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Farming & the land, 1954

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Improved Pastures on Rylstone Farm Pay Big Dividends

The Land · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 12

WHEN Mr. H. J. Murphy, of "Mirrabooka," Rylstone, was handed the Standard Portland Cement Co.'s trophy for the best three commercial fat lambs…

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Farmers At Mudgee Give For Floods

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

Mudgee district farmers willingly co-operated when the Mudgee branch of the…

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Crops Serious Overproduction of Sugar Probable

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 34

Serious overproduction of sugar could result from overplanting and limitation of markets, and the grower would have to stand the loss, Mr. R. Muir, general secretary of the Australian and Queensland Cane Growers'…

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Good Conditions For Ripening Of Victoria's Fruit Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 37

MELBOURNE: Mild weather, with light rains, made conditions reasonably good for ripening fruit crops in Victoria during February, according to a seasonal horticultural report issued by the Department of Agriculture…

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Record Apple Crop Likely At Orange

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 34

ORANGE.—An all time record apple crop is likely in Orange this season unless the area…

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Round Up Of Crop And Pasture Prospects

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 35

The deputy chief of the division of horticulture, Mr. H. Eastwood,…

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Dried Fruits Crop Smaller This Year

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 37

MILDURA.—Sunraysia's dried fruits crop, now almost half harvested, is expected to be…

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Valencia Crop Ending On Lower Murray

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 37

The Valencia harvest on the Lower Murray is nearing, completion, reports the principal…

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Dairy Director May Lose Eye

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 7

TAREE: The chairman of directors of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society, Mr. Herbert…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob Resentment In Advisory Committees. Say Reports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 27

Termination of the services of part-time supervisors throughout the state has caused resentment among many junior farmer club advisory committees, according to reports…

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Japs Urged to Buy Less Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 4

TOKIO, Fri.--Japan should make a "large-scale cut" in wool imports. The influential newspaper Asahi today suggested this to…

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Fodder For N. Coast Dairymen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, Mr. E. H. Graham, said yesterday that sufficient…

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Rats ruin farmers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1954 · page 12

MANILA, Sat. (B.U.P.).--A plague of rats moving across the country in droves has brought…

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[?]inancial Review (Continued) U.S. Expert Sees Doubling Of Demand For Wool From Our New York Office

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 14 March 1954 · page 71

The textile industry of the United States will expand 70 per cent, by 1975, but wool consumption will increase at even a greater…

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Dairy of a Doctor who tells Nervous bully

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 14 March 1954 · page 64

MEN are not always what they seem. Some try to hide the unattractive sides of their characters by building themselves up in opposite fields. In some cases a neurosis intervenes. "WELL! He's an…

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Cattle's agony journey

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

The R.S.P.C.A. is investigating a report that eight bullocks had to be destroyed on March 4…

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Cattle's agony journey

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

The R.S.P.C.A. is investigating h report that eight bullocks had to be following a train…

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Cattle's agony journey

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

The R.S.P.C.A. is investigating a report that eight bullocks had to be destroyed on March 4…

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Russians buy, wool is firm

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 2

Buying on behalf of Russian interests caused the market at Sydney wool sales today to be…

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£276m. from 8 months' wool

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 23

The Commonwealth wool cheque for the eight months to February 28 amounted to £276,100,380. This compares with…

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