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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Veteran Farmer Hopes to Go to Scotland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

After 20 years farming at Eumungerle, Mr. Peter McLaughlin. pe of the veteran landholders of the district, has sold his…

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Dairyman Fined For Selling Adulterated Milk

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

Two Dubbo dairymen were lined by Mr. R. Kersley, S.M., at Dubbo Court yesterday on charges of selling adulterated…

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Wool Market Movements Present Prices Compared with Last Season's Figures

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 6

The accompanying graph shows the average Australian monthly wool prices for the 1948-49 season and the present season to date. The early market in August and September, 1948, showed good general competition, fell off temporarily in October, but in subsequent months prices rose steadily to the best monthly…

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How Wool Price Rose to All Time Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

The above graph shows the average Australian monthly wool prices for the 1048-49 season and the present season…

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Many Factors Influencing Wool Markets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

The recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material supplies…

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Bulk Handling of All Wheat in N.S.W. URGED Conference Seeks Incentive Plan For Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

The introduction of bulk wheat handling in N.S.W. with incentives to farmers to build silos and adopt bulk handling methods, was urged by the Macquarie Divisional Conference of the…

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Prices Rise At Brisbane Wool Auctions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

Wool auctions were held in Brisbane and Perth last week. In Brisbane approximately 60,000 bales were submitted,…

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Postmortem on Sheep Hints On How To Combat Worms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

A practical demonstration of a postmortem on a diseased sheep was performed of deligates at yesterday's…

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"The Good Old Days" Sheep and Pastoral Production

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

Writing in the Goondiwindi "Argus", Mr. Johnstone Devon had some interesting things to say about prices of wool and sheep in…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: We sold 9,700 bales of wool, at our Sydney auction on…

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Wool Fashions for 1950 As Shown in the International Wool Exhibition in London

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

A mannequin parade of more than fifty, models from the leading couture houses of Europe and America, together…

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Present Wool Prices Comparison with Last Season

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 3

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd, report: The accompanying graph shows tho average Australian monthly…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

The Country Producers Selling Company Limited reported on the 23rd February :— Wool auctions this week have…

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Wool And Its Price Supply Shortage and Currency

The Western Herald · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report : Recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it, indicate the pressure which inadequate raw…

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Wool and Its Price Supply Shortage And Currency (A Winchcombe Carson. Ltd. report)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

Recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material supplies is exerting on consumers…

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Conference at Experiment Farm

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

A conference of the committee of the co-operative grating trial between the Department of Agriculture and the CSIRO is being held at the…

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Vital Problems Confronting Wheat Growers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 2

To deal with, all the problems that confront the wheat farmer today would probably take more like 30 days than 30 minutes. So you will, I hope, forgive me if I deal with only two of these problems…

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Bulk Wheat Handling Base at Dubbo Urged Plan For Storage Pending Shipment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

A bulk wheat handling, base at Dubbo could be used to store wheat from district silos if the railway line to Sydney was congested, Mr. Trounce told a meeting of the Dubbo branch…

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Farm Machines Demonstrated at Agricultural Bureau Conference. Power Driven 9ft. Rotary Hoe Greatly Impresses Wheat Farmers

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

A feature of the farm machinery demonstrations at the Field Day conducted by the Macquarie Division of the Agricultural Bureau on Wednesday last was the experimental 9ft. rotary hoe which was demonstrated by…

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February Review of Crop Conditions. Local Floodings in Record February Rains

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

FEBRUARY has been an unusually wet month, the total rain recorded at Wellington being 519 points making the total for the first two months of the year exactly nine inches. This total has only been exceeded three…

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