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Farming & the land, 1955

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Color Films Are Latest Aid For Dairy Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 5

A remark made by the N. S. W. Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, at the Albion Park Show last week drew attention to the great value of visual training for primary producers…

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Week-end Magazine How The Coxes Founded Famous Merino And Beef Cattle Studs Recalling The Pioneers— No. 14 (Continued)

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 15

Continuing the story of the Cox family, pioneers of Mudgee, James Jervis describes the later generations' work in building up the Merino. EDWARD Cox, the seventh son of…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob Show Societies Help; More Scope For J. F.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 22

In a general trend for country show societies to assist Junior Farmer activities, several societies in the Far South Region and other districts have enlarged their sections for J. F. competition…

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Poona Peas Help Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 24

LISMORE.—"Many district farmers are now sowing poona peas to supplement pasture…

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Fodder Crops Round-Up

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 8

Fodder crops are providing useful grazing in many districts of N. S. W. at present. Here is a round-up of…

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DAIRYING A. I. S. Exhibits Were Prominent At Albion Park Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 6

Australian Illawarra Shorthorns, outstanding for quality and type, were the principal feature of Albion Park Show last weekend. More than a dozen…

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Light Crops Forecast For Gosford Citrus

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 4

There are hundreds of thousands of unhealthy citrus trees in the Gosford district. "These trees could hold only small crops…

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10/6 For Every Farm Hint

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 26

The Farmer and Settler will pay 10/6 to any reader who sends in any farm hints which we…

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Pres. Eisenhower Plans To Retire To A Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 14

GETTYSBURG, Pa.— This little city's 7046 residents are quietly excited over a renovation job that promises to bring them their most illustrious neighbour. The subject of the…

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Market Garden Prepare Tubers Now For Winter Potato Crop

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

A well supplied potato market at present does not necessarily mean that the crop will not be profitable during the winter. The early crop is…

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CROPS Rain Need Is Urgent In The Clarence District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1955 · page 27

The Clarence River district is drying out rapidly and increasing heat has made rain urgently necessary. The Grafton agronomist, Mr. Flynn, reports that the usual summer thunderstorms have been largely absent this season. Maize sowing…

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Fiction White Wool Quite suddenly stark reality gripped Jud—Weismann intended to kill him

The World's News · Saturday 15 January 1955 · page 25

THE damp wood crackled in the small iron stove. Weismann stood looking through the doorway along the…

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Australian Council of Young Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 4

An Australian Junior Farmer has spoken to 3,288 people at 48 meetings in 18 weeks spent in the United States…

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Bargain Butter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 2

Despite previous assurances to the contrary, the U.S.A. now seems likely to start unloading her farm produce surpluses which are a serious embarrassment to the Eisenhower…

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Cattle Are Finicky

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 35

University of Nebraska scientists have stated that farmers should not be misled into putting salt blocks…

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Tablelands Sheep Shock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 8

ARMIDALE: First returns of the stock on holdings in the Armidale pastures…

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CROPS Wagga Wheat Yields Below Normal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 32

Although Wagga district wheat yields were better than expected, output was below normal. Second growth slowed harvesting down but practically all cereal harvesting was completed by mid-January…

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Pastoral Margin Claim Decision Reserved

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 5

The Australian Workers' Union this week applied for increased wage margins for pastoral workers. The application was opposed by the Graziers' Association on the grounds that pastoral workers were already receiving…

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Cairns' First Cattle Sale

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 35

Dalgety's this week conducted the first cattle auction ever held at Cairns…

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Cattle Judges For Easter Show

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1955 · page 18

The full list of judges in the cattle section of the 1955 Sydney Royal Easter Show has been…

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