Dubbo May Become Bulk Wheat Centre Huge Siding Is Projected
Construction of a huge 10 million bushel bulk wheat siding at Dubbo is projected. Officials of the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1950
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Annual Wool Review £245,000,000 From Season's Wool Record Prices and Quick Selling Create Most Successful Marketing Period Ever Experienced
RECORD prices for the 1949/50 Australian wool clip combined with quickness of selling to make the year the most successful marketing period ever experienced. The season's wool is estimated to realise approximately £245,000,000 in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Plan for Bulk Wheat Siding at Dubbo Need for Mary Vale-sandy Hollow Railway Further Underlined
A HUGE bulk wheat siding capable of holding 10 million bushels of grain may be constructed at Dubbo to store Western wheat to enable a smooth and continuous delivery by farmers to silos and bulkheads at smaller sidings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Fodder Competition Won by Mr. D. A. Cavanagh
The farm and fodder competition conducted by the Coonabarabran P. and A. Association under the sponsorship of the R.A.S. won by Mr. D. A. Cavanagh of Yarralla, Ulamambri with a total of 158 points out of a possible 210. There were four…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wool Report
At the Farmers & Graziers Co-Op. Grain Insurance & Agency Co's. sales on the 23rd May, the following prices were realised for local…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Sales
Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired as follows:- We sold 5700 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday…
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On Tuesday, 9th May, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 4,642 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Butter Rationing to End Soon
End of butter rationing is not very far off, said the Minister for Commerce, Mr. McEwan. "The Federal Government will consider…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Poisoned by Carbon Tetrachloride
A very serious mortality occurred in sheep in the Cooma district recently, after they had been drenched with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Insecticidal Fogs Instead of Sheep Dips
A fog-making machine has been used in preliminary experiments by CSIRO Division of Animal Health and production to find out whether…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farmers & Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Report Outstanding Result for Bourke District Wool
At our Sale on the 22nd instant, we offered the well-known ARTESIA/HS Clip account the Estate late Henry Staggs. We sold at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flying Squads Wanted to Stop Sheep Stealing
Delegates to the annual conference of Pastures Protection Boards on Wednesday decided to ask police to re-introduce flying squads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narromine Graziers Favour Organised Wool Selling Scheme
A meeting of Narromine graziers strongly supported the principle of an organised marketing scheme for wool when the present Joint Organisation scheme ends. Many points of view have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Use Maintained HEAVIER U.S.A. Buying Probable
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report :- The wool market has surprised both the pessimists and the optimists. The former from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work of Narromine Farmers and Settlers During The Year
The entire executive was re-elected at the annual meeting of the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, held in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trend Towards Smaller Flocks of Sheep
Sheep breeding by early settlers in the warm, dry regions of western New South Wales was a rapid development and in many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appeal to Wool Men to Raise Standards Sydney
An appeal to graziers to improve the quality of their wool was made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) when he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Research Students To Aid Agriculture
A a great primary producing country we in Australia cannot afford [?] behind in using science to improve the quality of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Carting Price to Be Discussed
The price for wheat carting for the 1950/51 season will be discussed at a special meeting in Dubbo on June 8. This was…
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