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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Big Hopes for New Csiro Sheep Station Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 3

The CSIKO hopes to make its new sheep biology laboratory at Prospect, near Parra-matta the world centre of…

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Buoyant Values At Wool Sales SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 1

A new Sydney record for the season was made at the wool sales yesterday when a greasy merino fleece from Yass was…

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Potato, Tomato Crops Good

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 2

Potato crops had made excellent progress in the Dubbo and Wellington areas the district agronomist. (Mr. N. S. Tickner)…

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Dogs Join Search For Farmer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 1

Police dogs from Sydney have joined in the search for the farmer missing from Jaunter, police at Oberon told the…

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Farm For McDermott Sought SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 1

If an investigation showed, last Frederick MeDermott would be salted to the land, the State should help him…

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Apple Crop Is Disappointing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 3

An almost total failure of apple crop in the Armidale-Kentuck'y area is reported by the Department of Agriculture…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson wire Wednesday: We sold 9,300 bales of wool at auction and…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 4

Dalgety Ltd. wire, Tuesday:—Merino wool values returned to highest point of…

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Sheep Classing Race of Good Design

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 6

A well-constructed race of good design is an essential to the smooth working of any sheep property, says the…

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Sydney Sheep Show's New Sections Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

The schedule revision committee of the NSW Sheepbreeders Association has made important additions to…

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Wool Values at the Top

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 11

Wool values returned to the highest point of the season at the Sydney Sales on Monday last, when fine wools opened…

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Good Wheat Yield Baradine Harvest On

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 15

Wheat harvesting has been progressing apace in the Baradine district for the past two or more weeks, during which…

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American Styled Suit in Lightweight Wool

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 1

A slim line Spring suit in navy and grey fine wool worsted. (One of the fashions shown at the “Wool-in-California” show at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.)…

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ITALIAN-DESIGNED Dress in Featherweight Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 5

FB10/1 Australian Wool Board Photograph. This beautiful wool afternoon dress is a striking example of extensive use of pleating and stitching. It stresses the cool summery look of cobweb-thin wool…

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Binnaway Wheat Competition Mr Stan King, Winner

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 6

The district agnonomist, Mr. F. Filan, has announced Mr. Stan King, with a crop of Bencubbin, grown on Mr…

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Wool Still In Keen Demand SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 1

Keen demand for wool continued at the Sydney sales yesterday, when 15,281 bales were offered…

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Bulk Wheat Depot Open 50,000 Bags Expected

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

Although the capacity of the bulk wheat depot at Coonabarabran is 33,000 bags the intake this…

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Mr. and Mrs. S. E. BROWN Wheat Growing Champions

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 12

Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Brown, of Mendooran, were awarded the RAS central western district wheat growing championship…

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5700-Mile Journey by 5000 Cattle From N.T. SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 3

Five thousand Northern Territory-bred Shorthorn beef cattle weaners have reached NSW looking like "skin and bone" after a 2700-mile trek by road and rail…

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Judge's Report on Wellington Mion of R.A.S. Field Wheat Competition

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 4

A CROP of Celebration grown on the Suntop property of the estate of A. J. O'Brien, won the Wellington division of the R.A.S. Field Wheat Competition. The winning crop, which is estimated to yield 40 bushels to…

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