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Farming & the land, 1962

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[?] League Claim: Experimental farm needed to educate list water users

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 February 1962 · page 1

A member of the Deniliquin Irrigators’ League aimed last night that there was an immediate [?] for an experimental farm in the Berriquin [?]rigation District to show farmers how to use…

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Council Supports Farm Idea

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 February 1962 · page 1

Support for the Deniliquin Irrigators’ League’s decision to press for an…

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Thieves Take 103 Bags of Wheat

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1962 · page 1

Mulwala police are investigating the theft of 193 bags of wheat from the well-known Rennie property “Bull Plain,”…

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Japanese Buyers Dominate Feb. Melb. Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 February 1962 · page 5

The Australian Estates report having offered 8000 bales in the current series of wool sales. The offering was drawn mainly from Victorian and South Eastern of South Australian districts with end of season oddments, crutching and lambs wool from Riverina…

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Orange crop to buy book- machine

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 February 1962 · page 6

As the result of a very generous donation of an orange crop, by by Mr. Ralph Rees of…

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Farmer accused of stealing 14 sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 3

The hearing of an alleged theft of 14 sheep from a property Pretty Pine began at the Deniliquin Petty Sessions Court on [?]sday. After evidence was…

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Wheat Stolen at Hopefield

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 4

Corowa police are investigating a report that 90 bags of wheat and 40 bags of oats had been stolen from the…

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Farmers’ paper says measures “certain to lead to inflation”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 7

Government authorities in Canberra admit that the economic measures announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, recently, are certain to lead to some degree of inflation, “Country Life” special Canberra representative states in the latest edition of his newspaper They say that the…

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Watch For Noogoora Burr: Farmers Warned

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 1

A warning to farmers that a new type of noxious weed to the district must be recognised and treated immediately was given…

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Unusual Weather Is No Problem to District Rice Crops, Agent Says

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 5

District rice crops had not been greatly affected by recently introduced water restrictions, Deniliquin Stock and Station Agents’ Association vice-president, Mr. J. Oddy, said this week. But water…

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New Sheep and Wool Officer for Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1962 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture announced last week that Mr Bruce Ferguson, H.D.A., has been appointed as…

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Wheat Stealing Big Business in Corowa District

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1962 · page 1

Wheat stealing—previously on a small scale—is becoming big business in Corowa district, according to police and…

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P.P. Boar[?] Rates Go[?] Cattle Is [?] SHEEP 1½d [?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 10

The Deniliquin pastures [?]tection Board has increased rates on livestock for 1962 to per head for cattle, and 1½d…

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Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 2

The Australian Estates report having offered 800 bales at the current series Of sales in Melbourne…

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Judge’s Comment on Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 1

The judge or the wool section, Mr. Robin Campbell, of Melbourne, said that the fleeces…

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No variation in butter values

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 8

The Commonwea[?] Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee has [?] the Berriquin [?]…

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Wheat Payment of 1/- Per Bushel

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 2

On 13th March a second advance of 1/- per bushel was made payable on 1960-61 wheat delivered to No. 24…

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No Increase in Interim Payment for Butter and Cheese

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 6

At a recent meeting of Directors of the Berriquin Coop. Society Ltd, advice was received from the…

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Agronomist Says: Situation Becoming Critical for Some District Rice Crops

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 2

Conditions for rice crops have not been ideal because of cool night temperatures and the situation was becoming rather critical for late crops which need further hot weather to yield satisfactorialy…

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No Funds for Experimental Farm Here

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 March 1962 · page 6

Deniliquin Municipal Council will be represented at a meeting of the Berriquin Irrigators’…

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