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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1955

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Urana Special Sheep Sale

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1955 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd, Corowa and J. M. Smith & Co. Urana, agents in conjunction,…

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Egg Production Minister Opposed to Restriction of Backyard Poultry Farmers

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1955 · page 2

Members of the Associated Poultry Farmers' of Australia interviewed the Minister for Agriculture and Food…

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Swing to Dairying in Denimein

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 February 1955 · page 2

There has been a pronounced swing to dairying in the Central Murray Valley area says the State Department of…

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Curious Moves by The Wool Men of the Wool Bureau

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 February 1955 · page 1

This is the story of woolly thinking by wool It Is by now an acknowledged fact that the Australian Wool Bureau, supported by the producers of what is STILL this country’s main source of wealth is…

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Wool Bureau Buys Melbourne Building

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 February 1955 · page 6

The chairman Mr C.B. Ball today announced that the Australian Wool Bureau had bought a Melbourne city building for…

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Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 2

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the seventh series of Wool Sales were continued today when 14,200…

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Beef Cattle Firm, Others Tending Cheaper

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 7

Prime cattle showed little alteration at Homebush on Monday but plain and medium classes were irregular…

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Prime Sheep Lambs Firm Others Cheaper

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 7

In a heavier yarding of 28,016 sheep and lambs at Homebush on Monday, February 21, showing an…

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Butter Continues to Sell Well

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 March 1955 · page 7

Sales of Pinley butter in Deniliquin are steady, said Mr. J. Crockett, Manager-secretary of the Finley dairy factory last…

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Barber’s-Pole Worm: Threat to Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 March 1955 · page 7

Severe and unusually widespread infestations of the Barber’s-Pole Worm of sheep are reported by the C.S.I. R.O. McMaster Animal Health Laboratory. Unless sheep have been drenched within the past month graziers in…

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Jerilderie Farmer Dies At Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 March 1955 · page 1

Mr. Samuel Luke, of Jerilderie, died at the Deniliquin Hospital on Saturday morning. He was aged 63 years…

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Top Secret in Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1955 · page 6

Details of a top secret in wheat were revealed by an officer of the Department of Agriculture recently…

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Last Pool 16 Wheat Payments

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1955 · page 3

Arrangements have been completed for the distribution of final payments on wheat delivered into No. 16 pool for season…

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Production Drops, Quality Not Good: Dairy Officer

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 March 1955 · page 2

Dairy production in Deniliquin district is beginning to drop back, while cream quality is still not satisfactory according to Mr. D. R. Scott, district dairy officer. Individual visits to farms having trouble with cream…

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Values £5 to £6 Up At Special Cattle Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 March 1955 · page 1

A most successful cattle sale was conducted by John McNamara & Co. Pty. Ltd., at Deniliquin on Tuesday last when that…

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This Week in Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1955 · page 6

With flood stock losses still uncounted, but known to be heavy on the plains between the Macquarie and the Bogan…

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“Days of Wheat Crops Almost Finished In Barham Area”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 March 1955 · page 7

Less wheat than ever will be sown this Autumn in the Barham district, according to the District Agronomist, Mr C. R…

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Less Than 2 Strikes Per 1,000 Sheep

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1955 · page 3

During a 14-week period in Queensland in which rainfall ranged from 6 to 14 inches, only 20 strikes were recorded…

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Geelong Wool [?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 2

The Geelong Wool[?]sociation report [?] seventh series of [?] the 1954-55 season [?]…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 1

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the eighth series of wool sales for the 1954-55 season, held on February 28 to…

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