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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Best Farmer Quest Eight Zones In Show Contest

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 15

The Royal Agricultural Society's eight division Farm and Fodder Championship to be held this year would be the most comprehensive of its kind in Australia, the Registrar of the Society (Mr. H. N. Sarina) said today…

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P.m. Reviews Farming Aid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thurs. -- Farmers who applied new methods to increase production, deserved encouragement and financial help, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said in a…

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Homebush Monday Sheep and lambs dearer; cattle slightly firmer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 13

Sheep supplies were relatively light at Homebush on Monday, the yarding totalling 18,008 head, chiefly of fair to good quality. In the sheep…

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Good Wheat Farming 'Discouraged'

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 43

SOME major factors discourage good wheat farming. The Wheatgrowers' Union…

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Wool Research

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 8

IN a recent article on wool textile research being carried out by tho C.B.I.R.O. Wool Textile Research Laboratories, it…

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Wool Cheques

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 6

CANBERRA, Fri.-- The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) announced last night that…

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Woman Herds Stud Cattle

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

MISS JANET LEITCH. of Bulgary Aberdeen-Angus Stud, near Wagga, herding a line…

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Top Cattle At Gundagai Show

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

LEADING Southern Districts' studs this week participated in Gundagai Show's best beef cattle exhibition for years. Many of the cattle shown…

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Big Wheat, Flour Shipments

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

OVERSEAS shipments of wheat and flour are moving freely from New South Wales. Latest reports are:…

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Cattle in Scotland Comparison Of Shows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 10

The manager of the Coonong and Borambola Shorthorn studs at Wagga, Mr. W. J. Gaston, said yesterday…

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Wool Was Fully Firm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 13

PRICES were fully firm at the wool sales in Sydney and Melbourne this week. Any change was in…

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Peak for wool season

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 12

Wool prices in Melbourne and Sydney this week reached a new…

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Record wool boost outlay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- Australian woolgrowers this year will spend…

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Livestock Review: Turnover Steady In Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 10

Turnover of store sheep this week was steady, and values generally were unchanged for quality lots…

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N.s.w. Sheep for Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

TOKYO, March 5 (A.A.P.).—Yokohama port authorities said yesterday that they expect a shipment…

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J.f.c. Wheat Contest

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

Although entries for J.F.C. State Wheat Ch[?] pionship competition [?] year had not closed, [?]…

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Sheep Still Scarce And Hard To Get

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 13

GOOD inquiry for sheep continues, but good lines remain very hard to obtain. There is a fair inquiry for cattle but buyers are finding it…

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Improvement Held In Wool Values

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 43

BY "THE LAND" WOOL TRADE CORRESPONDENT. BUOYANT wool markets this week held firmly to theimproved rates of last week, with any variations in sellers' favor…

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U.k. Cuts Wool Stockpiling

The Land · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 16

FOR the remainder of this wool season, the quantity of wool to be acquired by the British Government for…

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France may buy less wool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- France might have to buy less Australian…

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