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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Good Future for Wool Says Company Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

The Australian Sheep's staple has proved a national money-spinner during the past few years, says the 1930 annual…

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Dairy Farm at Tumbarumba

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheaman) announced on Wednesday that a dairy farm, of about 395 acres, has been made available for soldier…

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Scientific Aid for the Wheat Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 1

As a great primary producing country Australia could not afford to lag behind in using science to improve the quality…

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Sowing of District Wheat Crops Nearly Completed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 3

If fine weather continued, all wheat crops in the Dubbo district should be sown by the end of next week, the District Agronomist (Mr. R. W. Shelley) Said in his monthly crop report…

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Letter to the Editor Wool Levy Plan

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 2

Sir.—There has appeared in the press a letter by Mr. J. P. Abbott, former M.H.R. for New England stating a case against…

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Top Prices and Quick Sales Record Wool Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 6

Record prices for the 1949-50 Australian clip combined with quickness of selling, make the year the most successful marketing period ever experienced…

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Correspondence Wheat Production

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 11

SIR: I would like to reply to a statement by Mr. A. D. Sutton and reported, in the "Times" of May 11. The statement was that…

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Scheme to Bulk Handle Next Wheat Crop Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1

Wheat silo systems in the Central West will feed into a three million bushel bulk sub-terminal to be erected at Werris Creek before the next harvest Announcing this, the Minister for Agriculture…

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Probe on Loss of Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 2

A serious mortality in sheep in the Quirindi district is at present being investigated by officers of the Department of…

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Wool Market Likely to Stay Strong

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 13

A confident note on the future of wool is struck by the Annual Review of Winchcombe Carson Ltd. issued last week…

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No Slackening in World Wool Demand

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 6

There is no sign of any appreciable decrease in wool consumption nor reduction in the value of the sheep's staple. Competition has been will distributed and keen…

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Rise of £50 MILLION Big Wool Cheque

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 13

Sales of wool in Australia in the current season, which ends on June 30, are estimated at £245 million, about £50 million more…

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Dairy Farm for Servicemen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced today that a farm on "Tooma" Estate has been made available under the…

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Theft of Wool Alleged Two Men Remanded GUNDAGIA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 2

Allegations that two young men had systematically stolen wool over a period of weeks, were made by police in the…

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Wool Prices Up in London Record Sales in Australia

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 6

At the third series of London wool sales all descriptions were generally five to 10 per cent. higher than the preceding…

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—Coonabarabran Graziers, Say “No”— Majority Vote Eight to Four Against Proposed Wool Levy Scheme

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 1

Members of the Coonabarabran branch of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, at a meeting on Friday, decided, on a vote of eight to four, to oppose the formation of any scheme to stabilise wool values, irrespective of how such a…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 11

Dalgety and Company Limited. at last week's sales, submitted a good selection of 4,926 bales of Autumn shorn clips mainly from…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Limited report :— Included in our catalogue No. 16 which was submitted to auction…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 11

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on the 25th May:— The 3rd series of London wool…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reported on May 24th :— On Tuesday, 23rd May, New…

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