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Farming & the land, 1954

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2,250 Cattle Quarantined

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

MORE than 2,250 head of cattle and 40 properties have been quarantined because of an outbreak of…

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Australian Wheat Championship

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 35

Winner of the Australian Wheat Championship—Mr. J. W. Wall, of Stony Creek, Narrabri, N.S.W., and his…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 44

At the fourth series of Goulburn wool sales conducted by Farmers and Graziers' on January 20 and 21, the…

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Wool Industry Concern Fleece Rot Cuts Wool Production

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 26

THE wool industry is concerned at the increase in fleece rot in New South Wales, and its serious effect on wool production. Fleece rot is a skin…

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More Sheep In South Africa

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 10

South Africa's sheep numbers, according to agricultural census figures just released, are 35,479,532…

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Report Criticises Wheat Agreement

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 2

THE Randall Commission majority report on U.S.A. economic policy has recommended to President Eisenhower that the U.S. Government should consider ending…

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The Wool Trade: Brokers' Reports Research in Wool Uses

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 44

Winchcombe. Carson. Ltdreport; New ra-search discoveries in the printing of wool have developed a…

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Africa's Wool Cheque £66m

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 45

With a clip expected to total 265 to 270 million lb. in the current season, and taking the average price…

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Russian Wool Bayers Basy

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 44

Highlight of the current wool-week was the vigorous buying by Iron Curtain countries at Melbourne…

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Wool Research In Germany

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 6

The foundation stone of a new building for the German Wool Research Institute at…

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Country Stock Newcastle: Sheep prices hold

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 44

Sheep and lambs were in large supply at the Newcastle Abattoir saleyards, Waratah, yesterday…

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Reject Wheat Plan Grower Critics

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

The Farmers and Association council in Sydney week decided not to alter association's stand on…

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Victoria's Decision On Wheat Awaited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The fate of the Commonwealth Government's five-year wheat…

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problems Of Big Wheat Surplus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 11

The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. T. J. McDougall, said yesterday that the carryover of wheat in Australia next November,…

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Page for the man on the land Technique Raises Yields State wheat crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 32

A general improvement in wheat-farming technique since…

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Homebush Stock Markets Monday Sheep Supplies Reduced

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 38

The State Marketing Bureau reports Reduced numbers were yarded, the offering totalling 25,641 head, quality…

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Key meeting over wheat plan future

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The fate of wheat stabilisation in Australia will be decided here on…

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Key meeting over wheat plan future

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The fate of wheat stabilisation in Australia will be decided here on…

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Spraying Wheat for Skeleton Weed "Safe"

The Land · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 24

TRIALS at Wagga Agricultural College showed that any commercial variety of wheat could be safely sprayed with 2,4-D for skeleton weed control…

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Letters To The Editor Wheat Acreage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 17

SIR: Sir John Teasdale, the chairman of the Wheat Board, should be highly commended for his sound…

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