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Farming & the land, 1954

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Record Wheat Receivals At Holbrook Silo

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 11

RECEIVALS at the Holbrook wheat silos, which closed last week, totalled 244,000 bushels, which is the greatest amount of wheat received…

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Beef Cattle Beef Exhibits Outstanding At Guyra Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 10

More than 6000 people saw a varied and well-organised programme at the two day Guyra Show last Friday and Saturday. The parade of…

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'Hopper Control Warning On Worm Attack In Sheep

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 22

RECENT rains would cause a rapid increase in worm infestation of sheep over wide areas, Mr. Hugh Gordon, lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at Sydney…

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"Chevlin" New Breed of Sheep in H.z

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 24

Toowoomba.—The Parliamentary Under- Secretary for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. R. W…

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Wool Export Rise £31.4 Mill

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 9

FOR the six months ended December, 1953, Australia's total export of wool was 553,375,000 lb., worth £216,854,000. For the corresponding…

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Higher U.s. Wool Tariff Sought

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 51

The National Woolgrowers' Association of U.S.A. will ask President Eisenhower to raise the…

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Little Change At Week's Wool Sales

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 51

WOOL VALUES at this week's Australian auctions showed little alteration on those ruling last week. At times there was a Slight tendency in favor of…

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Better Trend In Wool In America

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 22

THERE were faint signs that the unfavorable, trend in U.S.A. wool textile activity may have reached a turning point, the Wool Bureau Inc., New York, reports in…

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Price Of Wool Sacks Down By 4/

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday. —The Acting Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Senator G. McLeay,…

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Cream Prince Margins May Be Widened In Better Butter Bid

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 33

BRISBANE: Margins between prices paid Queensland producers for choice and first grade cream may be widened following top level talks in Brisbane on butter quality problems…

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Talks on Wheat Surplus Board Review Of Marketing

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

THE Australian Wheat Board mil announce today (Friday) its plans for attempting to market the estimated wheat surplus of 60 million bushels…

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£500,000 A Year Spent On Wool Research

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 9

Australia was now spending more than £500,000 a year on sheep and wool research. Professor P. R. McMahon, of the University of Technology, said in an address to the Institute of Agricultural Science in Sydney…

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The Wool Trade:brokers Reports Fine Wools Firm

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 52

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reoort: At our sale in Sydney on Thursday, February 25, the market, for wools of fine…

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N.S.W. Wheat Man For F.A.O.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 12

A former N.S.W. wheat commissioner, Mr. L. S. Harrison, has just been appointed to…

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82 Buyers Take 58 Sheep at Manilla Annual Stud Ram Sales

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 23

EIGHTY-TWO buyers bought 581 stud rams at Manilla annual ram sales on February 19. Highest price was 200 guineas, which Swain…

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Yass Rich Wool Centre No.62 in "The Land's" Country Town Series

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 29

YASS, 198 miles south of Sydney by rail, is the centre of a district which produces wool ranking with Australia's best, and offers many tourist attractions. The town is set in pretty country on the Yass River,…

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U.S. Plan For Wool Subsidy Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, March 4—Senate Agriculture committee yeterday approved a bill to stimulate…

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Search for 'Star' Junior Farmer

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 17

THE "Star" Junior Farmer competition is again being conducted by the State Council of the…

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3 Steers for Junior Farmers

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 40

Mr. W. J. Lenenan, of Brewarrana, Orong Grong, has given the Wagga Junior Farmers' Club three…

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Dairy Officer's Report of Tragic Flood Losses Along Richmond

The Land · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

THE senior dairy officer on the Richmond River has sent a special report to the Department of Agriculture on the terrific flood damage on the Richmond. The dairy officer is Mr…

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