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Farming & the land, 1954

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25 Sheep Killed by Dogs Gocup Grazier’s Action Fails

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 4

In the Gundagai District Court last Friday, a Gocup grazier, Frederick G. Bye, took action against Robert…

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Farm machinery on the M.I.A.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 3

The pace of mechanisation on M.I.A. farms in recent years is indicated by the purchase of £2-million worth and more of equipment and machinery since…

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Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Ltd. report on 20th May, 1954:…

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London-designed Wool Dresses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 6

Australian women will soon be able to buy copies of dresses shown in an advance autumn collection of all wool clothes produced for the wholesale trade by London designer Frederick Starke…

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Successful Sheep Sale at Boree Creek

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 2

New Zealand Loan Co. of Boree Creek report having held a most successful sheep sale on Wednesday, 19th May, when a…

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"There Is No Substitute for Wool" Winning Wool Week Essay

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

The following essay won first prize for Stage 2, Technical and Agricultural College students, in connection with Wool Week at Wagga. It was written by W. J. Bunyan, Tumbarumba Technical College, and reads:…

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Wool Week Will Open Today

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Wagga Wool Week will be officially opened at 2 p.m. today by Ald. W. F. Dunne, Mayor of Wagga…

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Science Works for Wool Progress

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 6

In the public mind the word "science," when used in connection with the development of textile fibres, has come to be regarded as almost synonymous with snythetic fibres. Propaganda on behalf, of…

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History of Wool in Australia

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 5

The year 1793 appears to be the date of the birth of the wool industry in Australia—only 11 years after the landing of Captain Phillip at Farm Cove to establish his convict-military settlement…

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What Wool Means to Australia Still Our Largest Industry

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 4

The continued prosperity of the wool industry is of vital importance to Australia. Notwithsranding the remarkable and encouraging growth of secondary industries in this country in recent years, wool—…

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Problems in dairy industry

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The export industry a faced with serious problems, Mr. J. K. Donaldson, general…

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Koosa Land Settlement Project Between 50 and 60 Farms To Be Made Available

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 6

Prospects of the early resumption of the Kooba Land settlement project to provide between 50 and 6O farms for soldier ns ossible…

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Wool Week Display

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

Sponsored by Paull's, tills is the "Wool Week" display by Lincoln Mills Australia Ltd. in the…

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Wool Week Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

The Kyeamba Smith Hall is attractively decorated with wool as the main theme for the Wool Week Ball…

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The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Co., Ltd. Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

We submitted our catalogue of upwards of 3000 bales on Wednesday the 19th instant. The offering consisted largely of good…

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Yoney Sheep Show Commonwealth Bank To Establish Facilities

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

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

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There is no substitute for wool

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 5

Wool fulfill an essential place in the world's economy as a row product for the manufacture of a wide range of textile goods, and until this century the idea of using a substitute had not been seriously considered…

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Wagga Wool Week Opened by Mayor

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

"Since the beginning of our wool industry, the quality and texture of Australian wool has improved considerably, and today I do not think there is much…

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Irain Urgently Needed for Stock and Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Country districts urgently needed soaking rain to replace stock feed and allow farmers to sow their wheat crops, officials of the…

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Change of [?] of Sheep Fed on Clover. Officers Seeking Landowners Help

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 4

For many years, breeders of sheep in parte of Western Australia have been troubled by rather peculiar…

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