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Farming & the land, 1955

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A.P.F.A Move On Branding Of Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 38

The Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia have asked the Australian Wheat Board to see that in future wheat seasons bagged wheat below f.a.q. is branded in…

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Russia's "Stay-Out" McEwen Denies £25M Per Year Wool Loss

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 3

CANBERRA.—Suggestions that Australia was losing £25,000,000 a year on wool sales because Russia had withdrawn from the Australian wool market have been denied by the Minister for Commerce, Mr. McEwen…

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Improved Pasture Biggest Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 35

Improved pastures are now the biggest crop in the Cootamundra district, the…

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Dairy Contest Judging

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 1

District judging in The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Championship Competition…

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News From England Russians Pleased With Tour Of British Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 18

Among recent overseas visitors to this country was a party of agricultural ministers and farm specialists from Russia, who made a 10-day tour studying farming conditions…

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Droughts, Floods Discourage Dairymen In Clarence Area

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 42

The dairy industry in the Clarence Region has reached a position of relative seriousness in unit stability. The Grafton agronomist, Mr. Flynn, said this in his annual report…

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Insurance Will Cover All Risks On The Farm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 8

Although reputable and progressive insurance companies endeavor to "take insurance to the people," it is extremely difficult for their representatives to cover the very large national field with personal calls to place before everybody information regarding the various types of insurance which…

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New Trangie Farm Manager

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 37

Mr. J. H. Ballard, who has been district agronomist at Wagga for nearly three years,…

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10/6 For Farm Hint

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 30

Mr. A. W. Stanley, Manilla, N.S.W., wins 10/6 for this hint for a…

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Pea Crop Grown On Uncultivated Paddock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 33

LISMORE.—A first class crop of garden peas has been produced at Wollongbar by the University of Sydney Faculty of Agriculture experimental group in an…

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Dairy Expert Transfers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 6

Mr. Horace Saunders, of Taree, has terminated his services with Peters' Creamery Pty…

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CROPS Pasture Improvement Increase In Lismore District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 34

There has been a very noticeable increase in pasture improvement in the Lismore district, the agronomist, Mr. Arthur, said in his annual report. Mr. Arthur said the…

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DAIRYING Pasture Improvement Pays Off In "Problem Area"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 6

The Far North Coastal region has always been a problem for dairy farmers as far as pasture improvement is concerned, and variations in soil content are great. But this week some…

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Farmers' Vital Role In Relieving World Tension

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 43

The great part farmers can play in relieving world tension on the food front was stressed by the Canadian High Commissioner, Mr. A. Irwin, in Sydney this…

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob J.F. Councils To Seek changes At Term Meeting

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 27

The Clarence Regional Council will ask the J.F.C. State Council at its term meeting in September to divide the pasture improvement project into three sections. The term meeting…

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RADIO Will Attack Dairy Judging

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 16

A talk on the controversial subject off dairy cattle judging will be given by Mr. H. G. Sundstrom, Senior Lecturer in Animal Husbandry at the Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland, in the Country Hour next Monday…

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Aust. Junior Farmer On American Tour

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 August 1955 · page 27

An Australian Junior Farmer was recently guest speaker at a Rural Life Sunday service in Wyoming in the United States. He is 23-year-old…

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Warwick Farm Cabra-matta Road Link

The Biz · Wednesday 10 August 1955 · page 13

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce wrote to Liverpool Council, asking had Council any plans for making the road linking…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Reduction of Subsidy

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1955 · page 2

A meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on August 3, Mr. L. J. Shearman, President, presiding…

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Vic. Dairymen Protest On Butter Price

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 August 1955 · page 9

MELBOURNE.—The Victorian Dairy farmers' Association has organised a series of protest meetings throughout the State against the Commonwealth Government's…

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