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Farming & the land, 1953

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Crops Helped Record Xmas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE.— An additional 130,000,000 revenue earned by three big Queensland primary…

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Junior Farmers. N. Year Message From Supervisor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

ALL clubs in the State should begin the new year with the ambition to succeed and the stronger members of the club should assist the weaker members, because no chain is stronger…

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1952 A Year Of Progress For Dairy Industry Confidence In Future

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

LEADERS of the dairying industry agreed this week that 1952 had been a successful and progressive year. Seasonal conditions had been good, and there had been increased enthusiasm in all branches of tho industry, they said…

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Letters to Editor Neglected Farm Land Discipline Needed In Production Drive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 2

Sir,—During a recent visit to the Murrumbidgee irrigation Area, I was somewhat disturbed by discovering the existence, in…

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'Forget Bogey of Synthetics' The author of this article, Mr. Syd. Hopev has probably had longer experience of the wool trade, as auctioneer and valuer, than any man in the trade. He here gives his reasons for declining to take a serious view of any threat to the wool industry

The Land · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 2

ONCE again the synthetic monster is threatening the destruction of Australia's wool…

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Difficulties Of The Wheat Harvest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 2

Sir,—Politicians have been shouting to the wheatgrower: "Produce, produce, or we shall take over your land!"…

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"Healthy Year" For Wool Textiles Seen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 2 (A AP).—The international Wool Secretariat said in a report issued yesterday…

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The Threat to Wool Is a Challenge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 2

No Australian can afford to be complacent about the future threat to wool from alternative fibres. If wool…

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The Advance of Synthetic Fibres.... Ii Can Wool Meet The Test Tube's Threat?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 2

In the United States, by the end of 1951, six synthetic fibres-direct competitors with wool-were in production at a combined rate of 40 million pounds…

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Two Kenya Farmers Murdered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 2 (A A P.).—An armed gang of Mau Mau terrorists killed two…

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Death Sentence for Farmers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 10

VIENNA (B.U.P.). -- A Czech court at Treble (Moravia) has sentenced two farmers to death and a…

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Man plants wheat on ship rusting in harbor

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1953 · page 5

A MAN has planted wheat in a slag heap on a rusting ship in Sydney Harbor. He is one of two elderly, men who are…

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And Now The Newest Wool Is Aided By Science

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 January 1953 · page 16

FASHION-CONSCIOUS women will soon be able to wear completely new pure wool fabrics thanks to the work of a handful of scientists in Leeds, England. They are producing "permanently waved"…

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Outback People Revel at Breaking of Drought Soaking rains save cattle in far north

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1953 · page 3

THOUSANDS of cattle have been saved by drought-relieving rains in the Northern Territory this week. Overjoyed inhabitants of many towns…

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200,000 Cattle May Have Perished Long Drought Ends in Parts of Territory More Rain Needed For Stock Feed

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 January 1953 · page 1

Reports from the Northern Territory last night indicated that monsoon rains in the past few days have broken the two-year drought in some parts…

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Loss of Cows Would Be Great, Producers Say Farmers 'Afraid' to Have Herds Tested for T.b

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1953 · page 6

Dairy farmers in New South Wales are afraid to have their herds tested for T.B. because of the high incidence of the disease. "It is quite possible, that many herds would…

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More machines for farming

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1953 · page 28

INCREASED mechanisation of Australian farming is shown by figures just released by the Commonwealth Statistician…

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Butter Short in Germany

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 5

BONN (Extel).--Butter has practically disappeared from German shops where once it was…

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Wheat Price Rise Moves

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA, Monday. --Australia will press for substantial increases In maximum and minimum…

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Wheat Price Rise Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday. --Australia will press for substantial increases in maximum and minimum…

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