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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1958

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

Finley Butter Factory Field Day

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1958 · page 3

On Tuesday of last week the Berriquin Co-Operative Society held its annual field day at the Finley butter factory…

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Soldier Settlement Dairy Farming

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 July 1958 · page 2

A soldier settlement dairy farm in the Finley district will be thrown open for application later this month by the Department of…

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This Week in Wool Confidence Is Rising in U.k. & U.s

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1958 · page 6

Fears of open conflict in the Middle East have now been replaced by hopes that the Summit Conference,…

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Cattle Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 August 1958 · page 8

The Deniliquin Associated Agents held their fortnightly cattle sale on Monday when all classes of fat cattle were £3 to…

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Shedded Flocks Survive While Many Sheep Die After Shearing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 August 1958 · page 1

LOSSES “running into thousands” have occurred among shorn sheep caught in recent rains. The Veterinary Inspector (Mr. E. Scott Rogers) noting this in his stock report for July has added,…

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This Week in Wool How Lack of Confidence Drove Fall in Commodity Prices

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 August 1958 · page 8

The lull in the Middle East has led to a further slackening of apprehension in overseas textile countries, where…

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[?]nightly Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 August 1958 · page 5

Deniliquin Associated [?] report their fortnightly [?] store sheep sale held [?] About 6,500 fat sheep…

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Graziers After Starving Stock Rates More Wool by Rail This Season

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 August 1958 · page 1

INCREASED wool railings so far this year are due to the desire of graziers to become eligible for starving stock rates in case of drought. A spokesman for a large firm of carriers said today…

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Rain Helps Crops of Cereals

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 August 1958 · page 6

Only a small area of the 15,000 acres of new country sown to pastures in the Deniboota district have carried any…

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High Jinx Over Butter Price

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 August 1958 · page 8

Up went the price of butter but down went returns to dairy farmers. This curious position has…

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Wool Company Goes To Allotment

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1958 · page 8

Wool Export (Goulburn) Limited, the company formed by growers to counter the Woolbuyers' Association…

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Mastitis Costs Dairy Farmers £4 Million a Year

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1958 · page 7

Mastitis is costing the Australian dairy farming industry the staggering amount of £4 million a year — and that…

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Top Dressing Doubled Sheep Population in S. East of Sth. Aust

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1958 · page 5

Mineralised top dressing and sown pastures continue to perform miracles in the southeast of South Australia…

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Junior Farmers Contest

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 August 1958 · page 8

This year for the first time the Central Murray Group of Junior Farmers clubs will be represented in the Star Junior…

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Small Wool Clips in Majority

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 August 1958 · page 6

As closer settlement projects expand in all States, big wool clips are becoming noticeably fewer, while small…

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Easier Tone In New Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 August 1958 · page 3

Australia’s 1958-59 wool selling season opened in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane on Monday with, prices…

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Rice Ready When World Crops Down

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 September 1958 · page 2

Australia’s rice crop produced on the Murrumbidgee and Murray irrigation areas has become available for market as…

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Wool "Futures" and Low Price for Wool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1958 · page 5

Taken from Melbourne Age, issue of Wednesday, August 27, 1958:—In a letter to the Editor, P…

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Wool Sale Prices

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 September 1958 · page 2

Dalgety’s News Service comments that the eagerly awaited opening of the 1958-59 wool-selling season in Brisbane and…

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Fall in Fat Sheep Stores Stay Firm

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 September 1958 · page 1

FIVE thousand fat sheep and 7000 stores were yarded at yesterday’s fortnightly market of the Deniliquin Associated Agents…

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