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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Restockers stimulate sheep sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 14

Buying by northern restockers raised the sheep market at Forbes on Wednesday…

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Big Benefits In Beef Herds On Wheat Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 30

TO anyone travelling through the wheatgrowing areas of Australia, it must be surprising to see so few beef cattle. It is hard to understand why this is so. It is equally hard to…

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Wool Sales Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thursday.— The sixth scries of Brisbane wool sales ended to-day when an offering of 13,000 bales was…

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Stop Press Price of Butter

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 24

CANBERRA, Friday.-- The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) said today that be could not say whether the price…

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Cattle Up £1 a Head

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 19

Cattle were to £1 a head dearer at Homebush yesterday. The yarding was 2482…

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Dipping of Stock Cattle Tick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 10

The principal veterinary officer of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. R. M. Watts, said that the…

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Beef Cattle at Gundagai Show

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 8

BEEF CATTLE were outstanding at last week's Gundagai Show. Herefords…

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Bigger Wheat Sowing Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 10

The cereal specialist of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. G. Nicholson, said yesterday that there were signs that farmers in all wheat districts would plant…

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Australian Wheat Industry Changing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 10

IN the past 25 years a great change has occurred in the Australian wheat industry. Discussing this the manager of the W.A. Wheat Pool…

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5d rise in butter price forecast

The Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- Price of butter might increase by 5d lb. to 4 6 12 from July 1…

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Butter for U.k., Far East

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 45

TOOWOOMBA, — About 120,000 boxes of butter, worth nearly £1,200,000, will be shipped from…

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Eight Months' Wool Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

BALES of wool told in February this year amounted to 431,573, the National Council of Wool…

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Nundi Breeds Proven Dual Purpose Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 46

RED POLLS in Mr. Hugh MeEachern's Nundi stud, Tarcufta, are proved dual-purpose cattle. Nundi is the only herd of the breed which is officially herd tested in N.S.W…

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Mice Have Same Needs As Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 34

THE maintenance requirements of all animals, from mice to cattle, follow the same formula; for…

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J.o. Wool Profits

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

The third interim distribution of J.O. wool profits, amounting to £15,600,000, was made on March 6…

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Wool Prices Were Firm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 15

WOOL prices were firm at the Brisbane sales this week, when the closing rates in Sydney were fully maintained…

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Walcha Stages Great Sheep, Fleece Display

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 12

REFLECTING one of the richest woolgrowing sections of the North, of which it is the centre. Walcha's 53rd annual show last week penned a record number of 200 sheep entries. The finest display of fleeces ever seen at Walcha was also a feature. The Show, which was…

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Record Sheep Display at Walcha Show

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 17

OFFICIALS at last week's Walcha Show included Messrs. T. C. Bath (Secretary), G. R. N. Gill (President), and Miss Noreen Gill, (Asst. S[?] and daughter of the President). RIGHT: Rod (11), Kim (9), and Helen (6),…

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Wheat Bd. Man at Eugowra

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 23

Mr. E. G. Hoy, a member of Australian Wheat Board, will address a meeting of…

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Importers Want A Wheat Agreement

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 9

ACCORDING to the manager of the W.A. Wheat Pool Trustees (Mr. Braine), wheat importing countries most desire a new wheat agreement…

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