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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Gilgandra Second in Wheat Championship

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 7

Messrs. Taylor Bros., of "Wilton," Narromine, won the R.A.S. Western Division Wheat Championship with a…

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Pure Seed Wheat and Oats

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 19

Most farmers ate well aware of the advantages of sowing pure seed, of the varieties of Wheat or oats suitable for…

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Wheat Dockages For No. 14 Pool

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 6

Information received from H. C. Dawson lists the following scale of wheat dockages as received from the Australian Wheat…

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High Court Injunction on Wool Bill

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

When the Wool Sales Deduction Bill becomes law, the Australian Primary Producers' Union will apply to the High…

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Shearer Charged. with Theft of Wool

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 11

A 33-year-old shearer was remanded at the Wellington Court to appear at the Mill thorpe Court of Petty…

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Minister Returns to Attack on Wool Levy Plan Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Lands' (Mr. Renshaw) said today that, despite the criticism, to which he had been subjected by the…

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Farmers Flew Over Floods Costly Trip For Dubbo Men

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 1

A group of Dubbo farmers flew in a Douglas air-liner on a sight-seeing tour over flooded western areas yesterday—at a…

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Junior Farmer Xmas Party at Pool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

Something novel in the way of meetings has been arranged for the Dubbo Junior Farmers' Club, on Saturday…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. sold 9700 bales of wool at the Sydney sales on Thursday, Nov. 23rd. They received the following prices for…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 6

The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. reported on 23rd November :—On Monday last, 20th inst., the 7th series of wool auctions…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 7

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 5,559 bales on Monday, 27th November, the wools being drawn from a wide area of the…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 9

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited reported on the 32rd November : —…

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Wool Tax Plan

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 12

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said recently that, despite the criticism to Which he had been subjected by the Federal Treasurer…

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Dubbo Property Filmed for Movie Short on Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 6

"Strathgled," a Dubbo property owned by Mr. A. H, Hockey, has been filmed for a movie short advertising the wool industry…

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Ex-Servicemen's Farms

The Western Herald · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 12

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said recently that 1,563 farms had been allotted to ex-servicemen in New South Wales under the…

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Junior Farmer's Wheat Crop Competition

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 2

After many delays caused by weather, the Gilgandra Junior Farmers" Wheat Crop Competition was judged this week by…

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Narromine Wheat Judge Welcomed

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

Mr. George Nicholson, judge in the field wheat competition' held in the Narromine district last week, was entertained at a…

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Shocking State of District Wheat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 6

A lot of wheat in the Central District is in a shocking condition because of the rainy weather says the District Agronomist…

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Western Wheat Not Hit by Rust This Year

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

Stem rust is not rampant in the western wheat belt although wet weather has caused it to appear in most crops in other parts of the State. This is disclosed in the judges' report on the…

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Meat Production Neglected Growers Dazzled By Big Wool Prices

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 1

The abnormally high prices being obtained for wool had caused some growers to neglect meat production, said the Dubbo branch manager of the Rural Bank (Mr. R. H…

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