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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1955

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Thursday’s Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1955 · page 5

Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. and John McNamara & Co. Pty Ltd. agents in conjunction, report having…

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First Wheat Away yesterday

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1955 · page 1

First of the new season’s wheat to be tracked from Deniliquin passed over the weighbridge yesterday. It came from the property of I. and E. McKenzie, Green Acres, and comprised 50 bags weighing 3 tons, 17 cwt…

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Soldier Settlers Prominent In Crop Competitions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1955 · page 5

Soldier Settlers have featured prominently in wheat crop competitions held recently in two N.S.W. country…

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Star Junior Farmer

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1955 · page 10

At the head office of the Rural Bank early this month, twenty year old Ray Nicholls of K[?]trick via Kyogle was chosen “Star”…

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Crop Conditions

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1955 · page 3

The District Agronomist, Mr B. K. Smart, reports on crop conditions for the month of November:—…

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Wool Sells to 120d

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 December 1955 · page 1

Sydney, Thursday — Wool sales for the first half of the 1955/56 season concluded today when a full clearance was…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 December 1955 · page 8

The Australian Estates Company Limited report having offered 6817 bales on Thursday. Their catalogue was in the final…

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Sheep Average 91/[?] At Swan Hill

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 December 1955 · page 8

O’Connor Egan & Co. merg[?] in Australian Mercantile [?] & Finance Co. Ltd. and Young husband Ltd. held their annu[?]…

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Rain Saves 100 Acres Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 December 1955 · page 1

Timely rain put out a fire which started last night in the wheat crop of Mr. T. J. Lea on Barham Road…

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Another Challenge To Wool - Acrilan

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 December 1955 · page 3

Once again from the synthetic field comes another new challenge to wool. This see-sawing of wool versus…

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Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 2

Elder Smith & Co., Limited, Melbourne report:—The sixth series of Melbourne wool auctions opened…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Goldsbrough, Mort & Company Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 7

Last week’s Melbourne wool sate concluded the first Half of the 1955/5 selling season. A feature of the series was…

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Settlement Farms At Bega

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 7

Five Crown land farmlets at Bega, on the South Coast, will be thrown open for application by the Deniliquin of…

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