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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1955

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Geelong Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1955 · page 6

The Geelong Woolbrokers' Association reports that at the First Series of Wool Sales in the 1955/56 season held on…

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Farmers Must Issue Receipts Effect of Stamp Duty Law

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1955 · page 1

Under a prevision of the Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill just passed by the State Parliament, primary…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 October 1955 · page 5

The Melbourne Woolbrokers’ report that the third series of sales commenced on Monday with an offering totalling 12,948…

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Sheep Stealing: Grazier Convicted

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 October 1955 · page 1

Burraboi grazier and stock agent Horace Frederick Sheldrick was proved guilty at Barham Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday of the larceny of one sucker lamb…

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Storm Damages Crops

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 October 1955 · page 1

Crops in the Finlay — Berrigan district suffered extensive damage from the violent storm which struck the area last…

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Graziers Warned to Drench Sheep Now

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 3

It is important to drench sheep with a phenothiazine preparation within the next week or two, Mr. Rod Falk, district veterinary officer for south-western districts, said at Cootamundra yesterday…

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Wool Cheque Up £4 Mil

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 5

Australia’s wool cheque for the first three months of this financial year was over £4,000,000 more than for the…

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State Championship to Finley Dairy Farmer

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 November 1955 · page 1

Mr. Norman W. Crosbie, of Belvedere Park, Finley, district winner in the Wagga - Deniliquin area, has been awarded the Farmer and Settler Dairy Farm competition’s State Championship for 1955…

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Sheep Show and Sale

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1955 · page 7

The fourth registered sheep show and sale conducted at Finley by the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep…

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Sheep Stealing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 November 1955 · page 7

A drover and labourer of the Finley district have been arrested and charged with sheep stealing They have been remanded to appear…

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Swan Hill Record - Sheep Average £4.18.4

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 November 1955 · page 3

O’Connor Egan & Co. merged in Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd. in conjunction with Younghusband Ltd. report…

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Damage To Crops Severe In Isolated Areas

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 November 1955 · page 7

Severe damage caused to crops by recent storms was confined to isolated areas, states Mr. D. F. Keely, district agronomist, in…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 November 1955 · page 7

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the third series of Wool Sales for the 1955/56 Season, held on October 17 to 20, the…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 November 1955 · page 1

The Geelong Woolbrokers’ Association reports that at the Second Series of Wool Sales in the 1955/56 season held on October…

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Beef Cattle Breeders Competition

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 November 1955 · page 5

Following the successful Beef Cattle Breeders Competition (recently concluded, the Agricultural Bureau of…

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Deniliquin Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., and Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd., agents in association, report having held their off-shears sale on…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Goldsbrough, Mort & Company Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 3

For their fourth sale of the current season, on November 7, this company submitted a catalogue of 8,023 bales…

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Finley Farmer Scored in Every Direction

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 November 1955 · page 9

A magnificent farm and a farmer who scored well every direction, judges found when they visited the property (“Belvedere Park,” Finley) of Mr. Norman Crosbie recently. Judges awarded Mr. Crosbie the State…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 November 1955 · page 2

Younghusband, Ltd, and Dalgety & Co., agents in association report a very successful special sheep sale at Deniliquin on…

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Season Conductive To Rust In Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 November 1955 · page 10

Irrigated wheat crops (2,000 acres) have recovered from the wet winter and water logged soil conditions, according to…

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