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Farming & the land, 1955

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“Australian Wool Fashion Award 1955”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 July 1955 · page 6

Slade Brothers’ Knitting Mills. Melbourne, took top honours in Section 9, Group 1. for this twinset in baby-fine white wool. The jacket buttons to neck, the jumper is short sleeved . . . and both feature a pretty yoke in…

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New Crops Tried In UK

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 July 1955 · page 7

First British reports on topine, the new dual purpose crop which yields a heavy forage crop as well as tubers of good feeding quality,…

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Wool Fashion Award 1955”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 July 1955 · page 3

American Fashions, Sydney, won first place in Section 4, Group 1 (Evening Wear), for this sleek evening gown…

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“Australian Wool Fashion Award 1955”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 July 1955 · page 10

First prize winner in Section 9. Group 2 (Women’s Knitwear), also won the Supreme Wool Fashion Award. A…

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Over Three-Quarters Million Sheep in District

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 July 1955 · page 1

Figures released today by the Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board disclose that there are 767,210 sheep in the district, a fall of about 60,000 on the previous year’s total…

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This Week in Wool First of 1955-56 Clips in Store

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 July 1955 · page 2

A [?] the week [?] Australian Wool stores of last season’s bales, the [?] of the 1955-56…

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[?] for W.S.L.S. Dairy Farms Held Here Oct. 3 Ballot to allot five irrigation dairy farm blocks near [?] will be held at Deniliquin by the War Service [?] Settlement Board on October 5. Minister for Lands, Mr

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 July 1955 · page 1

Minister for Lands, Mr. [?] who announced this [?] said the blocks were [?] estate, about nine…

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2,000 Trucks Sheep Sent by Rail

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 July 1955 · page 1

Nearly 2,000 tracks of sheep were despatched from Deniliquin railway station in the year ended June 30. This was disclosed this week by Mr. H. Shanahan…

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Heifers To £42/10/- At Wednesday’s Cattle Special

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 1

A pen of 17 Hereford heifers of exceptional quality, joined to stud Hereford bulls, sold to £42/10/- at Wednesday’s…

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Weather Against Crop Growth

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 July 1955 · page 2

Weather conditions during the past month have not been favourable for the growth of crops, reported Mr. D. Keely,…

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Wool Classing Course at Echuca Tech

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 August 1955 · page 1

Students from Deniliquin, Mathoura and Bunnaloo were among the capacity class of 40 to complete the annual wool…

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Action Sought To Cut Farm Costs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 August 1955 · page 5

Motions urging the Federal Government to call a conference to discuss ways of reducing primary production costs,…

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Wool Country Tour Will Bring 52 Scientists Here Soon

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 August 1955 · page 1

FIFTY TWO delegates to the first International Wool Textile Research Conference will be in Deniliquin district on August 28/29 in the course of a tour of the wool growing areas of N.S.W. and Victoria…

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Quality Products Essential: Dairy Officer

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 August 1955 · page 8

“With the present economic set-up for butter products, it is essential that the question of quality, both on the farm and in the factory, be given some consideration,” says district dairy officer, Mr. D. R. Scott…

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£90 Million For N.Z. Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1955 · page 6

New Zealand’s wool cheque of £90 million, sterling for the 1956 55 season just ended was the season highest on record in spite…

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Crops At Standstill

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1955 · page 5

Crops have been at a standstill during the past month because of the heavy rains that have fallen regularly and…

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Are We Producing The Best Wool?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 August 1955 · page 8

Visiting wool experts, textile manufacturers and sheep biologists last week discussed whether Australian wool quality is ideal…

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Can Science Help The Wool Buyer?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 August 1955 · page 8

Professor P. R. McMa[?]fessor of Wool Technology [?] Sydney’s University of [?]logy told the Con[?]…

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Wheat Pool Payments

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 8

The Australian Wheat Board has asked the Minister for Agriculture (Mr McEwen) to approve a second payment on No…

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This Week in Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 1

In a tense atmosphere, anticipatory of a fall in prices, and with buyers' and sellers' galleries filled to capacity, the…

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