ODD HELPMATE.—An eight-year-old monkey, Johnnie Schmidt, steering a tractor for his owner, Mr L. Schmidt, a grazier at Balmoral, Victoria. The monkey is Mr Schmidt’s only permanent farmhand. He works in the fields every day. As well as managing a tractor, he is able to muster sheep and cattle and clean fleeces.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30043, 30 January 1963, Page 11
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52ODD HELPMATE.—An eight-year-old monkey, Johnnie Schmidt, steering a tractor for his owner, Mr L. Schmidt, a grazier at Balmoral, Victoria. The monkey is Mr Schmidt’s only permanent farmhand. He works in the fields every day. As well as managing a tractor, he is able to muster sheep and cattle and clean fleeces. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30043, 30 January 1963, Page 11
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