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Farming & the land, 1954

6,775 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Strong Moves In Canada Aid United States To Reduce Wheat Acreages

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 25

There is a strong move in Canada to reduce wheat, acreages, because of the present huge surplus. Attention was drawn…

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Vic. Holds-up Wheat Scheme Wants Growers' Vote On Own Questions

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 7

VICTORIA continues to hold up the five-year wheat stabilisation plan. Other States have agreed on the Commonwealth…

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F.S.A. General President's Letter Royal Arch Construction "Solves" Wheat Problems

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 9

FELLOW MEMBERS,—You will be interested to learn that I have solved the problem that confronts the wheat industry in the handling, storing and selling of our next crop. It all came about…

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On the Land Wool Cheque Over Estimate Is Now Expected By The Land Editor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 18

The New South Wales wool cheque this year might be about £10 million higher than expected because of a slightly bigger cut of wool per sheep…

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F.A.Q. Set at 64 LB. Merchants "Should Take Over Selling Of Export Wheat, Flour"

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 12

WHEAT authorities in Sydney this week discussed a suggestion that Australian shippers and millers take over the selling of export wheat and flour from the Australian Wheat Board…

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Dairy Board Appointment

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 5

Mr. O. O. Madsen, M.L.A., of Yangan, Queensland, has been appointed a member of the…

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Seaweed Farm On Clarence

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 45

Permission to occupy certain coastal lands has been granted by Harwood (Clarence River) Shire…

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Farm Output Up

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 41

Swedish agricultural output has been increased by 10 per cent, since the end of the war through…

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What's New in Farm Research Wild Oats

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 31

SPRAYING experiments carried out by the Canadian Department of Agriculture with maleic…

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Drought May Destroy Apple Crop

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 19

TOOWOOMBA. —Three to four inches of rain was needed within two…

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Farm Research Valuable

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 17

CANBERRA. — Disappointment that some primary industries appeared slow to appreciate the…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob New Supervisors Take Up Position Soon

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 27

Six newly appointed district supervisors of Junior Farmer clubs will leave Sydney within the next few days to complete training for their new posts. They have all been…

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Demand For Pure Bred Dairy Stock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 7

LISMORE.—The demand for pure bred stock was increasing and there had been a…

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Dairy Wealth of South Coast At Kiama Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 6

Top flight breeders competed in each of the classes for the five dairy breeds at Kiama's 106th annual show, which opened on Saturday. Kiama show is…

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The Farmers' A.B.C. Service

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 14

The Country Hour. 2FC and Regionals, 12 noon -1.15 p.m., Mondays to Fridays. The Land and Its People, 2BL and Regionals, 8.15-8.45 p.m., Fridays. The Countryman's Session. 2FC and Regionals, 9.02 - 9.15 a.m…

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New Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 31

BRISBANE: Within three months at least 17 new landholders will be settled on former…

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Sir Geo. Jenkins, Grand Old Man of South Australian Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 17

ADELAIDE: One of the best known personalities and one who is held in the highest esteem throughout the whole of the rural and pastoral areas of the State is…

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£150,000 Damage to Grape Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 18

PERTH, Thursday.—Wild easterly winds and heavy rain last month have caused about £150,000 damage to Western…

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£80/15/ Per Acre At Farm Auction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 19

A record price of £80/15/ per acre was paid at auction for Springdale, a 450-acre farm at Spring…

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Gold hoard hurled on Transvaal farm

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 15

JOHANNESBURG, Fri. (Kemsley). -- Mrs. Sybilla Smuts, widow of Field-Marshal Smuts, former South African Prime Minister, has just revealed that a fortune of pearly £A250,000 in gold is buried on the farm where…

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