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Farming & the land, 1954

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To-day's Homebush Market Sheep and Lambs Slightly Dearer

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., report that there were 10,328 sheep with 10703 lambs, of…

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Road Transport of Cattle Cheaper Than Rail in N.t

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 2

The vast advantages of a road system over the transport by rail of cattle in Northern Australia are being put forward by…

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A.W.U. Organiser Issues a Warning to Junee Government Employees Against Part-time Pastoral Work

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

DISTRICT SECRETARY OF THE SOUTH WESTERN AREA OF THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION, MR. L. DOUGLAS, ISSUES A WARNING TO JUNEE RAILWAYMEN WHO ARE IN THE…

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The Future of the Wool Clip Even Price Essential for Good of Industry

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

Early July shearings are now reaching Sydney and Newcastle stores, and if this rate of receivals is…

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Wool Buyers

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

Winchombe, Carson Ltd., report: The recent London Wool auctions early in July cannot be taken as a safe criterion of the present…

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Boree Creek Sheep Sale

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Boree Creek, conducted a special sheep sale on Wednesday last, when a yarding…

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Record Canadian wheat stocks

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

OTTAWA, Monday (A.A.P.): Chance, were increasing that Canada's wheat holding might exceed one-thousand million bushels before the end of the year, giving her the biggest stockpile in history…

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Beef Cattle Field Day for Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 5

Beef cattle expansion on the M.I.A. has been striking in the past year, while experimentation to determine economics of production has gone apace at Leeton Experiment Farm. Latest results of trials with…

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Want subsidy on stock feed wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday; Poultry and pig farmers will ask the Federal Government for a subsidy on wheat used as…

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Separate Standard Advocated For High Quality Wheat

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

If the Australian producer of high quality wheat was to be rewarded for quality, it would be necessary to think in terms of…

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Girl Farmers in State Final

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 7

The New South Wales winner in the A.B.C.'s 1954 Junior Farmer Radio Contest for Girls will be announced on Friday, August 13,…

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Conference on Farm Machinery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

District formers will benefit from a form machinery conference at present under way in Wagga. The conference, which…

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M.i.a. Boom in Beef Interest Grows in Farm Trials

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

Following the recent M.I.A. sale of vealers at up to £42 a head, interest has risen sharply in the beef cattle field day…

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[?] charged with assault occasioning bodily harm Gra[?]hic Story of [?]Usturbance on Farm at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 4

At Narrandera Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, before His Honour Judge Amsburg and jury, Rocco Nardi…

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Proposed Wheat Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Wheat growers throughout N.S.W. will be asked to vote en a proposed stabilisation wheat…

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Concerned over wheat future

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Because of the recent change in world markets, the future of wheat was not very bright, the president of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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A Review of the Past Wool Season

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

The 1953-'54, wool season opened with prices at a higher, average than in the closing sales of 1952-'53, and, although there were minor ups and downs, a firm basis of values was maintained…

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World Watching Trend of Prices in Opening Australian Wool Sales

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 2

The roster for the opening sales commencing in Sydney on the 80th on this month will present to buyers a total for the first week of approximately 65.000 bales—about 16,000 bales over a four day…

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Say farmers should switch production

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Fanners and Settlers' Association in Sydney today approved a…

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£25 an Acre for 961 Acre Farm Good Attendance of Buyers at Sale

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 6

Considerable interest was taken in the auction sale of Mr Egan Moulton'a Dirnaseer property, "Youralla", at…

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