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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1959

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Former Berrigan Farmer Wins State Farm Championship

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 1

Mr H. K. Hodgson, a former well-known Berrigan farmer won the Victorian State Mixed Farm Championship which was judged…

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Wool Prices

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 8

Further district prices from Younghusband’s Melbourne wool sale this week: KINLOCH/CG, Flc. 58d. 55½d.,…

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Wool Drive Posters

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 8

ALMOST all Deniliquin shops selling woollen garments and materials were yesterday supplied with a full set of the…

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Confidence Returns To Wool Markets

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 4

Slowly but confidently wool continued its short steps to recovery at Brisbane and Geelong, adding a further 2½% to its overall values and closing in sellers’ favour…

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Junior Farmers Hold Combined Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 6

A combined meeting of the Mathoura Junior Farmers’ Club and the Advisory Committee was held at the Public School…

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Insurance on Farm Machinery

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 1

RICEGROWERS will attempt to have the Traffic Act amended to reduce their insurance overheads…

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A.b.c. Wool Talk

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 1

Deniliquin’s wool promotion campaign, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, will be discussed by the chamber’s…

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Place Getters Announced in Dairy Contest

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 6

The district place-getters in the “Country Life” Dairy Farm improvement Competition for 1958,…

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Sheep Sale Held Yesterday

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 February 1959 · page 10

The Deniliquin Stock & Station Agents held their fortnightly sheep sale yesterday when they yarded 4,000…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 February 1959 · page 4

ELDER, SMITH & Co. submitted 4653 bales at the last Melbourne wool auctions. Prices were generally 7½ per…

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Nasty Accident with Farm Implement

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 February 1959 · page 10

Well-known district farmer Napier Myers of Passchendale was severely inured in a farm accident on Wednesday just after…

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Growers Will Back Farmers Newsletter Extension Scheme

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 February 1959 · page 3

LANDHOLDERS in Wakool, Deniboota, Denimein and Berriquin districts gave warm support at meetings last…

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Average Wool Prices

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 February 1959 · page 8

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the eighth series of wool sales for the 1958/59 season held on February 9 to 12…

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Mayrung Farmhouse Burned To Ground

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 February 1959 · page 1

Mayrung Bush Fire Brigade arrived too late on Wednesday to save the house of Mr. A, L. Vickers, of “Narrama” from destruction. Mr. Vickers, whose nearest neighbour lives about…

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Wheat Sowing Recommendations for 1959

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1959 · page 5

The Standing Advisory Committee on Wheat, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, has made the…

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Yesterday’s Local Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 March 1959 · page 5

The Deniliquin Stock and Station Agents Association held their usual fortnightly sheep sale yesterday…

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Six Guinea Prize for Wool Display

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 March 1959 · page 7

The Rural Bank has advised the Deniliquin Wool Promotion Committee that it will donate a £6/6/- prize for the best window display featuring wool. This contest will he held in conjunction with the Annual Show…

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Dairy Factory Start

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 March 1959 · page 5

BERRIQUIN Co-operative Society hopes to have work underway on its proposed dairy products factory in Deniliquin next month. It may be ready for operation early in September…

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Mannequins to Parade Wool Fashions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 March 1959 · page 7

FOUR leading mannequins will parade the latest woollen fashions in the Southern Riverina Picnic Turf Club hall on…

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New Method of Dyeing Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 March 1959 · page 5

A new method of dyeing wool has been developed by C.S.I.R.O. Wool Textile Laboratories…

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