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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Evidence in Court Wrong Dalgety's Did Not Buy Wool

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 8

In reports of a taxation case before the Central Summons Court in Sydney on Thursday and Friday last, it…

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With the Man on the Land the Wool Market and the Goulburn Sales

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 6

The 1953-54 wool season, opened with prices at a higher average than In the [?]‘ sales of 1952-53 and…

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Critical Periods M.i.a. Crops

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 3

Critical periods in M.I.A. fruit crop production confront the irrigation former, who will find that lack of moisture at those times can have a marked effect on the crop and its quality…

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High Prices for Dairy Cattle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Leeton, I report having held a highly sucessful Dispersal Sale of Dairy…

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Show Sheep "A Disgrace"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Some sheep entered in the Brisbane Exhibition vert a disgrace, fat sheep and lambs…

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Bloat Hits M.i.a. Cattle

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

Valuable beef cattle on the M.I.A. have been hit by bloat recently and the Stock Inspector H. Maitland Ware, of…

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Roughage a help against bloat in cattle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 6

Valuable beef cattle on the M.I.A. have been hit by bloat recently, and Stock Inspector, Harold M. Ware, of Narrandera, declared yesterday that the malady could be prevented. To do this, farmers should…

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1954-55 Wool Sales Roster

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The roster for the opening sales commencing in Sydney on the 30th of August will present to…

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The Farmers and Settlers' Association Conference

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

The two hundred delegates who attended this year's annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association in Sydney…

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Rain Was Too Late to Help Crop Yields in Wagga Area

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

The rein which fell in Wagga on Saturday would have a good effect on crops, but had fallen too late to have any direct effect on crop yields…

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The Weather Dry spell broken Farmers Greatly Elated

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

In Leeton on Saturday morning last, all the farmers showed their. great elation over the dry spell being…

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Pig Farmers Use Lamp in Breeding Farrowing Season Advice to Producers

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 3

Farmers with pigs, who are endeavouring to improve their management methods, should look into the idea of…

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Today's Homebush Market Sheep and Lambs Cheaper; Cattle Easier

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 10,936 sheep and 8655 lambs…

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Sheep and Vitamin-a

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 7

Publicity recently given to vitamin A deficiency in sheep in time of drought may be misleading and cause graziers…

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Dispersal of J.o. Wool Profits

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

The final dispersal of J.O. wool profits would probably be made in March or April of the current financial year, the…

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Australia Awaits New Wool Selling Season

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 7

In Australia, interest centres on the opening sale in Sydney on August 30. Meanwhile stores are filling as the shearing season gets Into full swing, and growers’ fears are being dispelled by unexpectedly good clips in some of…

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Fish Farming

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 10

"The principle of fish farming is a practical and scientific approach to the production of fish, and I shall deal with this as it affects rural areas, as other practices affecting oceans and large rivers are also accepted and…

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Beef Cattle Field Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 2

Much local interest is being taken in the Field Day to take place at the Leeton Experiment Farm to-day…

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Record Crow at Farm Implements Demonstration

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 2

Experts from Ford Australia Pty. Ltd. and Doling Implements Pty. Ltd. said yesterday, that the crowd of 250 which attended…

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