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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Ladysmith Growers Fearful of Wheat Loss

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

Wheat growers around Ladysmith fear they may lose 30,000 bags of their "bumper" wheat crop because of congestion at the Ladysmith silos…

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Wheat Problem F.S.A Secretary's Comment

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of N.S.W.,…

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SOLD 11,000 Bales of Wool Good Competition At Sydney Auction

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report having sold 11,000 bales of wool at auction and privately at their Sydney…

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Russia's Position in Wool Market. U.S. Millers Concerned at Threat of Synthetics

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 6

Daigety's Bradford correspondent reported this week that importers would be watching with keenest interest…

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Sub-Terminal Wheat Silo in Junee Has Obviated Chaos in Transport of Exceptionlly Heavy Harvest

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOB THE SUB-TERMINAL WHEAT SILO IN JUNEE, ABSOLUTE CHAOS WOULD HAVE EXISTED IN THE TRANSPORT OF THE EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY WHEAT HARVEST…

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Department Reduces Zones in Making Recommendations of Wheat Varieties For Sowing in This State The wheat variety recommendations for 1954 sowing have been announced by the Division of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture. Council Wants Information on Police Intention Bush Fires in Junee Worry Aldermen

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

Sentiments much the same as some voiced at the Illabo Shire Council were mentioned at last night's Junee…

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Girl Farmer Reports on U.s. Trip

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 5

Some Americans still thought of Australia in terms of desert, sheep, and kangaroos, young N.S.W. farmer, Miss Felicity Gowing, said in a report to the…

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Wool Market Firm

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — There was a very firm market for fine to superfine wools at the wool sales yesterday…

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Fsa Secretary Defends Wheat Statement

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: [?] general secretary of [?] Farmers and Settlers' [?]sociation (Mr. T. McDougal[?]…

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60m. bushels in wheat harvest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: This year's wheat harvest in N.S.W. will exceed 60-million bushels. Coupled with this…

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Firm Market at Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: There was a very firm market for fine to superfine wools at the wool sales today…

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Wheat Stack At Gundagai In 1916

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The majority of residents of Gundagai and district may not realise that…

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U.s. Assurance on Wool Scheme

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 6

President Elsenhower’s wool leglslation proposals should mean no decline in Imports of foreign wool…

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Price Cutting in Synthetics Wool’s Position

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 8

That price cutting would eventuate in the United States amongst manufacturers of synthetic was only…

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Good Potato Crop Expected

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 4

This season's potato crop is being planted under ideal conditions, states the District Agronomist (Mr. F. J. Nicholson). Main crop plantings are well under way in the Tumbarumba and Batlow districts…

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The Week in Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

CLIP ESTIMATE DOWN 9% CHEMICAL COLLOSSI PLAN WORLD FIBRE FLOOD RUSSIA WOOL ORDERS…

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Wheat Crisis Area Reduction Advocated

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

A storm of opposition has been aroused by the statement issued by Sir John Teasdale, Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, who states the Australian Wheat…

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Price Cutting in Synthetics Wool's Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:--That price cutting would eventuate in the United States amongst manufacturers of…

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Tumut Associated Agents' Sale 1,000 Head of Cattle Yarded

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 2

The Tumut Associated Agents (Group A) reported a yarding of 1,000 cattle at their last sale on 6th instant. The yarding was a…

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The world still needs more wheat—at a price

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

The serious position into which the wheat industry has been drifting for more than a year has been so obvious to those behind the scenes that it is surprising the storm did not break months ago. Now it has come in a…

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