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Farming & the land, 1963

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Women Enter Sheep Show

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1963 · page 1

Ten women have made entries for the 1963 Sydney Sheep Show to be held from May 29 to June 1. The…

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Anz Bank at Sheep Show

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1963 · page 6

The local manager of A.N.Z. Bank, Mr H. J. Rowley, to-day announced that the bank’s mobile unit would be in…

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Sanger Siding Wheat Silo Burned

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1963 · page 3

A fire broke out on Saturday week at the Sanger Siding wheat silo as the result of a spark from a welding plant,…

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Wool Marketing

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1963 · page 6

This is the first of a series of articles on wool marketing that will appear in this paper each week with the object of…

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Australian Wool Industry Conference

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1963 · page 4

The general idea of this Conference, composed of 50 members, is an excellent one, but the method of election is…

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Wool Marketing Promotion of Marketing

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1963 · page 8

Sir William Gunn in an article in “Country Life” 31/5/63 under this above heading, makes this statement; “A…

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Border Wheat Act Passed by Victorian Parliament

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1963 · page 6

A Bill, a direct result of Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers’ Association representation, has been passed by…

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Lice Infestation of Sheep

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 5

“The sale of sheep infected with lice is prohibited under the provisions of the Stock Dseases Act” the…

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Wool Theft Arrests

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 1

Two men who are believed to be responsible for a large number of wool thefts in the Riverina and…

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wheat research for 1963/ 54: £275,515

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 3

The Federal Government will provide £275,515 for wheat research during 1963/64…

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Wool Marketing Sensible Marketing Schemes in Existence—New Zealand

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 8

Since 1950, New Zealand has operated a floor price scheme for her wool very successfully…

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Wool Marketing Sensible Marketing Schemes in Existence— South Africa

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1963 · page 8

South Africa, like New New Zealand, operates a floor price scheme for her wool, and it is estimated…

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New Cotton Crop for This Area

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1963 · page 7

Increasing interest is being shown throughout south western N.S.W. in cotton production…

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Wool marketing British Wool Marketing Scheme

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1963 · page 8

Under this scheme the wool is acquired from the grower at a set price and the authority operating the…

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Wool Marketing Synthetics

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1963 · page 8

Whenever Sir William Gunn desires promotion money, the threat of synthetic is waved before the…

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Wool marketing

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1963 · page 8

Synthetics—Vital Necessity With the ever increasing demand for textile fibres, the synthetic fibres are…

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Expansion Programme at Finley Factory News released last week portends a big expansion and reconstruction programme for the Finley butter factory

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1963 · page 2

Constantly increasing throughput, plus a a completely new approach to the butter industry’s future problems, has brought about a re-organisation of the Company’s plans for consolidation…

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Wheat stored in rail trucks

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1963 · page 1

Hundreds of railway trucks were being used to store wheat in Sydney and Newcastle because there…

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Wool marketing There is Money in Wool— But Not for the Woolgrower

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1963 · page 8

Whilst some of the woolgrowers leaders are assuring their followers that the growers cannot expect cost…

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Wool marketing Paddock or Wool Shed Selling

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1963 · page 8

A considerable quantity of the West Australian Wool clip is now sold by the growers direct:…

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