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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Mathoura News in Days Gone by Six Years Ago (From the “Pastoral Times,” February 16, 1945)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 6

Farewell — The Marshall family, who have been residents at Mathoura for many years, and have now shifted to Frankston,…

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Interested in the Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 12

Two year old Helen McFarland, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. C. McFarland, Wodonga, was very interested in the sheep exhibits at the Wodonga. Show on Saturday…

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Canadians to Buy Wool Here

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 14

OTTAWA, Tues.: A seven-me[?] team of Canadian wool exper will soon be scouring world markets buying up scarce wool [?]…

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Wheat Men Get Back £17 Million

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Wheat-growers who delivered wheat to the 1947-48 No. 11 pool today received refunds totalling…

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Sheep Farmer to Have City Rugby Try-out

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 16

SYDNEY, Wed: Ken McDonald, a sheep fanner from Barmedman, will have a try-out with Balmain Rugby League team in the match against St…

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Interested in Cattle Judging

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 2

Nine year-old Peter Sutherland was an interested spectator during the cattle judging at the Jingellic show…

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Wool Price Plan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 4

Woolgrowers are faced with a big decision—they have to vote soon, by postal ballot, to decide whether a scheme for minimum reserve…

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COMMERCIAL Special Sheep Sale at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 14

Farmers & Graziers, Albury, the Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Co, Wodonga. agents in conjunction, held a special sale at Albury yesterday,…

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Nz Wool Sales Postponed Indefinitely

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 14

WELLINGTON (NZ) Wed.: New Zealand’s wool sales have been postponed indefinitely because of the hold-up on the wharves…

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Visit of South Australian Farmers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon of last week a party of members of the Gladstone, Laura and Appila Agricultural Bureau, South Australia,…

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Land Sale Record £13/19/- Per Acre for District Farm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

The well-improved 640 acre wheat farm of Mr. A. J. Anderson, situated off the Oaklands Road about 17 miles from Jerilderie, was…

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Upper Murray Farmers to Tour N.z

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 2

Four Upper Murray graziers, Messrs J. Cook, F. A. Mitchell, and W. S. and V. S. Cheshire, came to Albury last evening to join a party…

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Less Butter Likely

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 2

A decline in butter production is Jikely, particularly on the. North coast, owing to the recent floods—a, spokesman for the Division of Dairying of…

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Sheep Losses in Holbrook District

The Observer · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 7

There had been considerable losses in weaners and hoggets in the Holbrook district through worm infestation, the Stock Inspector (Mr. J. McCulloch)…

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Lousy Sheep for Sale Owner Fined

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 2

On a charge of having attempted to offer for sale sheep infested with sheep lice, Clifford S. " Hayes, of Moulamein was…

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Wool Prices Aggravating Meat Shortage

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

High wool prices are now endangering the supply of meat to Britain, say Dalgety’s. Last year New Zealand…

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Professor Says Sheep Curse Of Australia MELBOURNE, Thursday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Prof. Oliphant said today: “We see what myxomatosis has done to the rabbit menace. I wish a similar has done to the rabbit menace. I wish similar outbreak would occur to sheep.”…

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Record Cattle Prices

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 2

Record price of £49/1/- to £47/1/- was paid for a consignment of prime heavy Shorthorn bul ocks at Wangaratta market…

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COMMERCIAL Holbrook Special Sheep Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 22

Dalgety & Co. conducted a special sheep sale at Holbrook yesterday, when to a widespread attendance of buyers, they submitted 7500 top quality district…

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Farmers’ Super Difficulties

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 8

As the result of a motion carried unanimously by delegates of 17 local government bodies at the meeting of No. 1 committee…

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