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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 40 of 50

Trade School Classes May Move to Wool Store

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

Application had been made to the P.M.G.'s Department for temporary space in the Dubbo wool store to accommodate some…

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Field Wheat Competition the Conditions Entries Close October 21

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

Entries for the Fold Wheat Competition being conducted by the Gilgandra P. and A. Association, which is…

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Electrical Storms. Hail Damages Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 6

During last week heavy electrical storms occurred. On Tuesday night the lightning was very severe and the…

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Fat Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 4

Ware & Whittaker and Dalgety & Coy, announce that they will hold a Special Sale of Fat Cattle at Bourke on November 11th. One…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 9

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report:— This Company submitted a total of 10,271 bales for its catalogue…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 5

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on the 13th October :—Throughout the week sales have been in progress in…

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Heavy Wheat Cross[?]ened By [?]er

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 3

Despite the[?] falls of hall which have occurred [?] and Peak Hill districts ever the past [?] high for a substantial harvest…

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Human Story of Farming Family

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1949 · page 4

Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan, Robert Paige and Matalie Wood head the cast of "The Green Promise," a…

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Hail Causes Severe Crop Damage

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 1

Torrential rain and a heavy hailstorm caused scattered damage throughout parts of Wellington and district on…

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Hail Razes District Wheat Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 1

Hail and rain storms at the week-end flattened wheat crops in great swaths in the Dubbo and Wellington districts, and two farmers—one at Geurie and one at Beni, the worst…

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Japanese to Enter Wool Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 3

The report that a two-way trade agreement between Japan and sterling countries, including Australia, is practically…

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Reasons Given for Lease of Wool Store

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 3

If business people or primary producers had applied to lease the Dubbo Wool Store for wool storage or similar…

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Farming Story Told in Film

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 3

"The Green Promise." currently showing at the Monarch Theatre, dramatises the energy and enthusiasm of the young…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 8

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report good competition met for all descriptions; values ruled fully 7 1/2 to 10 per cent…

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Commonwealth Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

At Homebush last week the quality of the yarding was fairly good and in most cases proved suitable for trade requirements…

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Western Clips Sold at Wool Auctions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales this week a large proportion of the clips catalogued were from the western areas of the State, state Goldsborough Mort in their report…

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Junior Farmer Movement Views Expressed to Rotary Club

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

In on address given to the Gilgandra Rotary Club on the subject. "The Junior Farmer Movement, in N.S.W." Mr…

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Junior Farmers' Show on

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 1

The Junior Farmers' Home Science Show will be held in the Agricultural Hall on Saturday next. October 29…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 8

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited reported on the 18th October :—We submitted a…

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The Wheat Deal with New Zealand

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 4

"Cowra's human terrier. P. W. Richardson, started the questioning and when this packet of dynamite gets stirred up. look out!"…

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