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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Visitor From India Likes Our Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 8

Mr. Muni Appa. of Mysore, India, is at present in Trangie investigating conditions in the sheep and grazing industries…

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Sheep Classing Characters Desirable in a Flock

The Western Herald · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 6

However small the flock, periodical classing should be a feature of its management if it is to give maximum returns. The following…

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American Wool Influence. European Position

The Western Herald · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report— The most forceful influence on wool markets and markets for most products at present is the United…

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Dutch Farmers for Australia the Hague

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 1

About 120 Dutch emigrants, mostly young farmers, together with a number of British emigrants who will he picked up at…

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Cobbora Shire Council Dog Packs Killing Sheep in Dunedoo District

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 7

At last Tuesday's regular monthly, meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council, a letter was received from A. F…

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Bulkheads Not Favoured. Enough Bags Likely for Wheat Harvest

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 1

Except in an emergency, bulkheads were not favoured as a means of handling the wheat harvest. Orders had been…

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Show and Sales of British Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 3

At a meeting of Delegates from the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, the Dubbo P. A. and H. Association and the Dubbo selling…

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Orders For Wheat Bags Placed In India

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 7

Orders were placed in India for sufficient bags to handle the full Australian wheat crop for the coming season, but at present it was not known how many bags would be available at the start of the next harvest…

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Wellington Saleyards Market Reaches New Heights of Success as 7200 Sheep Bring Record Prices

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 1

THE special sheep sale on Tuesday last in the new Wellington stock saleyards saw prices reach a record high level when Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. and George Paul, acting in conjunction, sold at auction 7,200 sheep to…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Gollan Farmers & Settlers Want Opinion Poll on Amalgamation Proposal To the Editor, Wellington "Times."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 1

Dear Sir,—At a meeting of the Gollan branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, held to-day, the matter of the proposed amalgamation of the Wellington Municipality, Macquarie Shire…

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University College and Experimental Farm Chamber of Commerce Suggests Coonabarabran As Ideal Sites

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 7

Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce is to approach the Minister for Education suggesting that when the proposed third University…

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Farmers On World Tour Rural Bank Plan

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 3

The U.S.A., Canada, and Great Britain will be toured by three New South Wales fanners tinder a plan of the…

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U.S. Dust Bowl Fortunes From Crops

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 14

America’s “dust bowl,” from which thousands of people fled in the 1930’s leaving behind them ruined farms, dying…

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Three Lucky Farmers to Go on Rural Bank World Tour

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 6

The USA, Canada, and Great Britain will be toured by three New South Wales farmers under a plan of the Rural Bank of NSW. An…

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Record Wellington Sheep Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 1

The special sale on Tuesday at Wellington stock yards resulted in 7,200 sheep being sold to strong competition. Buyers were present from all district…

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Wool Broking President

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 4

Mr R. Sinclair Smith, who has been re-elected president of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia. He is…

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Special Sheep Sale at Wellington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. (Sydney and Parkes) and George Paul of Wellington, acting in conjunction, report having held a most successful…

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Uncertainty Of Wool Action Clogs Geneva Machinery New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 1

Uncertainty over American action on wool has caused a kind of chain reaction which is blocking nearly every other negotiation at the Geneva Trade Conference. Reporting this the Geneva corres-…

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A Crop of National Importance Nicotiana Rustica Price Increased to 11d. per lb. This Year

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 2

NICOTINE sulphate, or Black Leaf 40 is one of the most important insecticides known, and in widely used in this country in controlling a variety of pests in vegetable and fruit crops, particularly these against which DDT is…

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Arrangements for Handling Wheat Harvest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 8

Plans for handling the coming wheat harvest were constantly being reviewed, in consultation with rail and shipping authorities and…

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