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Farming & the land, 1959

216 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 11

Growers of Registered Seed Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 December 1959 · page 8

The availability of registered seed wheat affords wheat growers the opportunity of obtaining a good line of pure…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 December 1959 · page 3

Younghusband Limited and Dalgety & Co. Ltd., Deniliquin, report holding their annual November Special Sheep Sale in…

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Wheat Crop Average Up to Eleven Bags

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 December 1959 · page 1

Although hot weather in November rapidly dried off annual dryland pastures, the bulk of the feed left is satisfactory throughout the district, reports Mr. P. R. Druitt, district agronomist…

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Stable Prices at Wool Markets

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 December 1959 · page 7

Stability in prices, and confidence in the maintenance of rising world demand, went hand in hand at wool markets last week in Sydney and Adelaide, and in New Zealand and South Africa…

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Wheat Men to Get Increase

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1959 · page 6

The guaranteed price under the wheat stabilisation plan for the 1959-60 season would be 14/10 a bushel bulk…

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Rise in Dairy Payout

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1959 · page 6

Total pay-out to dairy farmers supplying the Berriquin Co-operative Society at Finley will exceed £50,000 in…

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Rice Crops Forward Growing Evenly

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 December 1959 · page 3

Rice crops are well advanced and growing evenly, states Mr. P. R. Druitt (District Agronomist) in his monthly report issued on Friday. “Above average temperatures…

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Wheat Rejected: Moisture Cause

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 December 1959 · page 1

More than 50 tons of wheat were not accepted at the bulkhead this week because of broken grain, foreign matter and moisture content. The bulk of the rejected grain…

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Berrigan Crop Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1959 · page 3

Judging of the eight competing crops was completed in two days on 16th-17th November. The results are as…

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Dream Tractor Makes Farming a Pleasure

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 December 1959 · page 3

A “dream tractor” model, slightly less than half normal size, has been developed by Ford Motor Company to make…

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Wool Sales Younghusband Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 December 1959 · page 3

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the sixth series of Wool Sales in Melbourne this Season continued on…

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Funds to Boost World Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 December 1959 · page 9

Funds for world wool promotion next year would be far in excess of anything previously contemplated said the…

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Quality In Beef Cattle On M.I.A.

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 December 1959 · page 4

Beef cattle have taken time to become essential and accepted as part of the farming programme on M.I.A. and Riverina, but farmers have now realised the importance of the industry and great expansion…

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Fleece Wool Record Price for Geelong

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 December 1959 · page 3

The all time fleece wool record price for Geelong of 345d. was obtained by Mew Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. for one bale of Extra Super AAA FM in their wool sale last week…

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Big Money Invested in Dairy Industry

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 December 1959 · page 1

“Capital invested in the dairy Industry is more than twice that invested in the motor car industry in Australia,” Mr. A.C. Small, Chief, Division of Dairying, said on Tuesday. He Was speaking at the official opening of the…

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Wheat Grading

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1959 · page 1

W. DEMPSTER & SON. wish to advise clients that their grader is definitely coming around this year starting [?] the…

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