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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1959

116 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 6

BUILDING and Furnishing Australia Has to Import Wool for Its Carpets

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1959 · page 9

Australia is the largest producer of wool in the world, yet she has imported over the fast three financial years an average of 3,800,000 lb. of greasy woof, and 2,400,000 lb. of scoured wool…

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Single Wool Bales Are Heavier Than Double Dumps : Snide Grazier Trick Star Story

Tribune · Wednesday 30 September 1959 · page 8

BRISBANE: Excessive weights of bales of wool -- some of them weighing more than the "double dumps against which watersiders won agreement after a nationwide struggle--have aroused united resistance and determination workers who handle them. THE "double dumps" used to average…

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Access to Warwick Farm

The Biz · Wednesday 30 September 1959 · page 5

Mr. H. Turnbull, of Cabramatta, wrote to last Fairfield Council meeting on behalf of several trainers,…

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Junior Farmers Initiated

The Biz · Wednesday 30 September 1959 · page 5

The occasion of the ceremony of initiation of new members of the Fairfield District Junior Farmers,…

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Dairy Company Has Turnover of Nearly Three-quarters of a Million Pounds

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 October 1959 · page 1

The annual meeting of Nepean Co-operative Dairy and Refrigerating Society Limited, Penrith, was held last night in the C.W.A. Hall, Station Street, Penrith. Mr. N. P. Clisdoll (chairman),…

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Most Shareholders in Nepean Dairy Co. are Non-Suppliers

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 October 1959 · page 7

Mr. N. P. Clisdell, chairman of directors of Nepean Co-operative Dairy and Refrigerating Society, at the annaul meeting of the society last week, explained that the N.S.W. Milk Board had directed the…

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Star Junior Farmer

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 October 1959 · page 8

Final judging of the star junior farmer contest, for Sydney Western area, sponsored by the Rural Bank of N.S.W., was…

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Demands end to monopoly grip on wool Industry

Tribune · Wednesday 21 October 1959 · page 5

The mass protests that forced the NSW State Government to appoint Mr. Justice Cook and his colleagues to inquire into the wool industry and then to give protection to the Goulhurn wool sales can, if continued, force the' Government…

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District Junior Farmers 'Initiated'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 October 1959 · page 9

Thirty new members were initiated at a ceremony organised recently by Fairfield Junior Farmers' Club. It was the first time the club had…

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The Question Is: Dairy Farming or Gravel Pits at Cranebrook?

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 October 1959 · page 3

A conference was called between Aldermen of Penrith Municipal Council and Messrs. Farley and Lewers, It, was in reference to the application by Messrs, Farley and Lewers to extract gravel from a farm which they had…

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Magazine Impressed by USSR sheep industry Spotlight on Socialism

Tribune · Wednesday 28 October 1959 · page 6

HOBART: The Soviet Union's sheep industry is "impressive" although it does not compare yet with Australia's,…

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FAIRFIELD Show Dairy Goats at Show

The Biz · Wednesday 4 November 1959 · page 6

This year for the first time, the dairy goats will be housed in the new pavilion, built…

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Future of wool in world markets

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1959 · page 2

Australia should not become too complacent about the future of wool…

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Dutch News in Brief First-class cattle

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 20 November 1959 · page 1

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Junior Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 November 1959 · page 3

Attendance at last meeting of Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers' Club was not good, because of the exams[?] and the…

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Poultry Farmers Warned on Disease Threat

The Biz · Wednesday 16 December 1959 · page 21

Poulty farmers should now be especially on guard against outbreaks or respiratory diseases in their…

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"Star" Junior Farmer Leaves in April for Overseas Castlereagh Lad Is Star Junior Farmer

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 December 1959 · page 1

A Junior Farmer who has taken a job in Sydney in order to pay for a University course is this year's N.S.W. "Star" Junior Farmer. He is the second Junior…

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