Drug Used for Sheep Scalds Farmers
Several cases of severe scalding have been reported in the Dubbo district by farmers who have used phenothiazine carelessly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1951
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£33 Offer Refused for Cattle Which Cost £8/5/-
The owner of a mob of cattle which originally cost £8/5/- a head in the Northern Territory, refused £33 a head for them when the cattle reached Trangie. The cattle—2000 head of three year old steers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Manager of Wool Firm Dies Sydney
The Chairman and General Manager of the woolbroking firm of Winchcombe Carson Ltd., (Mr. Harold Bell) died today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Varieties Limited for 1951 Sowing Sydney
Only 12 varieties of wheats are recommended for planting in New South Wales next seaser…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rats Contaminate Wheat Says Wellington Man
Dead rats were contaminating wheat in stacks in the Dubbo district, Mr. W. Cole, of Wellington, said at a meeting in Dubbo on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worm Strike Is Killing Sheep at Dubbo
Hundreds of sheep are dying in the Dubbo district from worm strike because new drugs, which can combat the disease, are in short supply. Farmers are resorting to an old remedy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Yield Low Poorest Season for Years
Wheat receiving agents, at the Coonabarabran and Ulamambri stacks, report reception of wheat at both centres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Record at British Sales London
Selected scoured wether wool brought a new record price of 182½d per lb at the British wool sales Leicester yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Wool Cup Was Dollar-earner Canberra
Australia is expected to earn 200,000,000 dollars from the salt of its 1950-01 wool clip to America…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Bonanza Gives Aust. Run- Holder and Family N.z. Tour
Last season’s clip in Australia was so good that Mr. A. J. Pincham, a run holder in New South Wales, has come to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scottish Farmers Enjoying a Post-war Boom
The only grouse a Scottish farmer has these days is the one he shoots on the moors. Prewar stock and crop production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Deliveries Are Held Up Sydney
Thousands of bales of wool, which have been sold, cannot be delivered because of resignations by members of the Storemen and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move to Re-open Wheat Case Fate Of Millions Of Pounds In Balance SYDNEY
The fate of millions of pounds of Australian wheatgrowers' money hinges on a move to re-open the long drawn out Nelungaloo wheat case. When the High Court resumes sittings next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ambulance Prize Won by Share-farmer
The Ford Prefect sedan, first prize in the Dubbo District Ambulance Art Union, was won by an ex-serviceman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Wheat Harvest
It has been a depressing harvest in more ways than one, says Mr. R. W. Shelley, District Agronomist, in his monthly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Demand for Wool Well Maintained
The close of 1950 has not shown any reduction in strength of the world's markets for textile fibres including wool. Although synthetic products are regarded by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comeback Wool Record at Sydney Sale Sydney
A world record of 219d a 1b for Comeback wool was paid at Sydney yesterday, beating the previous record by 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theft of Wool Alleged Two Men Before Dubbo Court
Two men were charged in Dubbo Police Court yesterday with the theft or two bags and three butts of wool valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Record Sheep and Land Prices 1950 A Year To Be Remembered
During 1950 the people of Narromine experienced rainfall which was many inches above the previous record for the district. they watched the Macquarie River rise to unprecedented heights, and sold their land and stock for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mushroom Farm at Cowra
Mushroom farming on a large scale is to be inaugurated at Cowar by a syndicate of several Cowra men…
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