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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 9 of 67

WOOL & Stock Market Report Forbes Sheep Sale

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

Edward Weaver and Coy. Forbes and The Farmers and Graziers Co.-op. Coy. Ltd. (Auctioneers in conjunction) report…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 9

The Country Producers' Selling Company Limited reported on the 8th February:—At the London sales conducted in that centre last…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 9

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company limited reported on the 7th February:—We submitted…

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Sheep Diseases in West Vanish Almost Overnight

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Sheep diseases which ravaged flocks and killed thousands of sheep in Western N.S.W. at the end of last year, have now almost entirely disappeared. A Dubbo veterinary surgeon said today that the…

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Strong Bidding Forces Wool Price Up

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

Strong buying by the largest operator in the Commonwealth forced wool prices up last week and injected fresh…

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Crimping Process For Low Grade Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 10

Hailed in New York as the Wool Textile Industry's reply to Nylon, a new method of crimping low grade wool has been…

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New Record for Wool at London Auction London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

New records for scoured Merinos with 12 blaes of super spinners—70's quality—from Queensland realising 297dstg…

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Rise in Price of Wool Consequences Will Be Far-Reaching

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

The spectacular increase in wool values which has taken place (his season was not fully anticipated, and its…

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"Ghost Town" Will Soon Vanish Dam Water To Flood Farm Community

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

A "Ghost Town" on the Macquarie River will, within years, vanish forever under waters of the Burredong Dam. it is Lower Macokerawa, which was a…

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Farmers In Scramble To Beg, Borrow Or Steal A Rabbit ALBURY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

For the first time in history, Victorian farmers are scrambling to beg, borrow or steal rabbits with which to…

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Prices for Wool Skirtings Remarkable Advance

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 7

Although some slight variation recently has been experienced in values for particular types of wool, the market has…

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South African WOOl Worth More Than Gold Or Diamonds

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 6

South Africa's gold mines the most productive in the British Commonwealth to-day play second [?]ddle to wool as…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 11

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: We sold 7,700 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday. Values were par to 5…

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Settlers and the Wool Tax

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 10

Soldier settlers under the war service land settlement scheme and ex-servicemen being financially assisted in…

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Junior Farmer Sheep, Wool Championships

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

The 1950 Junior Farmer Sheep and Wool (Division 11) state Championship has been won by Francis John Smith,…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 12

Dalgety and Co. wired as follows: Though no new record prices emerged from Wednesdays sales, and in spite of negligible purchases…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

The N.Z.L. & M.A. Co. reported on Feb. 16th:— The Sydney market during the past week has been in recess, the…

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America Short Of Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: No particular country is responsible for the widespread competition being experienced for wool and the…

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South Africa's Wool Value

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

South Africa's gold mines (the most productive in the British Commonwealth) to-day play second fiddle to wool as the Union's…

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Stud Cattle to Be Sold at Sydney Auction

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

At Sydney Royal stud cattle sales next month more than GOO bulls and cows will be offered for sale…

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