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Farming & the land, 1955

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Junior Farmer News by Corncob Macquarie Move On District Quiz Contest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 27

In order to simplify its district-wide quiz competition, the Macquarie District J.F. Club has divided its region into four zones. The four zones will,…

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What the Farmer Wants to Know "Can Infertility be beaten?"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 45

"W. B." of Shepparton (Vic.) writes: "My herds have had a bad history of infertility—very low…

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Farmers licensed Over Rail Freight Increases

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 3

Primary producers are incensed over the increased freights and passenger fares announced by the State Government this week…

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DAIRYING Taree Area Winner In F. And S. Dairy Contest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 6

District judging in The Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm Competition is now in progress. First results have come from the Department of Agriculture's 3A area, which has its headquarters at Taree…

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Tetany Outbreaks Follow Lush Fodder Crop Growth

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 14

Outbreaks of lactation or oat tetany often occur in Queensland under favorable Winter and Spring conditions when fodder crops, particularly oats, make rapid…

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Jap. Millet Is Good Spring Fodder Crop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 29

Japanese millet is an excellent Spring fodder crop. It makes rapid growth and produces good bulk. It has the quality of…

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Farm Hint Wins 10/6

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 31

Useful feeding troughs which sheep cannot tip over can be made…

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The Farmers' A.B.C. Service

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 August 1955 · page 19

The Country Hour, 2FC and Regionals, 12 noon-1.15 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. The Land and Its People, 2BL and Regionals, 8.15-8.45 p.m. Fridays…

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Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Farmers Must Support Workers

Tribune · Wednesday 24 August 1955 · page 10

The wages of workers constitute the best market for our primary products, upon which the farmer's living standard and his wellbeing depends. THE chief immediate cause of…

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Govt. Refuses Wheat Credit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 12

The Commonwealth Government is not prepared to accept responsibility for granting…

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Milk Producers Join Butter Subsidy Protest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 9

Milk producers are now taking part in protests made by butter producers against the reduction of the amount of subsidy payable to the dairying industry. Some leaders of the…

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Record Cattle Entries For Melbourne Show

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

A total of 2547 entries received for the cattle section of the 1955 Royal Melbourne Show represents a new record for the section. The number is 194 in…

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Wool and Milk gatherings

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 15

JAPANESE SCIENTISTS: Delegates to the International Wool Textile Research Conference in Sydney this week included (left), M. Oku, of Kobe University, and Prof. S. Nakahara, of Ibaragi University. With them is the conference manager, Dr. F. 6. Lennox. RIGHT: Dr. F. W. G. White, Conference Chairman, making the inaugural speech…

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Sheep Husbandry Section To Murringo Man

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 11

Most of the 1000 acres of improved pastures on the 1030-acre property of Mr. L. Dowling, East Milo, Murringo (in the Young district), were put down in prepared seed beds and sown with cover crops…

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No. 17 Wheat Pool Payment

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 42

MELBOURNE.—A second advance of 1/-a bushel on bulk wheat and 1/2 a bushel on…

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Middle East Buys Australian Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 34

A feature of wheat sales during the past six weeks has been the amount sold to the Middle East because of bad crops in that area…

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SHEEP Coomtamundra Award Goes To Harden Grower

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 10

Winner of the open section of the 1955 Farmer and Settler Merino Ewe Competition in the Cootamundra district is Mr. M. E. Shaw, of Kanoona, Harden. Mr. Shaw's team of…

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Need For Wool Research Stressed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 3

BRISBANE: Research on an increasing scale was needed if wool were to maintain its position on the world market, a leading overseas scientist said recently…

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High Wheat Yeild Likely At Young

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 35

Wheat crops in the Young district give promise of a higher acre yield than for many years. "Crops of course will…

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Cancelled Ship Contracts Benefit To Wool Men?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 3

Woolgrowers would welcome a return to open competition among shipping lines after a period of some 25 years of control under the Australian Overseas Transport…

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