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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,932 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 97

The Farmer Takes a Wife Musical Comedy At Broadway

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 4 August 1954 · page 7

Dale Robertson, who shares starring honors with Betty Grable, John Carrol and Thelma Ritter, sings for the…

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Cattle Fund a Surplus

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

If payments made by stock owners to the Cattle Compensation Fund continued to exceed claim for compensation…

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Enough wheat storage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Sufficient storage is available to hold this season's wheat crop, the chairman of the Grain…

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U.s. Army Orders “Wool”

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

Best news of the week came from a Boston correspondent, He reported that the U.S. Army had insisted on all-virgin-wool for the manufacture of its 6 million green service uniforms, and also for its tropical worsteds for summer…

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Today's Homebush Market Prime Cattle and Lambs Dearer

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. report that there were 13,901 sheep and 7104 lambs…

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F.S.A. accepts new wheat scheme

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The wheat stabilisation scheme adopted last week by the Federal and State' Governments was approved today by the annual conference…

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Demonstration of Farm Implements

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 2

Experts from Sydney and Melbourne will be in Cootamundra next Wednesday to demonstrate farm implements on Mr. Fred…

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Rapid Extension of Irrigation Farming

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

Farmers along the Lachlan are rapidly extending the area of pastures and fodder crops under irrigation…

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Potato Crop Harvest Nearly Complete

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 1

Haryesting of the main potato crop in the barumba-Batlow districts has been practically completed, although there are still some farmers who are not…

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Sheep Shower Demonstration

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

On Wednesday next at Wes. Kirkup's Farm 1690, a demonstration will be given at 10 a.m. of the Cooper Sheep Shower…

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The Wool MARket [?]

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 4

The [?] opened with price at a higher average than in the closing sales and although there…

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Wheat Ballot Deadline October 15

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 4

At the meeting last week of the Agricultural Council, Mt. Cain, Premier of Victoria, withdrawing his…

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M.I.A. Agricultural Extension Notes Minister to open M.I.A. Field Day Beef Cattle Gains

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

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 the…

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Pastures and cereal crop watering Low level of Burrinjuck storage

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

The Commission has drawn attention to the conditions at Burrinjuck where the storage is to-day about 460,000 acre feet, representing only about two-thirds of the capacity of the Dam. It is usual to expect a spring…

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Potato Cropping Rotation Extension Grant Funds Assist Local Research

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

With funds provided for extension activities in the Tumut Tumbarumba district, Mr. F. J. Nicholson, District Agronomist,…

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Export wheat recommendation

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: The Australian Wheat Board will recommend a call on importing countries to take the balance of their wheat quotes, Mr. J. P. Cass said…

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Wool Not Being Knocked

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: Finest textured American sulting still contained not less than 60 per cent, of wool…

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For the man on the land Subsidies or cheaper wheat?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 4

One of the best features of democracy's way of doing things is that, no matter how firmly any Government may be tied to certain policies, these never become immutable like the laws of the Medes and Persians…

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Today's Homebush Market Cattle Cheaper

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday:—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 11,279 sheep and 13,166…

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Warning on Wool Tariff

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 6

Increased tariff on woollen and worsted textiles would harm consumers and the wool industry…

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