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Farming & the land, 1954

6,775 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 250

More Trials Sough Of Capless Wool Packs

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 43

THE Australian Woolgrowers' Council has asked for more trials of the new method of woolpressirtg with a capless wool pack before general adoption by the industry…

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Russian Wool Buyers Back To Sydney Sales

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 55

RUSSIAN buying was again a feature of the Sydney sales this week, after a comparatively quiet period from this section of the buying trade. Result was a firmer…

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Talks on Wheat Storags Agric. Council May Confer

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

THE Australian Agricultural Council will probably call a special meeting soon to discuss wheat storage of Australia's expected surplus. New South Wales is estimated to…

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World Wheat Output Down, But Big Surplus Expected

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 14

World production of wheat in the 1953-54 crop year is expected to be somewhat below the 1952-53 record. However, stocks in…

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Precautions Needed Wool Losses At Lambing From Diseases

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 28

THE approach of one of the main, lambing seasons of the year stresses the effect that diseases among breeding ewes can have on wool production…

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Court Registers Dairy Farmers

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 28

THE Australian Dairy Farmers' Industrial Federation has been registered, by the Commonwealth…

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Wheat Growers Split with the Govt. on Price Scheme

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

MELBOURNE.—The Victorian Government's failure to fall into line with other States in adopting the Commonwealth…

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Sir John Teasdale Critical Of U.S. Wheat Dumping

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE: The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Sir John Teasdale, said on Wednesday, that if America continued to dump wheat, as she had…

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Vale of Improved Pastures for Fat Cattle Shown at Glen Innes

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 10

THE fat cattle exhibits at last week's Glen Innes Show, although few, were of high quality and proved the value of improved pastures, for which the New England district was most suited. The judge, Mr. Jim…

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Law Court Reports Dealer For Trial On Wool Count

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 7

Mr. A. E. Hodgson, S.M., in Central Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday committed Gilbert Golomb, 49,…

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Science Backs Teasdale Wadham Stresses Benefit Of Cut In Wheat Acreage

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 33

AGRICULTURAL science, as well as economic policy, can be served by a reduction in the wheat acreage at the present time. This is the belief of…

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F.S.A. Northern Zone Banquet Gunnedah "Biggest Wheat Growing Centre in Aust."

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 26

GUNNEDAH was the biggest wheatgrowing centre, not only in New South Wales, but in the Commonwealth, State Wheat Commissioner and manager of Government Grain Elevators, Mr. S. C. Hodgson, said last week. He was proposing…

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A Page for the Man on the Land Call to Cut Wheat Acreage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 25

The New South Wales wheat section of the Australian Primary Producers' Union will oppose increased wheat production…

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Wheatgrowers "Ignored or Forgotten" More Wheat Storage Wanted in North, F.s.a. Conference Decides

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 11

THE F.S.A. Northern Zone Conference at Gunnedah last week decided to ask the Department of Agriculture to increase the capacity of northern wheat silos, as had been promised several years ago. Mr. L. T. Bowman…

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Junior Farmers' Club Formed

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 26

A Junior Farmers' dub has been formed at Bowraville. The following executive…

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Near-Record Apple Crop

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 60

NEW SOUTH WALES will have a nearrecord apple crop this season, reports this week…

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Veterinary Notes All inquiries should be addressed to "The Land" Newspaper, Box 1558, G.P.O., Sydney, and not to our veterinarian personally. To answer your Question our veterinarian must know all the facts. Therefore, give full particulars of the malady when yon write. Rearing Dairy Calves; Proper Feeding And Management Will Check Mortality

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 48

UNDER the present system of breeding, feeding and management generally it can safely be asserted that dairy calves are the most unhealthy of all young domestic animals. Mortality among waives is high and those which…

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What's New in Farm Research Hybrid Onions

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 47

ALTHOUGH many American varieties of onions are not very suitable for Australian…

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New 'Hopper Threat Worrying Farmers

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

REPORTS are being received from meaty parts of the State grasshopper batchings, with flying swarms causing damage in northern areas…

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ON and Off the Farm It's a Wise Cow

The Land · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 5

It's a wise cow that knows its own twin. At the McGarvie Smith Animal Husbandry Farm at…

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