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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,155 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 57 of 58

Wheat Delivery Held Up

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 4

Local farmers and [?] riers have been experiencing great difficulty during the past two weeks in the…

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MIDDY-LINE Wool Two-Piece

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

This L[?] two-piece jumper suit is in black and white check wool. The V shaped decollete is trimmed with a big white…

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Wheat Cartage Rates Opening and Tipping

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

The Prices Commissioner, Mr A.H. K Weir, on December 11. announced the gazettal of an amendment to the Prices…

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"Dubbo Needs Sub-terminal for Wheat"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

The obvious remedy to the wheat crisis in the West was the construction of a new sub-terminal at Dubbo, a railway…

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Lemonwood Fire 35 Acres Wheat Burnt

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

In a fire which was started by a spark from a tractor while harvesting about 35 acres of a 75 acre cultivation paddock…

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How 35,000 Cattle Are Handfed In U.S. Stockyard

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

A visit to an Arizona, United States, stockyard with 25,000 hand-fed beeves fattening with a gain of 2½lb. per day on an area of 175 acres, was one of the highlights of the world tour of Mr. John…

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Big Demand For Wool At 3 Sales SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 1

Wool values were maintained it three selling centres yesterday — Newcastle, Goulburn and Melbourne…

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Farmers To Grow Hops In N.S.W.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

Over 1,000 hop "setts" have been mode available to district, agronomists by the Department or Agriculture Experiment…

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First Wheat Wheat Trucks at Narromine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

Narromine silon have received their first relief—20 bulk rail trucks have arrived, The manager,…

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Telling Sheep's Age By Teeth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

Sheepmen rely mainly on the number and condition of a sheep's teeth to indicate its age, but there are differences…

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[?] of [?]K Wheat [?] Trucks

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

"Some people have criticis[?]d [?] m[?]gers because no [?]way [?] tro[?] have arrived to take wheat away from…

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Declining Output Of Fine Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

The eagerness of world buyers in Australia to fill orders for fine wool has been intensified by the declining…

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Buyers Clamored For Wool Expert Asserts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

World demand for superfine merino and fine comeback wool has again made news headlines, as the first half of the wool-selling season closed in Sydney and Geelong with Continental buyers bidding…

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Price War For Wool Predicted SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 6

A price-quality war between wool and synthetics is imminent, says the president of the Graziers' Association of NSW…

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Wool Price Soars At Newcastle SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

Prices at the Newcastle sales yesterday were the highest for the season. Top price was 226¾d. lb for…

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Flour Miller's Complaint on Dubbo Wheat (Continued From Page 1)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

"But as soon as they aid this on a big scale, the millers said, 'We can now get plenty of the wheat we want, so we will stop…

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Flour Miller Complains That Quality of Dubbo Wheat Is Below Needs Grower Says This Due To Poorer Varieties Providing Bigger Profits

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

The low protein content of wheat grown in the Dubbo district this year was a great disappointment, the manager of the Dubbo Milling Company (Mr. Hart) said today…

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Sheep Lost in Bush Fire at Peak Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 3

Some sheep were burnt in a fire at Peak Hill on Friday. It started on Mr. Westcott's property south of Harvey Park…

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Record Airlift Of Cattle To New Guinea MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

The longest air lift of cattle on record has just been completed with the arrival at Port Moresby of the second consignment of 22 Zebu cattle from Pakistan…

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Electricity Could Be Used On More N.S.W. Farms

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 3

The increasing extent to which electricity is being used in New South Wales rural areas may be gathered from the fact that as much as 23,000 units per annum are being used on a single farm…

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