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Stock Journal looks back at July 1987, when a coloured sheep flock in the Adelaide Hills captured the hearts of many, and a number of SA entrants brought home prizes from the Alice Springs Show.

Suzie Horne with the grand master of her coloured flock, Cinnamon.

Suzie Horne with her coloured sheep flock.

Yorke Peninsula Merino Field Days president Murray Allen.

McLaren Vale sheep breeding consultant Scott Dolling.

Jack and Darryl McLean display the spraying equipment that forms an essential part of their grain hygiene strategy around sheds.

Plana Holstein-Friesian herd principals Colin and Betty Hall, of Penola.

Elders Breeding Services SA product manager Stewart Coombes.

Senate Select Committee on Animal Welfare chairman George Georges on a sheepship inspection.

Charlie Richards of Crystal Brook inspects a 36 ha paddock of clover.

Assessor John Franklin and grazier Colin Malcolm assess vealers destined for a CALM sale on Mr Malcom's property in Portland, Vic.

Gary Chisolm of Boyup Brook Elders, CALM representative Richard Nowland and Elders Boyanup's Neil Foale.

Queensland producers Peter Emery and Tony McLennan check the fat cover on carcases during a CALM assessors course at the Roma Abattoir.

South Australian cattle producer and CALM assessor John Burston.

Ivan Button, Koonowla Merino stud, Auburn.

Neil Andrew and Clem Smith at the Burra sheep sale.

Sceale Bay Deep Sea Port Committee chariman Stan Williams, of Streaky Bay.

Merriton farmer and agro-politican of the 1980s, Andrew Inglis.

Woods and Forests officer David Fleer with Harold Darling, Yorke Valley.

Father and son team Bronte and Robin Blyth inspect the tynes on their New Holland airseeder at their Brentwood property.

Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture officials Mohammed Benyassine and Mohammed Bouchrifa, with Hart farmer Kevin Jaeschke, inspect legume seed before a trial sowing on Kevin's property. 

Brian Tiller inspects a pasture infested with red legged earthmite, to determine whether to spray.

Jack Mills in the original section of the Beetaloo Station shearing shed, with one of the hand hewn stock yard posts used to hold the stock horses bred for the British Army in India.

Bruce and Malcolm Heddle with one of their 100 kilogram stock licks.

SAGRIC's Eyre Peninsula region plant protection officer Margaret Evans.

Lock farmer Andrew Polkinghorne, with camera shy daughter Celia, 2, and SAGRIC agronomist Wes Lewis, inspecting the variation between a broadcast and deep-sown wheat paddock.

State Member for Flinders Peter Blacker with grazier Trevor Spiers, Polda Station, and Bill Williams, Elliston, at the 38th annual conference of the Eyre Peninsula Hospitals Association.

Wudinna farmers Tim Scholz and Barry Wilkins with Primary Industries Minister John Kerin.

The monthly management meeting for the Statewide Growers' Supplies Coop Group, held at Port Pirie. Pictured left to right are Geoff Schnaars, Bill Bussey, Malcolm Hamilton, Christie Page, Neil Williamson, John Merkle, Terry Chamerlain and Graham Wytkin. 

Pig producer Rob Sewell from Narrandera, NSW.

CALM assessor Rod Willan, of Armidale, NSW.

Mark Ainsworth, Traralgon Meats, checks a carcase.

The Sarah 'Longwood,' a versatile family home with Hardiplank external cladding and Stratco Superdeck roof.

Elders auctioneer John Traeger with Val Davies, Mavis Kerley and Val Giffen.

Mrs Jackie Krop, of Porkvale pig stud, Murray Bridge, with some of Porkvale's prizewinning pigs.

Jack Kleinig, Kookaburra Station, Burra, lends a helping hand at the Burra market to Burra Community School fundraising tea ladies Annette Hughes, Carolyn Nottle and Veronica O'Bryan.

Assistant Collinsville studmaster David Jones (right) discussing reserve rams with Peter and Helen Stockman, Springvale, Burra, at the first annual Collinsville Merino stud open day at Mt Bryan.

Harry Wilson, principal of Genstock (SA), describes the laparoscopic insemination technique demonstrated by Dr Debbie Grice, Australian Sheep and Goat Genetics.

Bill Napier, John Kennedy, Darryl Petherick and Barry Woolford, at the Burra market.

