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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1968

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22 ex-servicemen draw blocks in release of 20 farms

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1968 · page 6

Twenty-two exservicemen have drawn blocks in the latest release of 29 mixed farms in the Coleambally…

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It’s Wool Away at Rendell’s

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1968 · page 1

The Berrigan U.F.W.A. branch has completed a most successful shearing school on Mr H. Rendell’s property…

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122 centres received additional wheat storage since 1963

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1968 · page 3

A recent press release from the NSW Grain Elevators Board states that over 120 centres in NSW have received…

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Fate of Farmers’ Co-operative Fertilisers dependent on members paying calls

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1968 · page 3

The future of who controls Australian agriculture, the farmer or monopolies, could well be decided by the…

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Our new neighbour—a 1100 farm giant

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1968 · page 1

The Coleambally Irrigation Area will be officially opened on Thursday, 27th June of 2.30 p.m. by the Minister for Local Government (Mr P. M. Morton)…

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District farmers support fertiliser factory at Euroa

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1968 · page 3

The members of the Farmers Co-operative Fertilisers (Euroa)Ltd in the Lockhart and Oaklands areas met last…

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Finley to host 1968 Riverina Dairy Exposition

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1968 · page 3

The 1968 dairy Exposition i% to be held at Finley on 4th July. The Dairy Exposition is the highlight of the dairy Industry and will attract visitors from oil the recognised dairying areas of…

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NSW Government broke faith with drought-stricken farmers

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1968 · page 4

The NSW Government has misled and broken faith with drought-stricken farmers in the Riverina and South-West areas, Mr J. A. Lawson (Member for Murray) said in a news release this…

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Seven transports convey row-crop machinery

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1968 · page 6

The New South Wales Victorian Massey Ferguson Dealers’ Conference and School to be held at…

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Three top class dairy farms for ballot on army depot site

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1968 · page 6

Plans of the three dairy farms on the former army depot site at Tocumwal show that these forms have been carefully, planned and subdivided and whoever draws one in the ballot will have won…

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Coleambally farm numbers slashed

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1968 · page 2

The reaction on the local scene to the announcement last week by the Ministner for Conservation (Mr Beale) that in effect the number of farms to be made available on Coleambally…

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Committee plans for 1968 summer crop symposium

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1968 · page 1

The Berrigan Summer Crops and Field Day Committee met on Thursday night of last week to plan their symposium programme for 1968. The Progress of the…

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23,210 Acres Under Wheat at Gurley Station

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1968 · page 2

Gurley Station, at Moree, which is believed to be the biggest single holding under wheat in Australia, has…

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Organising the dairy farm for maximum returns

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1968 · page 4

Professor H. J. Geddes, a recognised authority in the Australian dairying industry, presented an…

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Sorghum a Profitable Crop

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1968 · page 3

Production of grain [?]the 1905-08 season’s crop, which has just been harvested is expected to be…

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At Last — Dairy Farm Ballot Date Announced

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1968 · page 3

The announcement this week in the NSW Government Gazette of the date and qualifications necessary…

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District Sorghum Crop Under Inspection

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1968 · page 8

Mr Dick Walker, Riverina representative for Australian Fertilisers, inspecting a crop of sorghum in the Berrigan Irrigation District…

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Three Closer Settlement farms at Tocumwal

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1968 · page 1

Three Closer Settlement farms at Tocumwal will shortly be made available for general HRD last week were made available for application. This was announced by the Minister for Lands,…

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Wheat Farmers to Lose $32.50 Million

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1968 · page 8

Lower returns to growers are forecast under both the Australian Wheatgrowers’ Federation and Federal…

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New techniques and new crops at symposium

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1968 · page 1

The Berrigan Summer Crop Symposium Committee held their final preparation meeting on Thursday evening when the list of speakers and subjects was finally agreed to…

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