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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

232 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 12

Vital Role of Stock Raising and Farming Industries

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 July 1956 · page 8

Subject to satisfactory seasonal conditions, export income from wool, wheat and other primary products may show some improvement in the coming season, compared with 1955/56, the Minister for Primary…

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Is Conquest of Sheep Fly in Sight?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 July 1956 · page 8

Now that myxomatosis has virtually cleared Australia of rabbits, news of remarkably successful preliminary tests of…

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Wool Fungus Causing Concern

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1956 · page 4

An outbreak of wool fangus is causing concern among Riverina woolgrowers. The secretary of the June…

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Mathoura News Flood Country Sheep Here

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 6

More than 10,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle from flooded properties in the Deniliquin district are on agistment in the Mathoura area. This was stated on Wednesday…

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Farm Finance, Flood Distress Aid For The Asking

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 3

“Farm finance is now available for the asking,” declared Agronomist Don E. Wallin, of the M.I.A. Agricultural Service, in drawing attention to the help now being made available to farmers…

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Junior Farmers Raise £30

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 6

Mathoura Junior Farmers held a most successful street stall last Saturday, when they raised over £30…

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[?] Week in the Wool Aust. Import Ban May Benefit [?]outh American Wool Markets

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 August 1956 · page 3

After four successive years of record world wool [?]oduction, world mill stocks today are down to level at leaves no doubt that consumption is outpacing [?]oduction. This is the picture of the world wool…

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Farmers can get £1000 loans

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 August 1956 · page 1

Loans of up to £1,000 and more at rates of interest as low as 1½ per cent, are available to farmers despite worries about shortage of finance in some directions. Drawing attention to this, an extension officer with…

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Big Losses in Wool, Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 August 1956 · page 3

Flood conditions in northern Victoria and the Riverina may result in a total loss of wool worth £8,000,000 at…

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First Melbourne Wool Sales in September

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 August 1956 · page 8

Stocks of wool on hand are too small for the wool sale scheduled for Melbourne on August 27 to be held, and the…

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Many Rice Crops Lost At Barham

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 August 1956 · page 5

Many rice crops in the Barham agronomist’s district have been wholly or partly lost in the flood, while others…

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Wheat Crop May Be Down 60 Million Bushels

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 5

Although it was too early to make a firm forecast of the coming season’s crop, said the Minister for Primary Industry…

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One Million Sheep Have Footrot Science Has a Cure

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 2

As the result of the long wet season In N.S.W. and Victoria, at least 1,000,000 sheep are suffering from foot-rot. In…

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Australia’s Stake In U.K. Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 8

All Australians had a major interest in the spectacular increase in United Kingdom wool top exports during the first…

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Curtailment Of Single Farms

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 6

Curtailment of the single farm promotion system of soldier settlement has been recommended to the Government in favour of…

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No Outlet for Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 1

Deniliquin’s shearing season which should have reached its peak this month is now likely to…

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“The Clump” Crops Up Again (To the Editor)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 5

Sir.—In your report of council’s discussion on “The Clump” (17/8/56), you said Messrs Larcombe and Bradley wanted to be…

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Sheep Down At Yesterday’s Market

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 8

The Deniliquin [?] Agents report that [?] 6,500 fat [?] lambs and about [?]…

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W.S.L.S. Farm Available At Harden

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 August 1956 · page 2

A soldier settlement farm in the Harden District will be made available by the Department of Lands for application late this…

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Fluke Multiply Outside Sheep

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1956 · page 2

Imagine a parasite which hatches from an egg and goes through various stages until it Has multiplied into scores…

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