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Farming & the land, 1959

216 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 11

Keep Sheep Off Heliotrope

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1959 · page 5

Farmers are warned not to graze fallows on which the poisonous weed, Heliotrope, is growing…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 January 1959 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. offered 8,807 bales last week at Melbourne wool sales. District results included :…

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Don’t Grow Glenwari Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1959 · page 1

Growing of poor quality Glenwarn wheal should be discouraged, Mr, Mr Stan, Carberry said last week…

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Cattle Can Get Worms

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 6

There is no class of livestock which gets less attention from the farmer than cattle. This has resulted from the mistaken…

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Disappointing Wool Slogans

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 1

THIRTY slogans were entered in the “Pastoral Times” wool slogan competition which was judged yesterday. The competition was held in conjunction with the…

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New Wool Boost Posters Here

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 1

FURTHER wool promotion posters have been received in Deniliquin for the Chamber of Commerce campaign…

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[?]Nnis Team Tours[?]pure Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 1

The Chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau (Mr. W. [?]Gunn), presented all-wool [?]forms to the N.S.W. tennis…

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We Have Half Top N.S.W. Dairy Herds

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 7

Figures just released by the Department of Agriculture show that five out of 10 of the State’s best dairy herds for…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 6

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the seventh series of wool sales for the 1958/59 season held on January 19 to 22,…

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Local Wool Prices

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 2

VICTORIAN Producers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. last week offered 10,406 bales at the opening day of the second half of the…

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Geelong Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 6

The Geelong Woolbrokers’ Association report that at the fifth series of wool sales in the 1958/59 season held on 13-15…

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More Wool Per Acre

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 4

With proper management, five sheep can be maintained to the acre on improved pasture without resorting in bad times, to…

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Long Awaited Wool Bureau Plans Are Announced

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 1

The chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau (Mr. W. A. Gunn) yesterday released the long awaited announcement of the envigorated policy of his organisation on the promotion of wool sales…

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To Be Part of Town’s Woollen Sale Drive: Wool Display At Deniliquin Show

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 1

KEY point of the Chamber of Commerce wool promotion campaign will be a display at the Deniliquin Show next month. Arrangements for the display were outlined to last…

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Farmers Newsletter For Farmers In Murray Valley?

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 3

DO farmers in the Berriquin, Deniboota, Denimein and Wakool districts want the “Farmers Newsletter”, a breezy little…

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Main Features of 1958-59 Farm Year

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 2

The two principal features of the rural income picture during 1958-59 had been the disappointing result so far of the wool…

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District Rice Crops Are Doing Well

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 February 1959 · page 8

DISTRICT rice has advanced extremely well during recent weeks with prolonged heat forcing growth and being particularly beneficial to late crops, the district agronomist (Mr. P. R. Druitt) states in his latest crop…

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Wool Decline Inevitable?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 1

WHEN a man says such startling things as “Wool will go” — and the principal of the Melbourne Technical College (Mr. R. R. Mackay) is reported to have done so yesterday in a speech to new students — it is…

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Big Wool Display In Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 3

The most impressive promotion of wool ever planned in Australia will take place in Sydney from May 25 to June 6…

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Wool May Be on Way Up

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 8

The decline of wool prices may have ended. Higher prices have been paid at recent Brisbane and Geelong…

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