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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

232 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 12

Local Sheep And Cattle to Market

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 8

J. R. Powels, Stock and Station Agent, reports that Sheep and Cattle consigned by him for clients to recent New market…

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Wheat Board Election

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 8

Despite world surplus of wheat Australia has in fact sold the last two crops at satisfactory prices…

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Wool Stocks Overseas

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 2

From Bradford, Dalgety’s correspondent cabled that interest in the opening Australian wool sales of the new season was more…

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£6,000 Cattle Compensat’n

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 August 1956 · page 1

More than £6,000 was paid to district stockowners during the financial year ended June 30, as compensation under the Cattle Compensation Act for 270 cattle destroyed as a result of pleuro-pneumonia…

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Feed Plentiful For Sheep, Cattle

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 5

Both the Deniliquin and Jerilderie districts were carrying a good body of feed. Inspector of Stock (Mr. E. Scott Rogers)…

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Confidence in Store Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 8

Strong opening wool sales have stimulated confidence in the store sheep market and a busy season is envisaged. Dalgety’s reported that though the predominant demand is still for ewes in lamb or suitable for…

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Boards To Collect Cattle Compensation Levy

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 2

A change in the method of obtaining revenue for the cattle compensation fund to replace the present stamp duty…

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Australian Farmers Visit Northern Ireland

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 September 1956 · page 8

Members of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union at present on a nine months’ tour of the world, the purpose of which is to compare their own farming conditions with those of other countries…

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No Change in Wheat Variety Recommendations

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1956 · page 7

Wheat variety recommendations for 1957 sowings will be the same as those for the current season, the Department of…

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New Wool Season Increased Emphasis On Central Classing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1956 · page 2

Effect of Floods on Clips Increased emphasis will be on central classing of the State's woolclips during the…

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Fluke Multiply Outside Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 2

Imagine a parasite which hatches from an egg and goes through various staged until it has multiplied into scores of…

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Wheat Board Candidate

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 1

Mr. D. G. Barwick, General President of the Wheatgrowers Association in N.S.W., has been nominated by the Association, as…

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Good Wool Season Predicted By M.P.

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 7

A good wool season in 1956-57, with record production, firm prices, and an increasing world market is indicated. The vast majority of woolgrowers can therefore look ahead with confidence…

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Wheat Board Elections

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 7

Australian Wheat Board elections take place on Wednesday, September 26, and growers will be asked to return two…

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Few Crops Look Well

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 September 1956 · page 7

Only a very few crops of the small area of cereals sown this season look at all well, these being on sandy ridges…

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Wool At 388 Average Per Bale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 5

Strong opening of the new season’s wool market has had a much- needed tonic effect on sagging confidence in the…

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Wheat Board Election

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 8

Mr Cuss, a member for the past four years en the Australian Wheat Board, addressed a meet-lag of farmers at the Memorial…

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Good Prices For Local Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 September 1956 · page 6

Wool prices up to 25 per cent better than last year’s were received by several district landholders in the first wool…

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Melbourne Wool Sales the Victorian Producers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 September 1956 · page 5

Wool sales were commenced in the Melbourne selling centre today when we submitted a catalogue of 6,552 bales. The selection…

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[?]Hree Fat [?]Mb Farms

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 September 1956 · page 1

[?]Hon. Hugh S. Rob[?] Minister for Social [?] has been advised [?] Minister for…

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