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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 9

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on 4th May:— Focal point of interest this week centred upon the reopening of sales…

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Special Cattle Sale at Narromine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 3

A special cattle sale was held at Narromine on Friday. May 5 by Messrs. Dalgety and Co. of Sydney and Ballhausen and Irvine of…

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xelbourne Wool Sales Buoyant

The Western Herald · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report:— Although no wool auction sales are taking place in the Sydney…

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Crops and Pastures in the West

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 6

Apart from a wet period during the first week. April was a mild to cool month with cool to cold nights ind heavy dows, hut warmer days were…

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Wheat Research Institute Bid to Improve Flour Quality SYDNEY, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, (Mr. Graham) will unveil the foundation stone of the new Wheat Research Institute being…

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Review of Crop Conditions Only One Third of Wheat Crop Planted. Showers Needed for Further Sowing and Cultivation

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 7

A PART from a wet period during the first week, April was a mild to cool month, with cool to cold nights and heavy dews, but warmer days were experienced to-wards the latter end. A total of 457 points of rain were…

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Further Two Months. Butter and Tea Rationing to Continue. CANBERRA

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

Federal Government has decided to continue butter and tea rationing for at least another two months…

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Mary Vale. Farming Operations at Standstill

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 3

Farming: operations are at a standstill at present owing to the dryness of the ground. Most farmers have…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 8

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd, report: We submitted a catalogue of 3541…

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Sydney Wool Report Goldsbrough, Mort

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

Included in the Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. catalogue submitted to auction in Sydney last week was a good selection…

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Farmers Received Answers To Many Questions At Big Peak Hill Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

Wheatgrowers who travelled long distances to the mass meeting, at Peak Hill last week should have found the effort worth while. There were some 200 present, many coming from Narromine, Dubbo, Parkes and the surrounding districts, to hear…

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Wool Season Enters Final Quarter

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 3

When wool sales were resumed in Sydney on Monday of last week it was the beginning of the final quarter of a most spectacular selling season, values throughout being generally higher than was…

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Wool Now at Record Post-war Level

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 3

The rise in wool values at the May sales puts the market on record post-war levels. In Bradford the highest point…

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Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 14

The Farmers and Graziers’ Cooperative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 9th May, 1950…

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Wool Marketing Scheme Meitdooran Graziers Opposition

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 12

The members of the Mendooran branch of the Graziers’ Association of Now south are opposed to any post…

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Sheep Show to Be Held in City Next Week

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

High prices of wool have stimulated widespread public interest in the Australian sheep industry and the N.S.W…

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Wool Averages £115 a Bale Record Prices At Brisbane Sale BRISBANE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

Average wool prices at Brisbane sales yesterday were an all time Australian record. Brokers estimate that the…

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New President of Junior Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Junior Farmers Clubs' State Council, Mr. Noel Griffiths, Public Relations Officers of the…

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Modern Farmer Speaks of Modern Methods

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 3

Farming today was a scientific industry and many old time methods would have to be discarded, said Mr. A. K. Gardiner, a former winner of the Rural Bank's "Most Progressive Farmer" award…

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Sydney Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

Tre Prime Minister, Mr. R. G Menzies, will officially open the Sydney Sheep Show on May 26. The Show will be held at Sydney…

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