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Adelaide University looks into life of genetics pioneer JS Davies

THE University of Adelaide is celebrating to life of a cattle industry pioneer who bequeathed the organisation $2m after he died in the 1960s.

John Stanley Davies. Photo: University of Adelaide

A formal event will be held next Thursday at the District Hall in Spalding, north of Clare, to launch a new podcast series looking at the of John Stanley Davies.

According to UA, JS Davies never married and spent his working life developing excellence in the strains of beef cattle. By the judicious introduction of imported animals, he made his stock some of the best available in the land and raised…

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