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Farming & the land, 1969

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District farmers included in Queen’s honours list

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 1

District residents were thrilled to see the names of Reg O’Neill and Bill Alexander included in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. Both men are particularly…

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District Dairy Officer’s Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 2

Weather Conditions The weather conditions as far as rainfall and temperatures were concerned, was…

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Summer Crop Committee annul meeting

The Berrigan Advocate · Monday 27 January 1969 · page 1

The 1969 annual meeting of the Berrigan Summer Crop and General Field Day Committee attracted a large number of members to an enthusiastic meeting at Berrigan on Wednesday…

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Coleambally farm still not valued

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 13

The Valuers General’s Department advised the Department advised the Jerilderie Council at its January…

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Wheat industry survey meeting at Wagga

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 4

The U.F.W.A. executive have again authorised a wheat industry survey into production and storage…

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Wheat Sale to China All Time Record

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 5

The Australian Wheat Board announcement is a record sale of 90.3 million bushels of wheat worth $125…

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Wheat Storage and Quotas Discussed at Berrigan

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 1

At a meeting called by the Berrigan Branch of U.F.W.A. the matter of future wheat production…

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Summer Crop tour programme

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1969 · page 1

Under the sponsorship of the Berrigan Field Day Committee, the tour of summer crops for 1969 has been…

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No Crisis in Wheat Industry

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 5

Mr Renshaw said: “The U.F.W.A. does not believe there is a crisis in the wheat industry.”…

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Wheat quota plan adopted at Wagga meeting

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 1

A meeting at Wagga last Friday was called by the United Farmers and Woolgrowers’ Association to gauge the feeling of farmers on quotas, storages and zoning…

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Monthly Crop Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 5

District Agronomist; Mr D. E. Toohey released the following monthly crop report for Finley district for the…

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Summer Crop Field Days set for new records

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 1

The two-day Annual Summer Crop and General Field Days seem set for new records, as the organising committee are already receiving an increasing number of enquiries and this year’s…

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Summer Crop tour programme

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1969 · page 3

Under the sponsorship of the Berrigan Meld Day Committee, the tour of summer crops for 1969 has been…

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Summer Crop tour great success

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 1

The Berrigan Summer Crop tour held last Wednesday commenced with a hot morning, but a north easterly breeze mode conditions quite pleasant…

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District Dairy Officer’s Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1969 · page 7

District Dairy Officer, Mr A. R. Richardson, of Deniliquin submitted his monthly. dairying report as follows:—…

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First Barooga Bean Crop

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1969 · page 4

The first beans, grown in the Barooga district are on the property of Mr L. West, of “VaIton”, Barooga,…

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What is a “Farmer’s wife?”

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1969 · page 4

Farmers’ wives are generally found in kitchens and laundries, washing up, boiling down, scrubbing with, or…

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Wheat Quota G.E.B. Chairman at Berrigan this week

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 1

Mr S. C. Hodgson, chairman of The Grain Elevators Board, will discus the quota system with southern wheat…

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Revolution in Use of Fertilizers for Berrigan Farmers

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 2

A revolution in the use of fertilizers has opened up new prospects for the Berrigan farming area. A whole new picture of the future scene was painted for local farmers at a Field Day…

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Sheep Dipping

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1969 · page 7

For your Sheep Dipping requirements, phone Clem Tompson, phone Narrandera 982…

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