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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

985 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 36 of 50

Sheep Increase But Less Than 1942

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 2

Sheep flocks in Australia at March 31, 1949, totalled 108,728,000 compared with the 1947 figure of 95,458,715 and…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: We sold 10,200 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday. Values for merinos…

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Field Wheat Championship Competitions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 2

Championship field wheat competitions for 1949 will be conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society in five…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 8
Also in Narromine News and Trangie Advocate

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired as follows:— We sold 10,200 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 9

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited reported on the 12th Sept.: For our second sale of the season we offered a catalogue of 10,869…

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Wool Loading by Rail

The Western Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 4

Railway returns for the year ending June 30th last for the Bourke Station show that 35,682 bales of wool were despatched by rail from…

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Cattle Illegally Inoculated ?Ith Active Tick Fever Organisms

The Western Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 3

The Department of Agriculture was recently informed that certain New South Wales cattle depastured near the Queensland border and…

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Bourke P. & A. Association Rodeo, Gymkhana & Sheep Dog Trials

The Western Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

To-morrow (Friday) and Saturday, the Rodeo, Gymkhana & Sheep Dog Trails take place on the local…

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New Grasses Tested at Experiment Farm

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 4

Messrs. C. Neal-Smith and Wm. Hartley, of the Plant Introduction section of the C.S.I.R. at Canberra, were in Trangie at the beginning of…

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Council's Farm a Paying Proposition

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

Just be interested as anyone else in wheat payments are the aldermen of the Narromine Municipal Council…

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Scholarship Competition For Junior Farmers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

Entries for the 1949 Junior Farmers' competition close on September 30. 1949. The competition, which is being…

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London Wool Price Rise London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 1

Although Continental buyers—mainly because of the uncertain results of devaluation— held off, prices at the first…

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Crops and Pastrues Field Day Planned at Trangie Experimental Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1949 · page 2

A field day dealing with crops and pastures will be held at Trangie Experimental Farm, on October 5, commencing at 11 a.m. The Manager (Mr. E. S. May) extends an invitation to all farmers…

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Field Day At Trangie Experiment Farm Next Week

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 5

A field day dealing with crops and pastures will be held at Trangie Experiment Farm on Wednesday of next week, commencing at 11 a.m. The manager Mr. E. S. May extended an invitation to all farmers and grazlers to attend…

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Devaluation Provides Fillip to Wool Sales It Boom Unlikely

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 2

The well distribution demand experienced for wool since sterling and other currencies were devalued has given a fillip to wool values, but has not carried them to peak levels recorded in…

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Scholarships for Junior Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1949 · page 3

Entries for the 1949 Junior Farmers' competition close on September 30. The competition, which us…

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Donations of Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 4

The appeal 'made' through the Dubbo Associated Selling Agents in support of Nurse Bennett, the Hospital Queen…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 3

At Monday's wool sales in Sydney clips were drawn from practically all shearing districts of the State and were generally…

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Dairy Co.-op. to Pay 6d. Per Share Dividend

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1949 · page 3

A dividend of 6d. per share would be paid to members, it was decided at the annual meeting of the Central…

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