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Farming & the land, 1954

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U.K. Demand For Wheat Not Heavy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 15

The current United Kingdom demand for wheat from the world market was [?]ly about 6½ million bushels a…

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Aust.cattle Breeder Discusses Market for Grain-fed Beef

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 23

SOME Sydney butchers would pay premium rates for grain-fed beef If there were no fixed prices and producers could guarantee continuity of supply Prominent beef cattle…

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More Funds Needed To Send Australian Sheep To Israel

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1

“Operation Golden Fleece,” a film showing the transport by land, air and sea of the vanguard of…

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Week-end Magazine Russians Are Bidding For U.S. Butter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 17

NEW YORK.—Are the Russians seeking to salve internal irritations of their vast population with American butter and edible oils?…

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2.4 D Over Wheat Safe, Expert Says

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 15

Trials carried out at the Wagga Agricultural College show that any commercial variety of wheat can be…

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Tenterfield Show. G. T. Scherf Scoops Pool In Sheep Section

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 10

With eight prizes and three championship ribbons, Mr. G. T. Scherf, of Severn Valley, Emmaville, was the outstanding exhibitor in the sheep section at last week's 77th Tenterfield annual show…

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£26 Mill. More for Wool in 7 Months

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7

WOOL sales for the seven months ended January 31 were £26,169,874 more season. than for the corresponding period last…

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Good Wools Dearer the Wool Trade: Brokers' Reports

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 52

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: At our Sydney wool auction on February 11 the demand for good Merino…

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Farmer & Settler Dairy Competition

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 1

This year's The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition bids fair to be the most successful for years. Drought conditions…

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Govt. Should Act. On Wheat Storage; F.S.A. Branch View

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 56

MANILLA F.S.A. branch wants the State Government to adopt a more realistic approach to the…

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Junee Wheat and Rail Centre No.61 in "Land's" Country Town Series

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 29

JUNEE, 299 miles south of Sydney, is a big railway and wheat centre, it is the nerve centre of the southern rail system, and has the biggest roundhouse in the Southern Hemisphere. It has one of the biggest wheat stab-terminals…

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F.S.A General Secretary's Letter No Justice in Council's Wheat Costs Decision

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 56

DEAR MEMBERS,—It is apparent that the rejection by the Agricultural Council of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation's claim for a revision of the basis for the cost of wheat production, under the stabilisation plan, was…

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Dairy News Public Inquiry on Milk "Benefited Industry"

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 21

THE recent public inquiry on the price of milk had benefited the dairying industry…

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Britain "Stud Farm of World"

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 51

BRITAIN was the stud farm of the world, Richard Hilliar said in a broadcast…

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What's New in Farm Research

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 43

IN U.S.A., more nitrogen as fertiliser is now sold as gaseous ammonia than, as sulphate of ammonia…

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Dairy Officer at Casino

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 42

Mr. G. E. Kent has been appointed dairy officer at Casino. When announcing the appointment, the…

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New Dairy Body For Arbitration

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 51

The Primary Producers' Union announces that the Australian Dairy Farmers' Industrial Federation has…

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How U.K. Aims To Maintain Guaranteed Prices And Markets For Home Farmers

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 40

THE change from a rigidly controlled to a free economy can never be without difficulties lor any nation. It is easy during wartime shortages to impose regulations, controls and rationing of commodities. It is far from easy…

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Report On M.I.A. Fruit Crop

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 39

M.I.A. fruit crop figures were given in a report by Mr. A. H. Skipper, fruit officer,…

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ON and Off the Farm Dream Came True

The Land · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 5

A dream has come true for an English farmer who is now visiting Australia. The farmer, 44-year-old…

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