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Farming & the land, 1960

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Wheat Harvest Record Possibility

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 6

Should the coming harvest be so great that farmers would be required to bag receivals ample notification would be…

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More Wheat Than Board Can Handles

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 4

Mr T A’Beckett, a member of the Grain Elevators Board recently inspected storage facilities at Finley and…

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Permanent Wheat Silo for Deniliquin Will Get Board’s Consideration

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 August 1960 · page 7

The Victorian Grain Elevators’ Board will review Deniliquin’s claims for construction of permanent silo facilities here, Mr. H. Glowrey said last Tuesday night. Mr. Glowrey is chairman…

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Pitchy Germination of Some Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 August 1960 · page 1

Wheal germination was patchy on approximately 5,000 acres of the estimated total sows area in the Deniliquin district of 48000, — 50,000 acres, district ag[?]enomist (Mr. P. R. Druitt) said this week. He made the comment in his…

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Fortnightly Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 August 1960 · page 8

The Deniliquin Stock and Station Agents report having conducted their regular fortnightly sheep sale on Thursday…

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Lower Wool Volume for 1960—61 Season As Result of Dry Weather Effect

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 August 1960 · page 3

Wool production In 1960-61 can be expected to be slightly less in volume, lacking in style and length of staple with heavier dust content, Goldsbrough Mort Co. Ltd. predicted today…

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Farmers Facing Trouble

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1960 · page 4

While agitating union leaders in the cities and large centres are demanding higher pay and margins, more than…

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Getting Ready Soon For New Rice Crop Sowing Here

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 August 1960 · page 6

As soon as ground is dry enough, rice farmers will commence preparation work for the coming crop, the District Agronomist (Mr. P. R. Druitt) said in his monthly report last week…

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Cattle Market

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 August 1960 · page 5

The Associated Agents of Deniliquin report having sold 729 Fat Cattle and 200 Store Cattle at Deniliquin on…

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Re-opening of Main August Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 August 1960 · page 3

There was a further drift la wool prices last week at the [?] Australian centre operating, at Freemantle, where [?] power for the relatively small offering of 19,000 bales [?]as marked by a lack of Interest from Bradford, Japan and…

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Cattle Increase

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1960 · page 5

Goldsbroughs report that there was a surprising increase of 224,000 in the number of beef cattle carried in Australia…

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Good Spring crops And Area Pastures

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1960 · page 7

There were excellent prospects for good Spring pastures and crops in the Deniliquin and Moulamein districts, Veterinary inspector (Mr. E. Scott Rogers) reported to the last meeting of the Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board…

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Cattle Men At School

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 August 1960 · page 3

Riverina beef breeders were among the 42 cattle men to attend a four-day school at Yanco Experimental Farm…

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Board Chairman Says: Guard Against Moisture In Bulk Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 August 1960 · page 3

Wheat growers having their. harvesting done by contract this season should see that their contracts embody a condition that wheat is not be harvested when the moisture content exceeds 11.5%, the…

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Sheep Dearer

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 August 1960 · page 5

The Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd. report having yarded at Deniliquin last Tuesday a total of…

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Cattle Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 August 1960 · page 4

The Deniliquin Stock and Station Agents’ Association report having held their regular fortnightly cattle sale at…

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Pakistan Sheep Research Man

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 August 1960 · page 9

The sheep research officer from Pakistan, where many of the problems of sheep grazing and breeding are similar to…

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Melbourne Wool Sale Prices

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 August 1960 · page 1

The Australian Estates report having- offered 3000 bales at the current series of Melbourne sales…

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Second Group Of New Farms Irrigation Farms Available

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 August 1960 · page 1

The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission is inviting applications for a further 28 farms in the new Coleambally Irrigation Area south of the Murrumbidgee River near Darlington Point…

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District Prices At Wool Sale Series Opened In Melbourne Last Week

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 August 1960 · page 6

The second Melbourne series of auctions for the 1960/61 season were held last week, Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. offering 7,816 bales on Wednesday. The selection was typical of…

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