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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Award for Beef Cattle Research

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 7

The CSIRO has decided to apply a gift of £50.000 from Mr. William McIlrath to found the William McIlrath…

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Spectacular Wool Prices Expected SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 1

Rivalry by Russia and America at yesterday's wool sales caused values for some juality [?] lines to rise sharply…

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Wool Demand in the U.s.a

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 6

Winchcombe Car-oil [?] report that the [?] increase in american support shown during the last series…

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Wheat Specialist Makes Survey For Flourmillers SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 2

NSW flourmillers annually buy, at a premium, 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 bushels of high flour-quality wheat for blending with weaker types to lift the baking quality of the State's flour…

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"Trefle" Dairy Clearance Sale

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 2

Messrs. Ballhausen at [?] vine and Winchcombe [?] Ltd. report a most successful clearance sale was held [?]…

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Farms Over-run & Towns Invaded As Hopper Plague Intensifies Landowners Declare That National Emergency Needs Federal Assistance

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 1

The whole NSW wheat belt is endangered by the alarming increase in the grasshopper plague which has already denuded thousands of acres of pastoral properties…

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No Portents for Diminishing Values for Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 7

Steadily balanced at longest levels of stability in its auction history, the week's wool market continued its even tenor at Newcastle, Goulburn and Melbourne…

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Lambs Wool Makes World Record Price Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 1

A world's record price of 431d a lb was set at Geelong for lambs' wool yesterday…

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Uni. Students Want Farm Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 1

Agricultural students from Sydney University are seeking farm employment to cover their November-March vacation…

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Fat cattle firm but store sheep cheaper at fortnightly market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 7

For the regular fortnightly stock sale, held by Associated Agents on Tuesday last, there was a yarding of 3600 sheep and 140 head of cattle. The fact that cattle trucks were temporarily unavailable contributed to the small cattle yarding. Good fat cattle again sold…

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The Farmers & Graziers’ Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers Cooperative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited, 16th October, 1953…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 1

Dalgety Ltd. wire: Under more widespread competition from the Continent, U.K., Japan, and…

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Our Best Wool Customer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 2

The improved Inquiry noticeable in the demand for wool from Russia aud the Central European countries during…

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Millers Finance University Wheat Research

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 2

A gift of £300 made by the NSW Flour Millowners' Association was the first instalment of a substantial annual contribution the association planned to give Sydney University for wheat research…

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Breeder Urges Us to Improve Beef Cattle Studs Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 5

Pedigree beef cattle were as important to Australia as thoroughbred racehorses and deserved comparable treatment, prominent Argentine rancher, Dr. Carlos Geurrero, said in Sydney…

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Junior Farmers' Club

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 4

A meeting of the Gilgandra Junior Farmers' Club will be held at the School at 7.30 p.m. on…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 7

Under more widespread competition from the Continent, United Kingdom and pressure by Russian countries, the…

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Wool Saks

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report the following district wool sales yesterday: Cutmore, Custmore and Perry…

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Trangie Wheat Competition to Mr. H. Ba[?]lay

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 4

The Trangie PA [?] Association's [?] competition has been [?] Mr. H. Barclay, [?]…

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Lamb's Wool World Record Price 490¼ A lb. MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

Reaching the staggering price of 490 pence a lb at the Geelong sales yesterday a bale of lamb's wool broke the previous…

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