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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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20,000 Acres Of Wheat To Be Sown

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 5

“Summer rains have caused widespread weed growth in fallows, necessitating additional workings. I expect wheat…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 March 1956 · page 6

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the eighth series of wool sales for the 1955/56/season, held on February 27 to…

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Fears on Dwarfism Exaggerated LEADING U.S. Cattle Breeder's Views

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1956 · page 3

Australia's fears that dwarfism in beef cattle may spread from U.S.A. to Australia, has caused some concern in the…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 March 1956 · page 8

Younghusband Limited report their Special Cattle Sale held at Deniliquin on Thursday last when they yarded 1040 cattle…

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Well-known Gulpa Farmer Dies Suddenly

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 March 1956 · page 1

Mr. Samuel James Leetham who died suddenly on Friday evening at his home Kia Ora. Gulpa, was a member of a…

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Aggressive Policy For Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 3

“If the wool trade is to repel the attack being made on it by synthetic fibres then it is necessary for the young man entering…

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Local Team Third In Beef Cattle Breeders’ Comp

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 2

A team of Poll Shorthorns entered by Mr. W. J. Kilpatrick, “Bimbella,” Deniliquin, won third place in the…

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Fears on Dwarf is “Exaggerated” LEADING U.S. Cattle Breeder’s Views

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 3

Australia’s fears that dwarfism is beef cattle may spread from U.S.A. to Australia, has caused some…

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Junior Farmers Elect Committee

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 8

Mick Falahey was elected president of the Junior Farmer’s Club at their recent inaugural meeting…

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To Judge Cattle South Africa

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 March 1956 · page 1

Mr. F. C. Hosking. a well known cattle breeder, is the first farmer from Britain to be invited to judge the South devon…

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This Week in the Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 March 1956 · page 2

There was a marked freshening in the bidding when the final wool sales before the Easter recess were held this week at…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Victorian Producers’ Co-op, Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 March 1956 · page 7

This company offered their No. 9 Catalogue comprising some 7,527 bales drawn from the main part from the later…

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Dairy Production Starting Winter Decline

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1956 · page 3

Dairy production has commenced to show the usual decline for this time of the year, due to advanced lactations…

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Noogoora Burr. Its Effect on Sheep and Wool Values

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1956 · page 3

This plant can attain a height of five or six feet, the stems and branches being rather rough and somewhat ribbed. The leaves…

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Farm House for Sale

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1956 · page 6

Tenders are invited for the purchase and removal of a 7-Troomed weatherboard residence on Boonoke North…

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Excellent Cattle Sale High Prices—Keen Demand

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 April 1956 · page 2

Messrs John McNamara & Co. Ltd. and M. Fenaughty (Auctioneers in conjunction) report a highly successful…

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First Of Rice Crop Railed Away

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 April 1956 · page 1

Two trucks of rice, about 40 tons were railed from Deniliquin to Echuca last Month. This was the first of this…

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Bi[?] Chance For Junior Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 April 1956 · page 2

The State Council of the Junior Farmer Movement has started looking for the “Star” Junior Farmer of 1956…

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T.B. Testing For Local Dairy Herds

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 April 1956 · page 1

T.B. testing of dairy herds supplying milk to the Deniliquin Municipality will have to be carried out soon, Mr. K…

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Melbourne Wool Sales New Zealand Loan

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 April 1956 · page 2

Last Monday New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 6,046 bales…

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