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Farming & the land, 1961

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World Wool Stocks May Be Too Low

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1961 · page 6

The new face on the wool market shone still a little Brighter recently at Newcastle, Goulburn and Geelong, where the hitherto neglected fine and superfine merinos took the lead in the week’s gains, reports…

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Wool Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 February 1961 · page 2

The 10th series of Melbourne wool auctions concluded recently when we submitted our catalogue of 4,678 bales, Elder…

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Wool Probe on March 13

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1961 · page 4

The public inquiry to investigate, on a federal scale, the marketing and promotion of Australian wool, will,…

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Wool Chief Will Visit Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 February 1961 · page 1

The chief of the Australian Wool Bureau, Sir William Gunn, will visit Deniliquin on March 18, to address local woolgrowers. Sir William will…

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[?]merica Uses [?] P. Cent [?] Wool Sir Wm. Gunn on Publicity

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 March 1961 · page 3

[?]merican and British Commonwealth woolgrowers [?] forces in the battle to win back wool’s shire [?]vast American Fibres market, The chairman of the [?]lian Wood Bureau, Sir William Gunn, said this…

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Cobar Sale Shows: Wool Outlook Sound

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1961 · page 3

Farwest woolgrowers emphatically proclaimed their confidence in the wool outlook when on Friday…

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Record Entries for Deni. Show: Appeal for Accommodation [210 Horses 111 Cattle ]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1961 · page 1

Entries in the horse section of the Deniliquin Show, which opens on Friday, are so high this year that the president of the P. & A. Society, Mr. V. A. Bowman, has been forced to appeal to the public to provide accommodation for horses…

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Good Quality Wool Exhibits

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 March 1961 · page 5

Judge of the wool exhibits, Mr. J. D. Patton, of Goldsbrough Mort, said that the number of exhibits was less…

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Splendid Finish Of Wool Work

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 March 1961 · page 1

Judge of the wool work, Mrs. J. A. Lawson, said the standard of exhibits “was excellent.” As an example, Mrs. Lawson…

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Deniliquin P & A. Show Results Comment On Beef Cattle Entries

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 March 1961 · page 6

The Aberdeen Angus judges, Mr. J. Sleigh, said that there were not enough entries for a comparison to be made, but the…

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Huge Increase In District Cattle Population 33 per cent Rise In Year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 March 1961 · page 3

The cattle population within the Deniliquin Pastures Protection Board area has Increased by 33% in 12-months. This increase was reported by the board’s secretary Mr. J. Leetham, in the estimates for the current year…

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Wool Chief Here Tomorrow [Growers Meeting]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1961 · page 1

The Australian wool clip could not be considered sold un[?] it was actually sold as finished garments over the retail [?]unters of the world, Sir William Gunn, chairman of the [?]ustalian Wool Bureau, said yesterday in a telephone…

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Blaze Destroys 2,000 Acres and 200 Sheep Perish at Mathora News From Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 March 1961 · page 8

Over 2,000 acres of valuable feed was destroyed and about 200 ewes and lambs perished in a spectacular blaze on Mr. P. Hanson’s Gulpa property on Tuesday afternoon. The “pastoral Times” Mathoura…

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Sewerage for Butter Factory Approved

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 March 1961 · page 1

The Berriquin Butter factory has been given permission to connect to the Deniliquin Municipal Council’s sewerage…

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Sheep Sale: Merino Wethers Create Interest

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 March 1961 · page 8

The Australian Estate Ltd. and the Australian [?]tile Land and Finance [?] report conducting a very…

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Sir William Gunn Warns: Must Spend More to Promote Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 March 1961 · page 5

A grave warning on the serious position which wool was likely to face in world markets if increased funds were not available for promotion was given to Deniliquin woolgrowers on Saturday by the chairman of the Australian Wool Bureau, Sir William Gunn…

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Rice Crops Make Rapid Growth

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 March 1961 · page 3

All district rice crops made rapid growth daring the month and early heads have already been recorded, die district agronomist at Barham, Mr. R. A. Williams, states in his monthly crop report…

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They Study Our Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 1

The traditional eating habits of the Japanese have been greatly influenced by the western world in recent years. There are now many millions of Japanese eating bread, once completely unknown. Mutton, too, is becoming a popular Japanese food. That is why Mr. Nakanishi Japanese Government farm sheep section manager, and Mr. Kondo, in charge of…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 8

At the eleventh series of wool sales held on March 14th to 16th the average price realised for greasy wool was 56,23d. per…

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Store Cattle to £72’15’ —

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 5

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., report having yarded at Deniliquin 720 store cattle on Tuesday, 21st…

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