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Farming & the land, 1962

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Prime Cattle Up £2 at Monday Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 8

Good prime catt[?] were £2 dearer tha[?] recent ruling rates [?] the area with second [?]…

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Lice Infestation in Sheep on Decline

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 6

The incidence of lice Infestation on sheep had shown a major improvement, and only odd infested animals were being found in the saleyards at present, Deniliquin P.P. Board…

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“Horrified” At Cruelty To Sheep Dog

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 2

A dog tied by a stout chain to a roadside tree, had died from starvation, a…

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Values Hold at Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 3

The Australian Estates report having offered 9000 bales at the current series of wool sales in…

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United Farmers Meet

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1962 · page 2

New president of the Blighty branch of the United Farmers and Woolgrowers’…

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12,645 Sheep Average 70’ 2d Per Head

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 April 1962 · page 5

A total of 12,645 of a yarding of 15,239 were sold at auction in the Australian, Mercantile, Land…

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Shire Coucillor Says: Sheep Could Rest under The Burrs

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 April 1962 · page 5

Some landowners in the Murray Shire had made no attempt to cut Bathurst burrs this year, and he had seen some feet high, a councillor claimed at the shire council meeting on Tuesday. Cr. H. Holschier…

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Junior Farmers Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 April 1962 · page 2

Mr. Reg Eddy was re elected president of the Junior Farmers Club at the annual meeting held…

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Denies Sheep Theft Charge

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 19 April 1962 · page 1

A man told a Magistrate in Deniliquin this week that he had taken sheep from a former employer to compensate for money he claimed the employer owed him for cream…

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Corowa Wool Project Gets a Setback

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1962 · page 6

After listening to arguments and discussion for nearly an hour and a half at its meeting last week, Corowa Shire…

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Anomalies in Wool Committee’s Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1962 · page 5

Mr L. A. Simpson, President of the Jerilderie Branch of the Graziers’ Association of Riverina, writes:—…

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Wheat Premiums Total £359,628

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1962 · page 5

Premiums totalling almost £350,000 were paid by N.S.W. mills on a total 3,441,036 bushels of the 1961-62 wheat crop…

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Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1962 · page 8

The Australian Estates report having offered 7000 bales at the current series of wool sales in…

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Research Workers Discuss Sheep Problems at Hay Convention

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1962 · page 8

“The real measure of efficiency of the sleep industry is the extent to which the sun’s energy is captured and converted into useful products.” This was stated by Dr…

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Get Rid of Heliotrope-grazed Sheep, P.p. Inspector Advises

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1962 · page 6

Sheep losses from heliotrope poisoning could occur during the winter months, and owners should give serious consideration to disposin g of old sheep which had been heavily grazed on heliotrope. Stating this in his…

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The Wool Inquiry Committee’s Report on Floor Price Marketing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1962 · page 6

Without actually condemning the scheme, the Wool Inquiry Committee had reproduced all the 40-year-old arguments against growers organising a reasonable reserve price in wool auctions. Mr. R. A. O’Neill,…

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News of Interest to the Farmer Australia Feeds the Last Rickshaw Men

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1962 · page 8

Special consignments of short grain rice from the Australian rice bowl of Riverina are going to feed some of the last rickshaw drivers in the world…

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Will Ask for Cattle Scales at Saleyards

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 May 1962 · page 8

District landholders at the United Farmers’ and Woolgrowers’ Association district council meeting in Finley on May 15 will be asked to consider the possible installation of cattle…

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Wool Committee O[?] Inquiry Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1962 · page 2

In paragraph 20 this report states:— “The concentration of buying strength on a national…

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Wheat Payment Claims

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 May 1962 · page 3

Wheatgrowers in this district may revert back to the old system where they fill…

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