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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 4
Also in The Western Herald

The Farmers and Operative Co-Operative Grain Insurance Agency Company Limited: We [?] a generally attractive [?] of…

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Wool and Meat Levy

The Western Herald · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

A conference of the Australian wool and meat producers federation this week has drawn up plans for a levy of up to 3 per cent on the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 1

Brisbane,—At yesterday's wool sales eight bales of scoured wool sold for 115½, which easily broke the Australian record of 111d…

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Sale of Diseased Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

Orange stock buyer, L. G. Blowes, was fined £5 at the local court for having attempted to sell lice-infested sheep at the City saleyards…

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Collie Man on Trial for Sheep Stealing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 4

The trial of William Patrick Riley, share-farmer of Collie, charged with on September 22 at Collie, stealing 55 sheep the property of the Perpetual Trustee Pty. Ltd., from the farm property. "Dick's Camp," which is under management for…

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Wheat Stabilisation Problems Still To Be Solved

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 6

Commenting on the outcome of the recent meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council, the Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Graham,…

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Government Bulkhead Cost Farmers £222 In Extra Wages

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

The recently constructed bulkhead at Peak Hill co[?] £222 over and above the award rates of pay allowed by the Australias Wheat Board few its construction. The additional cost was met by a voluntary levy on farmers. The Peak Hill Farmers and Settlers are…

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Six Months Sentence on Collie Wheat Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 7

A Collie share-farmer, married, with eight children, was sentenced to six months hard labour at the Dubbo Court of Quarter Sessions before His Honour, Judge Shortland, on Tuesday…

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Grading Very Necessary For Aust. Wheat Discussion At Agricultural Conference

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 9

Australia was the only major wheat producing country in the world which did not grade its. wheat, a fact which only affected the quality of flour produced in Australia hut must also prejudice overseas buyers against…

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Junior Farmers Club Mr. A. K. Gardiner Visits Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

Mr. A. K. Gardiner, winner of the Progressive Fanner Competition, who toured America last year, addressed a meeting of the Junior Farmers Club…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

The Country Producers Selling Company Ltd. reported on 26th February:— No sales have been held in…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

Sydney. — At the closing wool auctions for the week the market was unchanged from Wednesday's sales, with the exception of medium…

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Agreement Reached on Wheat Price Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 1

An agreement has been reached at the 38 nation International Wheat Conference, fixing the maximum prices of wheat for the next five years…

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Farmers and Settlers Elect Office Bearers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 2

At a moderately well attended meeting of Dubbo and District Branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association held on Wednesday at the Theatre Royal the election of office bearers for the ensuing year took place…

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[?] in Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 5

[?] TOWN This [?] wool shear [?] by valley [?] and the…

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Ambitious Field Day Brings Leading Sheep Experts To The West

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 6

A day that should prove widely intending is bring organised by the Dubbo District Council of the Graziers' Association of NSW. It will be held in Dubbo on Wednesday of next week, commencing at 10 a.m. It is an effort to bring together, in an atmosphere of comfort…

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Dubbo Wool Carbonising Works

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 13

The carbonising works of the Anglo - Australian Carbonisers Pty. Ltd., Dubbo, closed for a number of years, and recently…

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5Id for Ulamambri Wool

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 11

Reporting on their last Sydney wool sales when they brought forward a catologue totalling 4215 bales, the New Zealand Loan…

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Great Developement in Sheep Experiment Work

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 12

The whole flock of sheep at Trangie Experiment Farm has been made available for research work and great developments…

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