanners’ Club was held, at…

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This Week in Wool: Dearer Per Lb., But Cheaper Per Bale

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 4

With the clip down by 115,000 boles in Victoria and South Australia, and by 37,600 bales over all States, as compared with the first none month of 1952-53, the wool-selling season is running to a…

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Lost Wallet Came Back From Japan. Slipped Into Bale of Wool at Goulburn

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

A Goulburn man, who lost his wallet while packing wool in a bale last November, recovered it last week. -- in…

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More sheep in world

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.): World sheep numbers continued to increase in 1953 for the sixth…

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Wheat Sales Overseas

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

The whole outlook of Australian export markets has changed, slowing down and making uncertain the movement of Australian…

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Marketing of Wheat 18 Dr. Evatt's Wheat Plan Phoney?

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

When asked to comment on the Pollard Wheat. Plan, Mr. Charles Anderson, Country Party for Hume, said, "he had noticed…

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Valuable Hints on Show Cattle

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

Superb organisation of the Sydney Royal Show, the comprehensive nature of its displays and the grand quality of stock…

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Fat cattle success at Show

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 5

The success of Aberdeen-Angus in the fat cattle section at the Royal Easter Show Again demonstrated the…

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Keen Demand at Brisbane Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Competition was forthcoming from all sections of the wool trade, except from Russia, at…

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No reaction on Melb. wool market

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: There was no reaction in the Melbourne wool market today to the decision of the…

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C.p. Candidate Condemns Labor Wheat Plan

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 6

Commenting on the Pollard wheat plan, the Country Party candidate for Hume (Mr. Charles Anderson) said he had noticed frequently in public statements that politicians were charged…

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Wheat Industry Stabilisation (Refund of Tax) Bill, 1954 Speech by Hugh S. Roberton M.P.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 4

Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.P. speaking in the House of Representatives on. the Wheat Industry Stabilisation…

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Minister Announces Short-term Schools for Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture and Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A., announced recently that the…

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Outlook not good for rice crops

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

The outlook generally for rice crops in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area is not good. This was stated at a…

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Short Term Schools for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Pood Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) has announced that the…

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M. I. A. Extension Notes Protecting quarter-million pound crop Disease Threat to Pome Fruit

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Value of M.I.A. pome fruit crops is approaching the quarter million pound mark and growers in recent years have increased the intensity of their spray attacks to ward off pest and disease attacks…

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