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Farming & the land, 1955

1,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 72

Cattle Breeding Service In Hunter Valley

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 7

It is almost two years since the N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, Mr. Graham, opened the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Company Limited's cattle breeding centre at Aberdeen…

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A.-A. Cattle Again Win Beef Breeders' Contest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 11

Aberdeen-Angus cattle have again won the Beef Cattle Breeders' competition conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. in conjunction with the Rural Bank…

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£400,000 Aust. Wheat Shipments For Japan

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 19

MELBOURNE.—Australian wheat worth more than £400,000, in two cargoes, has left for Japan, the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Sir John Teasdale,…

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Wheat Board Members' Standing To Be Probed?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 14

The Wheatgrowers' Union is to ask the Federal and State Governments to clarify the legal position of the two N.S.W. members of the Australian Wheat Board…

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"Freight Rise Would Cut Wheat Profits" MELBOURNE —

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 4

Rises in oversea shipping freight rates would reduce the return on Australian wheat and…

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Beef Cattle "Phosphate Deficiency Is Cause Of Peg-leg"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 11

The disease of "peg-leg" in cattle was due to phosphorus deficiency, Mr. J. E. Barnes, of the animal industry branch of the Northern Territory Administration, told the annual conference of the Australian…

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News From England Polled Cattle Controversy Flares Up Again

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 18

The question of "horns or no horns" is burning somewhat fiercely in this country at the moment because the Minister of Agriculture has announced that he will review the possibility of paying a higher subsidy for…

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"Get Out And Sell Surplus": Attack On •s / I .' Wheat Board

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 4

A more vigorous selling policy was urged on the Australian Wheat Board by members of the executive committee of the Wheatgrowers' Union last week. The president, Mr…

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'Liking The Job' Is Prime Factor In ra •Li rime Poultry Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 39

What are the chief characteristics of the successful poultry farmer and how can they be recognised? In the present difficult times in the…

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Queensland's Firs t Cane Farm Becomes One Of State's Largest s L t

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 24

One of the largest individual cane farms in North Queensland is outside Cairns, near Edmonton. The 300-acre farm owned by Mr. G. Cannon was one of the State's first…

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CROPS Rains Assure Soil Moisture For Sth, Coast Winter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 34

As a result of excellent May rain, soil moisture on the far South Coast is assured throughout most of the winter, says the Bega agronomist, Mr. Flemons. He says cold south…

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Classes For Dairy Shorthorns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 7

Classes will be provided for Dairy Shorthorn cattle at Sydney's 1956 Royal Easter Show…

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DAIRYING Sedgwick Denies Drop In Sweet Cream Sales

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 6

The producers' representative on the N.S.W. Board, Mr. F. J. Sedgwick, said this week that he was greatly concerned about statements that less sweet cream was being sold than before…

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Dairy Leaders Hear Dr. Petersen's Address

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 6

Parliamentarians, representatives of overseas governments, and leaders of the dairying industry assembled at a reception tendered to Dr. W. E. Petersen,…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob Tas. Junior Farmer Describes U.S. Dehorning Method

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 27

A Tasmanian Junior Farmer has described the dehorning of yearlings and speying of heifers on a Wyoming ranch in the United States. The farmer, Donald…

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Moscow Sacks 30,000 Collective Collective Farm Managers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 19

MOSCOW.—Managers of state farms who fatten their privately owned hogs on state fodder and then sell them for private profit, who run huge deficits on their farms for years and still survive—these are targets of a…

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Conservation Booklets Now Ready For Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 14

The Soil Conservation Service has issued illustrated booklets for farmers, entitled Conservation Farming, and Contour Furrowing. They deal with the correct use of land and the purpose, design and…

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Rain In M.I.A. Gives Good Start To Crops Rain in the M.I.A. has resulted in an excellent start for crops and pastures

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 33

The Leeton agronomist, Mr. Jessup, said this excellent start provided a sharp…

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Radio a Discussion Series On Farming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 16

The first of a series of forums on farming in Australia, under the general heading of Will It Pay? will be heard in The Land and Its People programme on Friday, June 24, at 8.15 p.m. from 2BL-2NC, 3LO, 4QR and…

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Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Quiz on Soviet wheat from couch grass

Tribune · Wednesday 22 June 1955 · page 10

I have a question from Narrabri which asks can I give any information regarding the Soviet Union's experiment in producing wheat from couch grass. THE latest report that I have seen…

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