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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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District Men Asked to Help in Sheep Research

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

Extensive research into sheep fertility in the Trangie. Warren and Nyngan districts is at present being carried out by…

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Big Wheat Yield From Small Area SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

Australia's wheat crop has been estimated by the Commonwealth Statistican, Mr. Carver, at Just under…

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Wool Price Up At Sydney Sale SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

All descriptions of wool increased in price at the opening of the Sydney wool sales yesterday. The Sydney Wool Selling…

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Big Increase in Austn. Wool Cheque Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

A greater quantity of wool sold during the first half of the 1952-53 season compared with the coresponding half of the…

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Wheat Acreage And Tractor Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 3

Thousands of tractors of many makes were unsold in Australia because of the decline in the acreage under wheat, the…

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Silos Are Wheat Bottleneck SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

Wheat crops coud be doubled within a few years if the areas in the North and the North West were fully exploited, the…

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Wheat Trials at Gilgandra: 2 "Bungeuy" Plots

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 4

The value of good soil management rotation, Buse of fertilisers and efficient working are reflected in high yields obtained again this year on Mr. H. C. Wilson's property "Bungey," Gilgandra…

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The Week in Wool

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 11

Predicting that rising world demand will prolong [?] longest post-war period of healthy stability throughout the remaind…

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Tropical Cattle For Australia MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

Five zebu and five Africander bulls and heifers from prize herds in Texas and Florida are on their way to…

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Sheep Dog Trials June Meeting Arranged

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 16

A report from a sub-committee advised the meeting of the Coonabarabran P. A. and H. Association [?]n Friday night [?] is…

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Wool Values Firm In Sydney SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

Values showed no change at the Sydney wood sales yesterday, when 17,159 bales were catalogued and 16,901 sold at…

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Wool Prices Firm on Many World Markets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 4

The prediction that rising world demand will prolong wool's longest post-war period of healthy stability throughout the remainder of the present selling season has been confirmed by the opening sales of the…

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Dale & Orient Wheat Grows Well in Wongarbon Area

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

While Dale wheat still retains pride of place in results on Mr. A.S. Morris property, "Valley Fields," at Wongarbon, Orient being tested on the experiment plot for the first time last season has given promising…

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Farmers Want More Market News

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

Claiming that Dubbo vegetable growers may have lost about £100 because the ABC did not broadcast sufficient…

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Girl Farmer To Visit England SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

A 19-year-old South Australian girl, who assists her father as a "general hand" on a mixed farming property,…

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Congratulations Recorded M. Redden’s Crop Win

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 8

The congratulations of the Coonabarabran P. A. and H. Association to Mr. Max Redden, of Merrybah in winning both…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 12

Wool values were maintained at Tuesday's easier levels at Sydney Sales on Wednesday, when all descriptions of…

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Store Sheep Market Continues to Have Big Turnover

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 6

Turnover in the store sheep market continued to rise this week as graziers clamored for young wethers and breeding ewes for which orders could not be fully met…

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Wool and Stock Report Dalgety & Co

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 6

Dalgety's report that at the Sydney wool sales their catalogue of 6076 bales was cleared at very satisfactory averages…

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World Wool Use Japan a Factor

The Western Herald · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The use of wool in most consuming countries shows definite improvement on…

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