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Farming & the land, 1954

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GATT prevents U.K. wheat duty

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri(Ex tel.)--Britain's commitments under the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs prevented an import duty being imposed on foreign wheat…

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Wool Holds Firm At Sydney Sales

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 50

WOOL values at this week's Sydney auctions have shown some fluctuation, but the market generally has been reasonably firm on last week's levels for better-type…

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Women to Help Men Sell Wool

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 26

Country women i n the Orange district will help graziers boost the sale of wool…

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Fine Wool Up 2½ p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 35

Good merino fleece wools and skirtings free from vegetable fault and of fine…

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Heavier Entry of Wheat for Royal Show

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 30

ENTRIES in the 14-class wheat section of the 1954 Sydney Royal Show, which begins on April 9, are 70 above last year's total…

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No Wheat Stabilisation Ballot No Before Elections

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 12

A growers' representative on the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation doubts whether there will be a stabilisation ballot before the Federal elections. He is Mr. R. K…

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Letters To The Editor Dollars For Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 17

SIR: Wheat growers' continual harping on the fact that Britain and New Zealand are needlessly…

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N.s.w. Stud Cattle Shipment to Nth. Territory

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 33

A NORTHERN TERRITORY cattle breeder has bought eight Poll Herelord females and two bulls from New South Wales Studs…

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Dairy Farms Need More Rain

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 19

ALTHOUGH rain was received over the major dairying districts of the State in the…

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Plans For Dairy Farm Competition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

Arrangements are already well in hand for the 1954 Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm…

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Most Crops Bigger But Dairy, pigs, Poultry Declining

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 39

MELBOURNE.—The 1953-54 Victorian wheat harvest is now estimated at about 51,000,000 bushels, an increase of 5,000,000 bushels on the earlier figure…

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Ballot on Wheat Plan Unlikely Vic. Govt. Stands Out

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

UNLESS the Victorian Government amends its present attitude on the wheat stabilisation plan, growers will be denied the opportunity to vote by ballot on the Australian Agricultural Council's proposed five-year plan…

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On the Land Wheat Sales to Japan Board's Manager Hopeful

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 13

Prospects of increased sales of Australian wheat to Japan were bright, the general manager of the Australian…

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Beef Cattle No Report On U.K. Meat Conference Price Main Factor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 11

Meat discussions in London which started in the latter part of January are still going on. Ho information about the results of the talks have reached Sydney yet. It was said in Sydney…

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Fall Of 3.1 p.c. Forecast In Wool Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 8

Total wool production of Australia for 1953-54 season is estimated at 1,260 million lb, compared with the…

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For the Man on the Land Rain Boosts Store Sheep Wethers attract buyers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 29

Widespread rains in the central-west and north have infused new life into…

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Question for Wheatgrowers Wheat Stubble—to Burn or Not to Burn?

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 31

IN recent years an appreciable reduction in the burning of stubble has occurred throughout the wheatbelt of Australia…

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Dairy Produce Board Election

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 20

Nominations of candidates for election as members representing butter and cheese factories on the…

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Soil Conserved on 800 Farms

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 21

Toowoomba: More than 800 Downs and Maranoa farmers had been helped to apply intensive soil…

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Dairyman's 10,000 Bales Hay From 100 Acres

The Land · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 23

Orange dairy farmer has conserved 10,000 bales of meadow hay from a 100-acre paddock, equal to two and a half tons to the acre. The farm carries a beast…

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