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Farming & the land, 1961

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Wool Fashions

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 30 March 1961 · page 5

FB20/8. Another very young skirt in wool with a different look which is so popular overseas. The highlight of the skirt is the way the girdle ties in front, and it features two pockets. Fabric used for this skirt is a…

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Geelong Wool Sale

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 30 March 1961 · page 2

The Geelong Wool Brokers’ Association reports that at the Seventh Series of wool sales in the 1960/61 season held on 7th…

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This Week in Wool : Wool family Backs The Bureau Plan—With Cash

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 30 March 1961 · page 5

The Cameron family, owners of a property at Carrathool, in the Riverina, this week became the first woolgrowers to back with cash the Australian Wool Bureau’s plan for an expansion of overseas wool promotion. The family decided to contribute three per cent of…

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New Light on Sheep Breeding

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1961 · page 6

Merino breeders will have a unique opportunity to get the latest information on breeding methodh at a State…

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Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1961 · page 2

Judging in the State Competition will take place at the propertty of R. J. & A. E. Sulllivan, “Curtisville,”…

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Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1961 · page 1

South-western District winners of the above competition, which is jointly sponsored by the Rural Bank and the NSW…

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Americans Visit Local Dairy Farms

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 April 1961 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Snider, of “Airuve Freisian Farm,” Ontario, Canada, were the guests of district people at the…

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Sheep Comp. Gives Boost To The Primary Producer, Winner Says

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1961 · page 1

Primary producers are going through a disturbing period; costs are slither static or rising, but we have no control over our income. It is quite impossible to make plans for 12 months ahead and with violently…

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Basic Wage: Rise Would Force Up All Wool Costs

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1961 · page 9

An increase in the basic wage would force up wool production costs, Mr. G. d’A. Chislett said in Melbourne last week. Mr. Chislett, Economist to the…

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“Snowy Farms” Will Produce This Year

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 April 1961 · page 3

New irrigation farms established to use waters now becoming available in. Riverina from the Snowy Mountains Scheme will be in production this year. The farms, which are about…

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Bank-Department Sheep Competition Praised

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 April 1961 · page 7

Competitions for the man on the land, run Jointly by the Rural Bank and the Department of Agriculture are of special value in showing others, perhaps a little less progressive, the right approach to farming, an Agricultural Department officer said in Deniliquin last week…

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Blighty Farmer New Murray C.p. Chairman

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 April 1961 · page 1

Mr. J. L. Thompson, of Blighty, has been elected chairman of the Murray Electorate Council of the Country Party. At the council’s annual…

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Farm Slump in Britain Was Our Good Fortune Farm Slump in Britain Was Our Good Fortune

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 April 1961 · page 3

[?] misfortune in England in 1850 for a very old Somerset [?]was Australia’s good fortune, as the present day fame [?]Peppin nmerino has proved. [?]Hall Peppin was…

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Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1961 · page 3

A most successful Field Day was held at the property of R. J. and T. E Sullivan, “Curtisville,” Berrigan, on…

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Wool Sale

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 May 1961 · page 6

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd., report having offered a catalogue totalling 12.679 bales at the 12th series of the Melbourne…

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Wool Fashions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 May 1961 · page 7

[?]effective and created from a wool [?] Canary yellow skirt with unusual looped fringe [?] Unpressed box pleats, fully lined and finished [?] plain waist band. Matching knitted top with…

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Wool Fashions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 May 1961 · page 6

FB20/13. Three-piece travelling ensemble in wool. Ribbed jersey, leather trimmed. To this outfit can be added tailored jersey slacks and a full length or [?] tailored coat, making a complete week-end ex[?]…

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Postmaster General Replies to “Pastoral Times“ Criticism

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 May 1961 · page 5

About eighty per cent of calls made by Deniliquin subscribers to other exchanges were to numbers listed in the new telephone directory. The Postmaster-General…

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Laialty Junior Farmer Wins Bank Trophy

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1961 · page 3

Eighteen years old, Walter Watson has won the Lalalty Junior Farmers Club’s “Most Successful Junior Farmer”…

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Acquitted on Sheep Theft Charge Jury Out for 100 mins

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 May 1961 · page 1

The inflexions used by an Italian speaking broken English could completely alter the sense of a statement made by him, a defence barrister claimed…

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