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Farming & the land, 1955

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Aberdeen Cattle for Townsville

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1955 · page 1

"Russley" Stud, Aberdeen, will send a draft of Poll Shorthorns to the Townsville (Q.)…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, June 21, 1955 Our Biggest Primary Industry Minister's Impressions of Annual Sheep Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1955 · page 3

"The truth, of the old saying that Australia travels on the sheep's back was impressed on…

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Exports to India Dairy Opening Seen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 June 1955 · page 6

The need of Australia to get the best possible return for its surplus dairy products emphasised the desirability…

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Merriwa Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 2

Included in the final series of wool sales was C. D. Simpson (Merriwa) a[?] w. 83d;, bkn 51¼d…

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Special Course For Junior Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 10

Local Junior farmers, I. G.Morgan, of Aberdeen, and J. S. Beisler, of Jerry's Plains, have…

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Mudgee Junior Farmer Grows Heaviest [?] Crop Judges Have Ever Seen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 June 1955 · page 6

Brian Keech, of the Mu[?] gee Junior Farmers' Clu[?] has grown the heaviest cr[?] of oats which the judg[?]…

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Irrigating Crops and Pastures for Livestock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 June 1955 · page 3

Yanco Experiment Farms' short courses for farmers and graziers interested in raising livestock with the help of irrigation have attracted men from many districts…

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Muswellbrook Junior Farmer Club Wins High Award

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1955 · page 1

A pleasant surprise at the last meeting of the Muswellbrook Junior Farmer Club was the receipt of a cheque for £10/10/- from the R.A.S. as a special prize given for the area…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, July 5, 1955 Junior Farmers' Movement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1955 · page 3

A meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Junior Farmers' Movement was held at the High School last Friday. Representatives attended from Aberdeen, Singleton,…

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Power on Most N.s.w. Farms in Five Years

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 July 1955 · page 4

Electricity would be supplied to 75 per cent, of N.S.W. farms witnin five years, the Premier, Mr. J. J. Cahill, said…

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Wool Selling Season Close

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 July 1955 · page 10

Winchombe, Carson Ltd., report: The 1954/55 Australian wool selling season closed last week with the…

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Cheap Wool Inconceivable This Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 July 1955 · page 8

U.S. Department of Agriculture this week officially estimated the 1955/56 world wool c[?]p…

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Demonstration At School Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 July 1955 · page 16

At 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday next, Farm and Transport Service Pty. Ltd. will give a demonstration of…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Ltd report:— There will be no further…

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Junior Farmers Per Brisbane Exhibition

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 3

Ten Junior Farmers from Muswellbrook and district will compete at the Brisbane Royal Exhibition, to…

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Hunter Valley Poultry Farmers to Promote Interstate Marketing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 July 1955 · page 1

The Hunter Valley Council of Poultry Farmers would seek markets in other States to combat "dumping" of eggs in New South Wales, Mr. R. J. Mooney said…

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Dairy Expert to Visit Australia Professor Robert Boutflour

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 1

A world expert on dairy husbandry, whose contributions to the better management of cows…

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Star Junior Farmer Overseas' Tour

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 10

Differences between conditions on English and Australian farms have deeply impressed Mr. Arthur G. Martin, of Nimbin, near Lismore, who was "Star" Junior Farmer of N.S.W. for 1954…

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Butter and Cheese Prices

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 August 1955 · page 4

The whole amount by which the return to dairy farmers may be reduced in their next pay cheque, viz., something between 5d and 6d per pound butterfat…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 August 1955 · page 6

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

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