Improved Tone Showing in Wool Market
The hardening tendency now progressing in Australian wool markets was emphasised by Dalgety's Brisbane and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1951
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Wool-bale for Unl From Every Grazier
Every grazier in N.S.W. is being asked to donate a bale of wool to the Sydney University Centenary Appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmers' Club Fallow Competition Results
The annual fallow competition conducted by the Gilgandra Junior Farmers Club was judged by Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tremendous Display of Vehicles and Farming Machinery
A tremendous range of modern farm machinery and fleets of late model cars are en display at the show this year, highlighting Dubbo's importance as a great commercial centre. Pride of place in the displays is shared by sleek streamlined cars…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laboratory at Trangie Experimental Farm
An interesting and instructive programme of lectures and demonstrations has been prepared for the second special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Highland Cattle Prices
Scottish Highland cattle breeders have been showing outstanding specimens at recent shows. For the first time in its history, the Oban Show recently included heifers in its classes and one fetched a record price of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Decreased Wool Supplies Future Markets
The wool market, although lower than at peak levels, has steadied for all well grown lines. This change in tone is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rustlers Raid Sheep with Silenced Dogs Melbourne
Rustlers are raiding Victoria's sheep flocks now valued at £110,000,000. Working with muzzled dogs,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Festival," New Wheat Variety Bred By Dept. Of Agriculture
" 'Festival,' a new rust-resistant wheat variety, bred by the Department of Agriculture, has been accepted for registration,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beef Cattle for Australia
By arrangement with Dalgety's, Lord Lovat, distinguished British breeder-judge of beef cattle, will personally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Entries Three Times Greater
The sheep exhibit was one of the best sections in the Dubbo Show with the entries approximately three times…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Reserves Overseas Have Dwindled
The wool market this season has confirmed the opinions of the optimists. Various factors have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America and Wool The Supply Position
At a period when demand for wool became somewhat unsettled because of the withdrawal of a large volume of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dry Sowing of Wheat If Rain Holds Off
Rain, and more rain, well within a fortnight, is all that can save the district from enforced dry sowing of wheat. The longer rain holds off, the more oats will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Trampled to Death in Rail Trucks Eight Injured Beasts Off-Loaded And Rested At Dubbo
Seven cattle were trampled to death and another eight were severely injured in railway tracks in transit between Byrock and Dubbo on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter School for Junior Farmers At Wagga Agricultural College
The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham. MLA, announced last week that a Winter School for Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Orange Farmers Worried About Wire Salesman—And £980
Some farmers graziers and poultrymen in the Orange district who recently ordered and paid for wire which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trained Farmers Migrate
These are migrants leaving Australia to become New Israeli. While Australia is welcoming scores of thousands of migrants from Europe to help fill her vast spaces, her factories and swell her growing economy, these Australian-born Jews are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farewell or Au Revoir to Farmers' Money Orange
About £980 has been obtained from farmers, graziers and poultrymen residents in the Orange district, as advance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What! No Butter!
A recent increase in the price of bread doesn't worry Rangi and Esmeralda. the Melbourne Zoo's two hippos. Their keeper Roy Gorham feeds them two dozen loaves of stale bread a day as a tit-bit. That's a lot of starch taken at one session but…
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