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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Wheat Loses Resistance To Disease SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1

It is becoming increasingly difficult every year to produce disease-resistant strains or wheat, Mr. Nicholson, cereal…

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Pakistani Cattle By Plane To New Guinea MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 6

New strains of cattle more suited for the production of beef and milk in tropical Australia and New Guinea are expected to result from breeding research by CSIRO and the Department of Territories using…

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132d Paid For Wool In Brisbane SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1

Values reached their top for the week at the closing wool sales in Brisbane yesterday. About 12.180 bales were sold…

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Wool Sales U.K. and Japan Dominate Market

The Western Herald · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 5

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports:— Wool auction were resumed…

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Expert Says Wool Will Always Be In Demand

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 2

In some wool seasons, the level of prices has been influenced to the greatest extent by the purchasing of buyers on behalf of one particular consuming country…

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Wheat Trucks Not All [?]G Used, Says [?] E. G. Hoy

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 1

Althou[?] NSW Railways usually [?] 2000 trucks for transporting bulk wheat, only 15[?] were in use up to this…

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Junior Farmers for U.K. Talks Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 2

South Australia has been invited by the UK National Council of Young Farmers to send delegates to its conference…

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Monthly Review of Crop Conditions

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 2

Harvesting commenced in the early parts of the district at the beginning at the beginning of the month and with ideal…

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Tailored Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 5

A fine wool [?] dress in polo yellow, teasuring a [?] move [?] in [?] back…

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Yield From Nsw Wheat Crop Will Be High Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

A final review of the wheat crop position in NSW indicates a yield of 44,500,000 bushels and 215,000 tons bt ray, the…

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Records Broken In Peak Hill Wheat Harvest

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

Records have been broken in [?]wheat [?].One carrier, Mr. J.[?], has carted several big louds of wheat to the [?], the heavlest [?]…

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Wool Prices Showed Sharp Rise SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 1

Wool values rose sharply at the Sydney sales yesterday when keen bidding forced the price up by as much as 7½ per…

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EDITORIAL Mr. Winsor Should See The Wheat Deal For Itatf

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 1

The Commissioner for Railways has been applying a great deal of [?] toward his [?] of making the railways pay. His public [?] show that he also wants them to give service…

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Wool Season Has Been One Of The Best On Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 6

With green feed and water still abundant throughout the southern districts, and refresher rains in the North, North-West, and West assuring sound pastoral conditions till at least the end of summer,…

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Farmer Finds That Dehorning Pays

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

The dehorned here on Mr. A. W. Greig's porperty at Bergalia, offers a practical example of the benefits which result from this…

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Control Lifted on Sale of Oat Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

After many years of control in one form or other over the marketing of oats, the 1952-53 crop may be freely marketed…

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Concrete Fence Posts Last Longer Easily Made on the Farm

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

Concrete fence posts are easily and quickly made. They have advantages over timber posts in being fire-resistant and proof against white [?] and rot, and are therefore practically everiasting The working sketch of the…

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Fattening Cattle In Kimberleys. SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 2

The normal six years now taken to fatten cattle in the Kimberley districts of Western Australia can be halved,…

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University-bred Wheat Has, Had Successes Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 5

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, Professor S. H. Roberts, has commented on the success…

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World Stocks of Wool Are at Low Level

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 2

Developments overseas continue to indicate an improved consumption of wool, says Winchcombe Carson. This increase applies to Great Britain, the…

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