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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Record Price for Wool. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

Melbourne.—An Australian record price was realised at Wednesdays Melbourne sales, when otoe bale of extra super fine merino…

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Will Dubbo Wool Store Ever See Wool?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 1

The Dubbo Wool Stores—built to the tune of £60,000 by the Federal Government in 1945-46—has never yet been used as a wool sales depot, but the history of its development through many stages is a…

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R.a.s. Cattle Section

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 6

The Royal Agricultural Society's Beef Catle Section Schedule for the 1947 Royal Easter Show has been revised on the basis of the classes published in the…

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Scheme to Protect Wheat Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 1

An amount of £4,474 is included in the estimates of the Department of Agriculture to meet the administrative expenses associated with…

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Silo Will Open If Wheat Available

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 3

Owing to the drought conditions prevailing this season, the Silo authorities are not appointing the usual operating staffs at each silo, but arangement have…

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Seed Wheat To Be-Held Wongarbon F. and S. Request Granted

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 2

Seed wheat in the Wongarbon railway yards will be retained for use in the coming sowing season. That assurance was given to theds."…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report: We submitted our catalogue of…

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Enter Now R.A.S. Wheat Championships

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 6

As wheat harvesting is now in progress in New South Wales, the time is opportune for those farmers planning to compete in the Royal Agricultural…

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Record Price for Greasy Wool Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

A nEw Queensland record for greasy wool Was made at the Brisbane sales yesterday. when 11 bales sold at 52d a [?]lb…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 16

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. report: The fourth series of wool auctions for the current season in this centre concluded last…

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Coona. Wheat Silos

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 11

The Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce has received information from the Dept. of Agriculture to the effect that the long-sought…

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Narromine the Wheat Harvest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 6

Whilst many farmers will not take their machines out this year others in more favoured areas are busy harvesting…

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Wool and Stock Sales

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 8

Results obtained at Winchcambe Carson’s Homebush auction on Thursday included L. S. and O. K Rogers, Piambra, 8 xbred suckers…

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Sheep Killed When Tree Struck by Lightning

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 3

Storms in the Tooraweenah district last week were accompanied by severe lightning. At Mr. Bruce Kerr's…

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Three Men Arrested on Wheat-stealing Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 1

Investigating the disappearance of 300 bags of wheat from the Eulomogo wheat aiding recently, Liverpool Police raided a private house at Liverpool in the early hours of Tuesday morning and arrested three men…

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Wton. District News Cumnock Wheat Harvest. Quality Excellent

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 14

Farmers who have commenced harvesting wheat say that the quality of the grain is excellent, although the yield…

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Look After Your Farm Machinery

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 4

The odl idea of putting a mach the into a corner of the paddock after finishing, and letting it rest there till next required, is not…

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Farmer's Hopes for 1947

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 3

With the whole of the Northwest just emerging from one of the greatest droughts for many years, men on the land are looking forward hopefully to 1947. Conditions have been so bad…

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Mint Weed. How to Detect in Seed of Summer Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 13

As a result of the examination of samples of summer crop seeds—principally Japanese Millet—it is apparent that some…

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Stock Diseases Farmers Fined

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 5

Before Mr. A. L. Morgan, PM, at the Binnaway police court last week C. Donlon, of Piambra, [?]aded guilty to a charge of selling…

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