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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 65 of 67

District Wool

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 2

At the Newcastle wool auctions Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd’s cata[?]ogue included account D. [?] Watt (Gowang…

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Wool Sales

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd wired Wednesday: We sold 9000 bales of wool at our auction and…

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Sheep and Lambs Cheaper at Homebush

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 15

There were 30,017 sheep and lambs penned at Homebush on Monday of which 17400 were lambs and suckers…

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Confidence Returning Sydney Wool Sales

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 3

Reflecting the steadily rising market in tops at Bradford this week being the first upward movement for two months…

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Wool Market Makes Upward Trend Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

Reflecting the steadily rising market in tops at Bradford, this week being the first upward movement for two months, values at the Sydney wool sales have hardened progressively since Monday…

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Winchcombe Carson’s Report Sydney Wool Auctions

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

At the Sydney wool auctions of Winchcombe [?] Ltd., on Tuesday [?] included account W. J. Blackburn…

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Spicer's Creek Mr. R. Masters Wins Wheat Comp

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 8

Mr. Ron Masters, of "Fernleigh," is receiving congratulations on his win in the recent wheat competition for…

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Wheat Plan Now In Melting Pot CANBERRA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

Western Australia's rejection of the legislation to increase the price of feed wheat to 16/1 a bushel is being followed up…

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Crop Fire Averted Farmer’s Prompt Action

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

The pr[?]mpt action of Mr. [?] C. C[?]ggan share farmer on Maderty, the property of Mr. A. T. [?] on Tueday averted…

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Gilgandra Junior Farmers Club Review of Year's Work

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 6

At a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Gilgandra Junior Farmers' Club a very…

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100 Acres of Crop Destroyed at Geurie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

A fire broke out on Mr. Doug Greenwood's property last Monday morning and burned about 100 acres of crop. The fire was…

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CUMNOCK Crops Benefit by Rain

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 12

The recent fall of rain has helped backward crops. Harvesting of oats has commenced also wheat stripping on the…

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N. Scifleet, Winner Binnaway Crop Competition

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 10

Mr. Neville Scifleet, of Amaroo, with a crop of Bencubbin, won the Binnaway wheat crop competition with…

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Two Wellington Men Committed for Trial on Wool Stealing Charge

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 6

AT the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday two Wellington men were committed for trial at the Dubbo Quarter Sessions next year on a charge of stealing a bale of wool, valued at £104, from the property of…

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Wheat Harvest Down 30 Per Cent Deliveries Slow, But Quality Generally Fair to Good

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

SILO officials and flour mill managers in Wellington estimate that there will he at least 30 per cent, less wheat harvested this year than in 1950. Wheat received so far has been of fair to good…

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Central Western Slopes Crop Competition

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

Three Wellington wheat growers contested the Central Slopes Division of the Royal Agricultural Society's 1951…

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Agronomist's Report on Cumnock Crop Competition

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 8

In submitting his report on the recent crop competition, the District Agronomist, Mr. R. C. Madson, stated, among…

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Central Slopes Field Wheat Contest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 2

Following are the results of the R.A.S. Field Wheat Competition for the Central Slopes Division:…

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Narromine Wheat Yield A Record?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

Although final figures arc not yet available, it appears that a State and possibly a national record wheat yield of…

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Wheat Losses Caused by November Winds

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 7

Fierce winds caused losses in some wheat crops last months says the Central Western District Agronomist, Mr. N. S…

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