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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Store Sheep Dearer Monday’s Dunedoo Stock Sale

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 17

Store sheep were from 30/-to £2 per head dearer at Monday’s stock sale of O. L. Milling and Co., Dunedoo,…

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Wool Price Rise Steepest in Austn. History

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 3

The steep rise of more than 50 per cent, in wool prices in Australia within a fortnight has been so precipitous as to give cause for doubt as to whether it is a healthy market movement…

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Woolgrowers Rep. Chides Wool Manufacturers SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 1

Clothing manufacturing representatives are making the most of fluctuating wool prices, the Australian…

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192d at Albury. Season's Record Wool Price. Albury

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 1

A record price for the current season of 192d was established at the Albury Wool Sales for super Merino fleece…

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Russia and Japan Spur Wool Market to New High Levels

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 1

There was Intense interest at Sydney Wool Sales on Monday, when Japan and Russia led strong…

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Butter Factory Sold to Quick Freeze Coy. Price £10,000 Clear of All Expenses with Protection for Suppliers and Guarantee for Early Start of New Industry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 1

A WELL-ATTENDED special general meeting of more than thirty shareholders of the Macquarie Valley Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd. in the Agricultural Hall yesterday morning unanimously decided to sell the butter factory to Messrs. "Ready Maid" Quick Frozen Foods Ltd., for the sum of £10,000, clear of all expenses…

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World Sheep & Wool the Rise in Values

The Western Herald · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The recent rapid marked advances in wool values are without precedent in the history of the trade…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 10

The Country Producers Selling Co Ltd. report: Following closely upon the increase in values experienced at the close of the last…

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Market Reports Commonwealth Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 6

The Commonwealth Wool and produce Company Ltd. in conjunction with Roach and Matthews conducted a special cattle…

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New Finding on Drought Sheep Feeding

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 6

One of the greatest contributions ever made to the economics of drought feeding sheep in Australia, has been the demonstration by Dr. M. C. Franklin, principal research officer of the C.S.I.R.O. McMaster…

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Sheep Lice Spreading to Far West

The Western Herald · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4
Also in Narromine News and Trangie Advocate

"Sheep lice are gradually spreading to far-western districts of New South Wales, after many years of virtual freedom there from the…

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Wool Report Russia and Japan Spur Wool Market to New High Levels

The Western Herald · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

There was intense interest at Sydney Wool Sales on the 10th, when Japan and Russia led strong competition by Britain and…

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The Ups And Downs Of Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Here is how the price of wool fluctuated on the four days of the Sydney wool auctions as recorded by the Sydney Wool…

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Wheat Yield Below Our Needs MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Australia's wheat harvest this season will be about 30,000,OQO bushels below requirements, the Wheat Board…

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Wheat For Poultry Industry Minister Seeks Increased Quota

The Western Herald · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 11

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said in the Legislative Assembly last week that he was…

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Sheep and Wool Industry. Claims of Macarthur, as Founder, Advance. (To The Editor)

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 3

Dear Sir,—I read with considerable interest the article "The History of Australia's Merino Sheep and Wool," by H. W…

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Quick Freeze Enterprise. Ready Transfers of Butter Factory Shares

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 1

Mr. R. N. Neslon. local agent for "Ready Maid" Quick Frozen Foods Ltd., told a "Times" representative to-day that since last…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers' Agency Co, Ltd, report under date October 11: We submitted our catalogue…

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Sheep Die From Blackleg

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 2

"Two outbreaks of blackleg disease in sheep were reported recently.—one from the Coonamble district, the other from…

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