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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Sheep and Wool a Raised Sheep-classing Race

The Western Herald · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 5

A well-constructed race of good design is an essential to the smooth working of any sheep property, states J. M. Coleman, Special…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson wired as follows:—We sold 6300 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday…

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Wheat on Farms Must Be Deliver[?] Now. Dockage Aff [?] Week; No Receip [?] Sept 30

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 3

Because of the shortage of bags there are many wheatgrowers who stored wheat on their own properties. Mr. A. R. Dundas, receiving agent…

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Local and General Wool Donations

The Western Herald · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

The Bourke District Ambulance Committee wish to thank the following additional donors of wool: C. E. R. Randall, Albert Holmes; A…

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Farmers and Settlers' Dinner and Ball

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 1

An event to which large numbers of town and country residents are keenly looking forward to is the Farmers and Settlers…

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August Review of Crop Conditions. All Crops Respond Magnificently to Rain. Heavy Yields Expected From Fallowed Land But Late-sown Crops Below Average

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 2

The weather for the first half of the month consisted of clear days and cool frosty nights, but unsettled weather during the second half brought showers with some strong cold winds. Rain fell from the 20th to…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd., September 2, 1948:—We submitted a catalogue of 10,255…

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Why Buyers Don't Like Our Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 2

"When the farmer is prosperous everybody is prosperous" is a very true old proverb. He is the starting point, but anything that has an adverse or beneficial bearing on his Industry concerns not only him but, indirectly, the rest of the community…

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Some Farmers Will Not Be able To [?] Against Hail This Year

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1948 · page 1

This [?] Farmers in the [?] will not be able to [?] the…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., on 2nd September offered a catalogue of well grown early shorn wools, chiefly from he Central Western…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 6

On Tuesday, August 31, the New-Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., brought forward a thoroughly representative…

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Three Records Big Wool Yields

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 3

At “Wapweelah” Station, in the Bourke district, 8776 wethers cut 456 bales of wool,—after deducting the weight of the…

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Dubbo Inquest on Wool Buyer's Death

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 5

At Dubbo, the District Coroner (Mr. Pearsley) found that the former Commonwealth Wool and Produce…

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Dubbo Wool Carboning Works Foundation tor Other Secondry Industries

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 5

How uninviting, even unpleasant, a sight to the uninitiated are the disclosed contents of a bale of heavy conditioned wool pieces or crutchings—dirty, malodorous, burr infested, greasy. It is difficult to reconcile such with…

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Crop Damaged by Mice New Pest in Central West

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 2

Many reports have been received from farmers in the Dubbo, Eumungerie, Mendoora[?] and Gilgandra districts…

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Farmers and Settlers' Dinner and Ball

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1948 · page 3

Tomorrow (Friday) night the Farmers and Settlers' dinner and ball will eventuate at the Theatre Royal. It is expected that the…

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The Wool Outlook. Sheep, Lambs and Food

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 9

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Unless rates of exchange alter no reason is in sight which prompts the anticipation of any…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 6

The Farmers & Graziers' Co. Grain Insuarnce & Agency Co. Ltd. reported on 2nd September:—We submitted a catalogue of…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on 2nd September:—We submitted a most attractive catalogue of early shorn…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

An improvement of up to 5 per cent on recent rates was shown at yesterday's wool sales for all good fleece and striking of medium to…

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