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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Yellow Bands on Young Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 5

Wheat seedlings emerging during the last week or so at Trangle Agricultural Experiment Station have exhibited a chlorotic banding. This…

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Wool Market Aspects Crossbred Clip Up on Prewar

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: No signs show of any appreciable decrease in wool consumption nor reduction in the value of the…

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Letter to the Editor the Wool Levy Scheme

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 3

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

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Extra Wheat Storage Ready This Year, Says Mr Graham

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA) announced yesterday that the Government had decided to erect four bulk wheat…

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Bourke P. & A. Association Annual Show Wool Exhibit 1950

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 9

The Committee desires to increase the exhibits in this Section next annual show, and to encourage Graziers is making available…

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Monthly Crop Conditions (A Report by Mr. R. W. Shelley, Agronomist for the Central West)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 6

The six weeks [?] flood rains recent[?] was broken by falls [?] inches over the [?]…

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Yellow Bands Show in Wheat Plants

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

Wheat seedlings during the few weeks at the Trangie Agricultural Experiment Station have exhibited a…

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Record Average Prices at Sheep Sale Sydney

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

A record average price of £145/15/- was obtained for the 1006 Merino rams sold during the past four days at the…

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Police Hot on Trail of Cattle Thieves Sydney

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

C.I.B. detectives are moving swiftly through the North Coast grazing districts, investigating reports of widespread "cattle…

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Wool Scheme Is Approved by New Zealand Auckland

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

New Zealand has approved proposals drafted at the recent London Commonwealth Wool Conference for a wool marketing…

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Record Prices for Sheep at Dubbo Sale New Yards Seen As Turning Point For West

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

Sheep sold at record prices at the Dubbo stock market yesterday—one line realising £5/14/10—the last sale to be held in the old saleyards…

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Review of May Crop Conditions. Average Year's Rainfall Already Exceeded Throughout District. Sowings of Wheat Crops Now Almost Completed

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 9

THE six weeks' dry spell since the flood rains received in early April was broken by falls of 1 to 2 inches, over the whole district during the third week in May. About a week prior to this, isolated areas received…

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Rugby League Manager Is Wool Buyer. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

Mr. G. Oldroyd, one of the managers of the English Rugby League team touring Australia, intends to buy £50,000…

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Butter Made From Milk, Without Separator or Churn

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 5

A new device which is claimed to eliminate all the hard work of butter making is to be demonstrated in Narromine next week…

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Long Trek After Alleged Cattle Thieves Tamworth, Tuesday

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

After a three weeks' trek by six policemen and two blacktrackers through hundreds a miles of scrub country, two men…

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"Parkes Best for Wheat Sub-terminal," Says Mr. E. G. Hoy

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

Amongst the areas pressing claims for the big wheat sub-terminals proposed for the west were Molong, Dubbo and Parkes…

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No Speculation in Wool in Current Season

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 6

In times of less strong markets than have prevailed this season, a "shaky" period produces traders willing to risk underselling the market in tops, yarns and wool…

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Wool Stocks in U.S. at Very Low Level New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 3

Stocks of apparel wool in the United States are at the lowest level in any year since 1929. The Wool Associates of the…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: We sold 5,200 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on…

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Sheep Die After Careless Dipping

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1950 · page 3

There have been many cases recently where sheep, and particularly lambs, have died as a result of careless…

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