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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Synthetics Less Popular Buyers Are Swinging Back To Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 9

Woolgrowers in Australia and the U.S. have detected an appreciable swing away from synthetics back to wool, resulting from synthetic manufacturers over-advertising their products…

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Golf Farmer Cup Must Be Completed

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 4

Would nil players please arrange and complete their Farmer Cup matches this week-end? Sunday's Flag' Competition has…

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Proposal for Australian Farming

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 2

Priority of investment for Australian agriculture instead of the creation of secondary industries; was…

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Byrnes explains wheat plan

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

Mr. Dan Byrnes, the Labor candidate for Farrer, speaking at a meeting at Walla Walla yesterday said there is stability in Labor's wheat plan…

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Scenes at the Wagga Sheep Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

School is out, so there is no shortage of helpers at the Wagga saleyards on sale day. These youngsters were assisting in the unloading of a truck of lambs from Lucas Bros.' property, Oberne Creek, yesterday. George Sisely about to knock dawn a pen of wethers at the Wagga weekly…

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A Pen of Sheep for Sale

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

Auctioneer Rex Deacon in action selling a pen of sheep at the Wagga saleyards yesterday…

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C.W.A.'s Wool Week Plans

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 5

Afternoon tea will be served by the Wagga branch of the Country Women's Association in the Methodist Hall…

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Sydney Sheep Show Commonwealth Trading Bank To Establish Banking Facilities

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 8

As a further step in its policy of expanding and improving its services to country clients, the Commonwealth Trading Bank…

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N.s.w. Allocation for Wheat Storage £1,400,000 Provided by Federal Government

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 6

Mr. Graham, Minister for Agriculture, announced last week that N.S.W. would receive £1,400,000 of the £3,500,000 provided by the…

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For the man on the land Only the Truth Need Be Told About Wool

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 6

The wool industry has been riding high for so long now that it is difficult to imagine its ever returning to the trough out of which it was lifted by Word War II. The very fact, however…

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Whitton Community Rice Crop

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

The crop of rice which was sown by the farmers of Whitton on land loaned by Kooba Station proprietary, in aid of the local…

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Junior Farmers Rally

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 6

Sunny Leeton was at its best for the beginning of the Junior Farmers Rally on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last…

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M.I.A. Extension Notes Filling M.I. A. Farm Gaps Replanting Under Way

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 3

Gaps on M.I.A. fruit farms are in the process of being filled by farmers undertaking replanting at this time. In giving some timely tips about replanting, an extension officer with M.I.A. Agricultural Service said yesterday that in deciding what to…

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Dairy Science Schools

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. II. Graham, M.L.A., has announced that a series of Dairy…

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Large Increase in Sheep Population

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

The sheep population of the Wagga Postures Protection Board district is the highest yet, the Board chairman (Mr. H. J. Horsburgh) said yesterday. He told the Board's annual…

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"Bread and Butter Poll," Says Byrnes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

Mr. Dan Byrnes, the labor candidate for Farrer, speaking at a meeting at Lockhart yesterday, said this…

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Pleuro-pneumonia Fears Cattle given inoculations

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

The Stock Inspector (Mr. E. R. Tuohy) said yesterday that the majority of incontact cattle given preventive inoculation against pleuro-pneumonia…

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Work to Start on Cattle Pavilion at Wagga Showground

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 3

An immediate start will be made with the erection of a new cattle pavilion at the Wagga Showground. It will be completed in time…

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Board warning to farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 4

Two landholders in the Milbrulong district will be told by the Wagga Pastures Protection Board to rid their lands of rabbits and burrows…

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Wool Week Opens Today in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 2

Wagga's first Wool Promotion Week opens today and concludes on Saturday. The organising committee has worked hard to prepare…

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