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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1955

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Store Cattle In Demand, Stronger Inquiry For Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 45

Strong demand for store cattle of all descriptions and a strengthening demand for good sheep were the features of this week's store stock market. A return to normal trading in the northern part of the State since the floods, was reported by Sydney selling agents…

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Near-Record Dairy Cattle Entry For Sydney "Royal"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 7

Preparations are now almost completed for the dairying sections of the 1955 Sydney Royal Show, the R.A.S. registrar, Mr. H. N. Sarina, said this week. The chief of the…

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SHEEP Stud Sheep From Areas In Air Lift To Q'land

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 11

Stud sheep from flood-affected western N.S.W. studs are being transferred to Queensland until fences on their home runs have been restored. The first to go will be 1200 stud Merinos from Bundemar stud…

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Wool Sales Resume

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 42

Wool sales were resumed in Sydney on Wednesday after the industrial dispute in…

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Leeton: Good Demand For Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 43

At the associated agents' sale at Leeton on Tuesday, 138 cattle were yarded and 121 sold. The quality was fair and demand good…

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Ballot For Wool Blocks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 11

Four woolgrowing blocks near Young were thrown open for application under the…

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Pills Boost Wool Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 11

Synthetic hormone pills administered to sheep in experimental work in New Zealand…

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Why Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Are So Popular

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 35

Cattlemen will see 166 entries from leading Aberdeen-Angus studs at this year's Royal Easter Show. Mr. H. Gordon Munro, president of the Aberdeen-Angus Society, of Australia, outlines some facts…

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Q'ld Butter Product For U.K. Army

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 14

BRISBANE.— A Brisbane butter product has been accepted by the British Army for…

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People and Paragraphs 2000 Sheep To The Acre

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 2

RECENTLY we published on our front page a remarkable aerial photograph of a Western…

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Optimism On Wool Prospects For 1955

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 4

The wool consumption rate of leading countries was seven per cent, lower in the final quarter of 1954 than in the same quarter of 1953, according to an estimate…

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Beef Cattle First Far N.C. Fat Steer Contest Successful

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 34

LISMORE.— The success of the first fat steer contest held on the Far North Coast last week would ensure that the competition would become an annual event, said the manager of the Northern Co-operative Meat Company…

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Sheep To 5/- Lower At Homebush Bullocks, Cows To £2 Down

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 44

Values for sheep for the most part were easier to 5/ a head lower at Homebush yesterday, and rates for bullocks and cows were £1 to £2 lower, but other prime grades showed little material alteration. There was a slight…

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Deadline—- May 2: F. And S. Dairy Contest Attracts Wide Interest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 5

Monday, May 2, is the deadline for entries for The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition which already shows signs of attracting greatly increased interest this year…

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Many Farmers Using Tick Control Sprays

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 8

Instead of dips, many dairy farmers now use power sprays or bucket sprays to combat cattle ticks in their herds. Results have shown…

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DAIRYING Good Quality In Castle Hill Show Entries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 6

Over 200 cattle were exhibited at the Castle Hill show which opened in heavy rain last week. Quality was good and judges of Friesians, Jerseys, Ayrshires and A.I.S. found it difficult to award prizes…

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Farmlets Available

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 12

Two Crown land farmlets at Wyee, near Gosford, will be open for application late in…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob Star Junior Farmer Farwelled On World Tour

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 28

Arthur Martin, Star Junior Farmer for 1954, who left on a round-the-world tour last week, has, with his father, achieved a remarkable increase in butter production during the last five years on their farm at Nimbin…

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CROPS Many Pastures Flourish After Flood Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 32

The heavy flood rains were very beneficial to upland pastures on the middle rivers. The Taree agronomist, Mr. Noonan, said apart from flood damaged land, the whole countryside carries a splendid body of feed…

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Good Seed Maize Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 March 1955 · page 31

Some excellent crops of late hybrid maize for certified seed are reported by the maize…

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