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Farming & the land, 1953

8,304 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Firm Wool Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday. —The sixth series of Geelong wool sales closed to-day with the market firm on yesterday's…

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Wool And Food

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

Sir,—In my letter of February 23, referred to by Mr. Albert Date ("Herald," Feb. 24), there was no criticism of…

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The Wool Trade: Brokers' Reports Wool Use Rising

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 36

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The early weeks of 1953 in the wool and mill industry contrast with the…

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Sheep Rustling on Big Scale

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 37

Large-scale sheep stealing is reported from Jeir Station, six miles from Canberra, on the…

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Memo Sheep at Gunning Show

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 8

AT LEFT are Misses Pam Stewart, of Gunsing, and Shirley Watson, of Canberra…

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S. Africa's Sheep Are Decreasing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 6

SOUTH Africa's sheep population on Aug. 31. 1951— the latest date for which official figures have been published— was…

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Broadcast of Sheep Dog Championship

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 10

THE National Sheep Dog Trial Champion-ships at Canberra this year will be broadcast over the A.B.C., with relays to interstate and New Zealand stations…

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Decision On Wheat Near

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

IT is understood that only a small price margin separates the wheat exporters and importers…

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The Fight For Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government has shown a just appreciation of the need for energy and initiative in the…

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Livestock Review Confident Buying Of Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 8

The upward trend in store cattle prices continued this week, and there was a stronger…

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More Fine Wool Wanted

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 36

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report: Though some irregular tendencies disturbed the market at Sydney and Melbourne last…

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Fires Take Toll Of Stud Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 6

A PICTURE of the grim sheep losses in some areas of the south-western districts of N.S.W. during lost year's devastating…

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New Pastoral Workers' Claims Increases in Most Rates

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3

INCREASES in rates for shearers, shed hands and wool pressers are sought in a new log of claims made by the Australian Workers' Union…

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Conference Soon on Wheat Stabilisation

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA.—State Agriculture Ministers and wheatgrowers' representatives will be invited to confer within the next few weeks on wheat stabilisation…

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New Disease in N.s.w. Cattle

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 30

THE first case in New South Wales of Johnes Disease in local cattle has been reported from Moss Vale…

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U.S. wool buyers active

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 11

More active American bidding was a feature of wool sales this week…

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Plans To Speed Wool Promotion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

A BILL to change the name of the Australian Wool Board to the Australian Wool Bureau was introduced into the House of Representatives yesterday by the Minister for Commerce and…

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Experiments in Handling Wool Clip

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 20

CANBERRA.—Substantial reductions can be effected in wool handling costs with-out considerable expenditure,…

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Seasonal Wool Record at Sales

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

A seasonal record of 421d. for Merino lambs' wool was set at the Geelong sales this week, reports "The…

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Firm Tone In Wool Market

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 9

WOOL prices showed a firmer tendency at sales In several Australian centres this week…

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