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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Crookwell Junior Farmers Win Radio Contest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 3

To encourage the art of self-expression among junior farmers, who are to be our agricultural leaders, the Junior Farmers Club Council of NeW South Wales conducted a radio speaking contest…

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Poorest Harvest for Years Few Crops Worth Stripping This Year

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 3

MEN WHO HAVE BEEN FARMING IN THE NARROMINE TRANGIE-PEAK HILL DISTRICT FOR YEARS SAY THAT THIS IS THE WORST YEAR FOR THE WHEAT MAN THEY CAN REMEMBER…

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Lightning Kills Farmer at Casino Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 1

Before the eyes of its twelve-year-old so Athol [?] Cook (37) farmer, of Fairy Hill, near Casino, yesterday was horribly burned by…

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Recommendations for 1947 Wheat Sowing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

Following are the latest wheat variety recommendations of the Department of Agriculture. Unless otherwise mentioned, the varieties recommended are suitable for both grain and hay…

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A [?]Arning Regarding Pl[?]uro-pneumonia in Cattle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

The [?] of Stock for Dubbo Pastures [?] Board (Mr. A. T. Ellis) [?]tion to te existence of areas [?] N.S.W. which have been…

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Wheat Prices May Be Fixed for Years Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 1

Maximum and minimum prices for wheat may be fixed for some years ahead by an international wheat conference shortly…

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Australian and N.Z. Wool at English Sales LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 1

Liverpool wool sales will be resumed on Thursday. Selections include 50,000 bales of Australian Merino, chiefly greasy combings, and 2,250 New…

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Wool Report Fanners & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

We submitted our catalogue of 7031 bales on Thursday. 19th inst. It included a number of wools from the later shearing districts including…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited reports: We submitted a catalogue of 4257 bales which were drawn…

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Controlling Wheat Weevils

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 3

The use of mineral dusts for protecting wheat stored in bulk depots is described in Bulletin 199, just issued by the Council for Scientific and…

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Stud Sheep Sales at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 3

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. report holding their 4th Annual Stud Sale of Border Leicester Rams and Ewes, account. Dauntless…

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Wool Stocks Falling Prospects Favourable

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Carry-over stocks of wool from the war years have not only diminished in the British…

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Gilgandra Leads with 78,562 Acres Area Under Wheat

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

Amongst the northern shires in the Central West, Gilgandra Shire led the wheat plantings last year with 78,562…

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State Wheat Bill Delayed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 5

Information as to when the Government intended to bring down the necessary complementary State legislation to give effect to the Federal…

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Canada to Receive Exportable Surpluses of Butter London, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

Britain has granted a pressing Canadian request for 6000 tons of Australian and/or Now Zealand, butter. This is revealed in a joint…

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Rising Cosh In Sheep And Wool Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 5

The effect of any general rise in costs is particularly…

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

The Country Producers Selling Coy., Ltd., report:— The buyers being away attending a series of sales in Newcastle, business in…

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No Provision for New Wheat Silos

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

The construction of new silos was urged in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. W. A. Chaffey (CP. Tamworth), who criticised the Government for…

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Wool Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 16

On 13th January, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Sydney, offered a representative selection drawn…

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Wool Use Expanding

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 11

When all countries recover from the ill-effects of the war. demand for wool should, be more widespread than ever…

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