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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Special Dalgety News Service Photos of Recent Sydney Jubilee Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 5

Newspaper photographers were too sure of their prediction that the Mungadal champion medium wool ram would be the grand champion, but the was beaten by a champion from the Small Graziers' class, who showed in Sydney for the first time and beat the top sheep from…

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Special Dalgety News Service Photos of Recent Sydney Jubilee Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 10

Seeking the Grand Champion Merino Ram. These are the champion rams of the various sections. The winner was the second ram from the left, bred and exhibited by a North-West small farmer F.O. Gobbert, whose lock is less than 1,000 sheep…

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Wool Allocation Scheme Discussed in U.S. CANBERRA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 3

Australia was opposed to any wool allocation scheme which would replace the present auction system, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said today…

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Spare Parts for Farm Machinery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

The annual convention of the N.S.W. Liberal Party urged the Government to ensure that subsidised makers of agricultural…

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Farmers Help to Build New Bulkheads

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 3

Meetings of farmers were held at Wongarbon on Tuesday and Elong Elong on Wednesday to store the wheat of…

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Farm Spare Parts Move

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 4

The annual convention of the N.S.W. Liberal Party urged the Government to ensure that subsidised makes of agricultural…

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Car Somersaults Into Bell River. Wellington Farmer's Narrow Escape

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

A YOUNG Wellington fanner escaped with only slight injuries when his car crashed through a fence on the Mitchell Highway, eight miles from Molong, on Saturday night and somersaulted into the Bell River…

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Home Consumption Price of Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 5

Mr. L. J. Falles, MP. says that the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. J. McEwan, in reply to a question in the House…

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WOOL & Stock Market Report Walgett Sale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

There was widespread interest in Dalgety's first special store sheep sale at Walgett on July 18, when buyers were present in…

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Action Urged to Check Wheat Decline Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

Unless some action is taken to ensure a satisfactory return to growers, there will be a further serious decline in…

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Wool Plan Poll Ballot Papers Sent Out Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. J. McEwen) has announced the arrangements for the referendum of Australian woolgrowers on the proposed Plan of Minimum Reserve Prices for wool…

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Minister Urges Mixed Farming

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham. MLA. to-day urged upon primary producer the need for a…

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Record Price for Parkes Cattle

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

A Parkes butcher, Mr. Sam Warren, paid what is regarded as a record price for cattle at the Parkes sale yards. He…

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Sheep Killed When Hit by Lorry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 2

Two wethers were killed when a lorry ran into a mob of sheep near Troy crossing on Tuesday. Kenneth Patrick Hartley, of…

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Home Consumption Price of Wheat

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 6

Mr. L. J. Failes M.P. says that the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. J. McEwan, in reply to a question in the House of…

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Weavils in Wheat Position Not Serious

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

The amount of damage to wheat in the 1950 crop at the Coonabarabran stacks is not serious, said Mr. Percy Searle,…

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The Wool Case (To The Editor)

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. J. H. Dickson writ ing in your issue of 5th July, repeats the arguments he has heard advanced by those…

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Goolhi Estate 9,000 Acres Under Wheat

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 5

At last week’s meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council. Cr. D. Mulcahy stated there are 9,000 acres…

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WOOL & Stock Market Report Dalgety & Co. Ltd

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 4

Disturbing factors are still restraining activity in the store sheep markets. Lack of confidence in wool futures, still in…

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£140,000 Is Bid for Famous Cattle Station Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

A Melbourne man bid £140,000 in Brisbane yesterday for Australia's most famous cattle run, which inspired the…

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