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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,339 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 26 of 67

Binnaway Sheep

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 3

Mr. J. R. Renshaw, Binnaway, way, sold 156 Crossbred lambs to £5/13/1 averaging £6/10/10 and Boogadah Co., Binnaway 118…

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Wheat Ploughing

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 13

With the ground to a [?] condition following the week sad rain wheat farmers are working overtime to [?]…

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Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 10

The farmers and [?] co operative Grain insurance and Agency Company Limited we submitted a [?] of…

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Rain Was Answer to Wheat Farmers' Prayer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 3

As if in answer to the prayers of wheat fanners, 60 points of steady soaking _rain fell in the Dubbo district last night…

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Minore Picnic in Wheat Field

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 4

Ideal weather contributed to the success of a picnic attended by 150 children and their parents in a wheat field at Minore…

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Sydney Wool Auctions: Country Producers’ Selling Co. Ltd

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 4

Included in the last wool auctions of The Country Producers Selling Co. Ltd. were wools account. P. V. and W. N…

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New Wheat and Oats to Be Given Trial Cowra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 2

Recently named wheat and bat varieties were to be tested in trials at the Cowra Experiment Farm this season, Mr. N…

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Junior Farmers Club Notes

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 3

Club members are delighted to know that three fellow Junior Farmers from Gilgandra have been selected to…

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Co-operative Farm for Junior Farmers First in New South Wales

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 2

The New South Wales Junior Farmers Movement's latest venture is a co-operative farm at Orange, which…

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Special Farm Films

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 2

Films of interest to men on the land, including a full longtis documentary on wheat production "Harvest Gold" and a…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd. reported:— We submitted a catalogue of 6284…

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Stud Beef Cattle For Australia

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 12

Awaiting shipment in Britain since February last are 112 stud beef cattle purchased for Australia, But because of the slow turnround…

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Wool Given to University

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

The Director, of Sydney University's Centenary, Appeal, Professor T. G. Hunter, said that up to May 17 the University had…

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The Wool Position Market Readjustments

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

United States sheep and lambs on January 1. 1951, were estimated to total 31,505.000 head, an Increase of 762,000 on…

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Value of Mulesing Operation on Sheep Is Stressed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

The effectiveness of the correct mules and tail operation in reducing fly strike in sheep was demonstrated by Mr. J. Wood, Livestock Officer at the Trangie Experiment station on Wednesday…

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First Mushroom Crop Harvested At Cowra

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

The first of the Cowra mushroom crop has been harvested. Portion, has gone to Edgells cannery for experimental…

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Farmer's Wife Attacked by Savage Sow Lismore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

A savage sow yesterday inflicted terrible injuries on Eileen Joyce Watt, 27, wife of a farmer at Bentley…

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Dutch Migrants for Dairy Industry

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 6

"The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said in the Legislative Assembly that he would suggest to the Federal…

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Wheat Crop Prospects Greatly Improved by Light Rain

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

LIGHT falls of rain during the past week have brightened wheat prospects in the Wellington district and crops sown early this year are already showing most encouraging progress. The rain has softened the ground…

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"Flour Milling and the Wheat Industry."

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 1

A large crowd is expected at to-morrow night's general meeting of the Wellington Historical Society when Mr. H. C…

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