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Farming & the land, 1954

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Sydney Wool Sales Values Again Firm

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Values for merinos ruled firm at the wool sales yesterday. Comebacks and crossbreds sold…

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Wool Values Unchanged at Melb. Sales

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Wool values were unchanged by comparison with the opening day, yesterday, when the…

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[?]Nr. Farmers' Contests at Royal Show

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 2

Provision will be made for Interstate Junior Farmers visiting Sydney's Royal Easter Show next year to…

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Vig. Poultry Farm Workers Have Awards

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: For the first time in Australia. Victorian poultry farmworkers will have their own…

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Junr. Farmers' exhibit

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 3

Cootamundra District Agronomist, Mr. Frank Cutting, judging the Junior Farmers' exhibit at Temora Show, with steward A. Mears standing by…

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Wool Scholarship First at Sheep and Wool School

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 7

A Trust Fund for an Annual Scholarship for the best all-round student in the first year full time day classes has…

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Today's Homebush Market. Cattle Down; Sheep Finn

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, "Thursday — The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. reported that there were 3630 sheep, 5314 lambs, and…

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Cootamundra Sheep Sale Report

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 1

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd, held a Special Sheep Sale on…

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Demand for Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 8

With new season’s auctions now in their third Week, a reasonable survey of the market for the earlier shorn…

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Wool prices firm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Prices showed little, if any, alteration on values ruling yesterday when the…

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Sydney wool sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

Sydney, Wed.: Values for all descriptions were fully firm at the woolsales today. The Woolselling Brokers'…

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Wool handling systems

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

The Albury Wool Brokers Association states its attention been drawn to an article appearing in the Wagga…

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Member for Hume on Butter Price

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

In the House of Representatives, Mr. A. Fuller stated:— “I preface a question which I address to the Minister for…

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Wool Is Our Mainstay

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

Wool to the Australian economy is the pendulum of its swing up and down. Government budget surpluses largely reflect the…

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Beef Cattle From 11 Districts Met at Young

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 5

The spectacular progress of stud beef breeding in the Young district was underlined this week by the…

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Bunt or Ball Smut on Increase in Wheat Areas

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 2

Bunt, or ball smut, is on the increase in some wheat growing areas of N.S.W., the District Agronomist at…

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Price of Export Butter

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 2

In the House of Representatives recently Mr. A. N. Fuller asked: I preface a question which I address to the Minister for…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Prices remained firm when the first Melbourne series of wool sales for the 1954-55…

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The Week in Wool

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 6

As the wool-selling season enters its third week, with values attuned at Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, London and South…

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Warning on pink eye in cattle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 6

The spread of pink eye in cattle can be very rapid in spring months, the District Veterinary Officer at Cootamundra (Mr. R. H. Folk) said this week…

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