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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1957

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Cool Weather Retards Rice Crops

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 6

The continuance of mild day temperatures and cool nights is retarding the heading or rice crops, said Deniliquin Berrigan…

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Week In Wool . . . . [?]ool Values Invulnerable

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 April 1957 · page 5

[?]other test of wool values has confirmed the stab[?] of present price levels, again underlining the [?]h of world demand. After a month of almost in[?]ible easing, prices took a more decided…

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[?]elbourne Wool Sales [?] Victorian Pro[?]ers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 April 1957 · page 3

[?] ninth series of wool [?] company submitted a [?] of some 6,450 bales. [?]ection was a good average…

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Seasonal Decline In Dairy Production

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 April 1957 · page 9

As is usual at this time of the year, dairy production is beginning to decline. This is stated by District Dairy…

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This Week in Wool Strong Finish Assured For Biggest Wool Season

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1957 · page 3

As the current round of sales closes the third quarter of Australia's biggest wool season, and its second most…

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Misrepresentation On Serum Cattle

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 April 1957 · page 2

The Blighty Farmers & Settlers’ Association last week decided to request headquarters to effect positive means to…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 April 1957 · page 5

The Geelong Woolbrokers’ Association reports that at the ninth series of Wool Sales in the 1958/57 season held on 26th,…

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Early Rice Crops Soon Ready For test

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 April 1957 · page 6

Early rice crops in tie district are starting to colour up and will soon be ready for harvest, but at least another month of fine weather is required before the late sown crops can be considered safe to harvest…

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Tobacco Crop Yields 12 Tons Leaf

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 April 1957 · page 5

Twelve tons of tobacco leaf is expected from a 20 acres crop in Barham district, and picking is expected to finish in…

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Melbourne Wool Sales the Australian Estates Company Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 April 1957 · page 5

Wool prices were very firm in Melbourne on Wednesday at rates established when the present series opened on Monday…

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Ag. College Classes For District Junior Farmers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 April 1957 · page 2

Junior Farmers from Barham, Mathoura, Finley and Lalalty clubs have applied to attend schools of instruction…

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Successful Sheep At Swan Hill

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 April 1957 · page 4

Australian [?] Finance Co Ltd [?] merged [?] and Young [?]…

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Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1957 · page 3

Elderr Smith & Co., Limited report 8th April:—The 10th series of Melbourne wool auctions opened…

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This Week in Wool Wool Prices Again at Season Peak

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1957 · page 1

At Brisbane and Melbourne this week, wool markets went into recess for a fortnight with merino and crossbred…

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Melbourne Wool Sales Goldsbrough Mort & Company Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 18 April 1957 · page 5

Influenced by an exceptionally wide range of enquiry, marketing conditions assured satisfactory results when the…

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Evading Cattle Compensation

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 3

“Statements have been made to me that many cattle owners are evading the Cattle Compensation levy by understating the…

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Junior Farmer To Plant Trees

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 6

Mathoura Junior Farmers have been granted permission by Murray Shire Council to plant trees alone the Cobb Highway on the…

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Australian Farmers on Tour

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 7

Sixteen Australian farmers left Sydney today by Pan American Airways for a six months world tour. Purpose of…

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Fifteen Farms Available For W.S.LS

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 7

Fifteen soldier settlement farms on “Murgo” Estate, near Croppa Creek, will be made available by the Department of…

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