Murray Story, Terry Byrne and Ian Neal at the Burra market.

Collinsville Merino stud principal Neil Garnett, and Peter Stewart, also of Collinsville, parading AI sires at the Collinsville Merino stud open day at Mt Bryan.

Vern Dugmore, Macclesfield, and Rex Hodgkins, Jaymarie Holstein Friesian stud, Echunga, at the dispersal of the Autumn calving portion of the Wirribanta commercial Holstein Friesian herd at Paris Creek.

Clive Kelly, Wonnaburee stud, Urania and Stephen Withers, Springwood stud, Wentworth, with stud principals Norm and Hazel Clark.

Supreme champion beef bull of the 28th annual Alice Springs Show was a Poll Shorthorn entered by Hamilton Downs Station and paraded by jackaroo Andrew Evans, pictured being congratulated by Miss Alice Springs Showgirl winner Kim Burrows. With them is the champion British Breed female, a Poll Hereford from Mt Skinner Station, paraded on behalf of Bob Barber by Nicole Griffin, Temana, Bordertown. 

Richard Snoswell, Robert Paterson and Graham Larwood inspecting a pen of young Allenville rams.

Mig Brookman drenching sheep on her property near Keith.

SA graduates of the Katherine Rural College's inaugural pastoral industry training scheme Jim Risby, Toby Darley, Neil Jensen and Murray Lillicrapp.

Alice Springs Miss Showgirl entrant, Anna-Maria Cutrale, sashes the Any Other Pure Breed champion bull, Temana 51D, a Charolais paraded by Kylie Griffin, Temana stud, Bordertown.

Geordie Gorey with his Yambah Gold carcass which took out the grand champion carcass award of the 1987 Alice Springs show.

Champion Poll Hereford bull of the 1987 Alice Springs Show was last year's champion from Bob Barber's Mt Skinner Station, Mt Skinner Banjo Boy, paraded  by Nicole Griffin and sashed by Miss Alice Springs Showgirls entrant Lisa Harris.

Undoolya Station principal Ted Hayes with Ross Bennett.

Trevor, Mick and Ian Allan, Turkey Hill, Yorketown, who paid $5200 for this Merino ram at Orrie Cowrie auction.

Brian Manuel, Dalgety Benetts Farmers Bordertown, with Chris, Bob and Richard Halliday at the Orrie Cowie auction.

Ti-Tree stud principals Gordon, Roger, Judy and Martin Collins.

Ray Durant, of Stansbury, and Harold Dodd, of Stansbury, at Babirra.

Dave Walton and Don Ramsay at the Orrie Cowie merino stud auction.

Ron and Robert Hams, Yattarna, Parndana, Kangaroo Island at the Orrie Cowie stud.

John Flood, Bill Frew and Bob Chambers at the Red Hill Special Invitation Grown Steer sale.

Coopers Victorian State sales manager Jim Spicers with David Aitken and Peter Auston.

Belalie East farmer Bill Hoffmann checks the spray nozzles on his Landcruiser mounted boomspray, while killing broadleaf weeds using the spray graze technique. 

Turretfield grain hygiene workshop chairman Glynn Webber with CBH operations manager Barry Kelly and Sagric senior agronomist Peter Allen.

Phil Aithschwager, Jill McFarlane, Stephen Gregory, Muriel Hillyer  and Joanne Seaton at an eight week computer awareness course at the TAFE South East College.

Elders Clare's Tony Weatherwall with buyer Gavin Adams and Babirra studmaster Robert Farrow at the Babirra Merino stud auction.

Leith Daniel and son Andrew, of Yorketown

Gavin Benson and father Roy, Kadina, inspect a pen of young rams at Allenville stud, Cunliffe.

Patricia and Graham Larkham, of Yass, NSW, show off a bale of their AAAA superfine Merino fleeces.

Dalgety broker Brian Muir and grower Kevin Deery check wool from last season's clip.

Hay district woolgrower Abby Headon with his sons Ian and Wayne.

Wool sales underway in the Fremantle auction sale room.

Peter Royal of Royal Heath, Sanderston, spraying a 20 ha paddock of Machete wheat.

Flashback Friday – July 1987

Stock Journal looks back at July 1987, when a coloured sheep flock in the Adelaide Hills captured the...

Flashback Friday – July 1987

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