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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

1,084 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 46 of 55

Poor Quality Farm Machines Are Costly

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 4

When an inferior implement lets the farmer down, as it inevitably will, the cost of repairing it is only a very small…

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New Diesel "Tool-carrier" for Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 5

LONDON: Among exhibits to be shown at the forthcoming Smithfield Show at Earls Court. London, in December,…

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MOTORS & MOTORISTS Farm Mechanisation As Aid To Rural Production

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 3

(By Colin Rechner, factory re[?] Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing With 1,250,000 fewer farm hands than in 1830, United…

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The Farmers & Graziers’ Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 12

The Farmer; and Graziers’ Cooperative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 29th October, 1953…

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District Wool

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Co. wired us Tuesday:—We sold 9,400 bales of wool at auction and privately at…

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Wool Sales Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 3

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports on yesterday's sales. "All the best features of the…

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Monday’s Wool Sales

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 17

Winchcombe Carson Ltd.. report at the Sydney wool sales on Monday they sold 9.400 bales by auction and private treaty…

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Fine Wool Lingerie Like Gossamer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 4

LONDON: Fine wool lingerie for chilly days is now being stressed in some of the London collections…

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J P E; Capps Wins Mendooran Field Wheat Competition

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 7

Mr. J. E. Capps of Boori was the winner of the Mendooran Field Wheat Crop Competition conducted by…

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'Hoppers on the Wing Invade Towns in the West in Great Swarms Severe Damage Done To Standing Crops

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

Flying 'hoppers hitting iron roofs of homes in Gilgandra today sounded like heavy rainstorms a resident said The town is invaded by millions of fliers…

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Uk Minister on Aust. Farm Prices Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

The British Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (Viscount Swinton) said today that there was not the slightest…

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Junior Farmers’ Club Again Active Advisory Committee Reformed

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

Mr. I, Hall, Western District Supervisor was welcomed to the monthly meeting of the Coonabarabran…

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Agricultural Bureau Meeting Junior Farmers In Difficult Position

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 8

“We have been left in a hole and I have come to your meeting to see what can be done to help,” said Mr. Eric Taylor, member of the Junior Farmers’ Club to the members of the Coonabarabran Agricultural…

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Wongarbon Crop Wins Wheat Comp

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

Messrs. F. W. White and J. Bruce, of "Kurrajong Park," Wongarbon, have awarded first prize in the 1953 RAS Dubbo…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Italian foreign trade returns show that the rising trend in the wool trade of…

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Field Wheat Championships Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 2

The Manager of the NSW Agriculture Department's New England Experiment Farm, Mr. Eric C. Powell, will go on a…

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First Wheat Of Year At Trangie

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 8

The Trangie railway [?] is now open is receive wheat. The first simple was brought in by Mr. Harry…

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The Work of The Wool Research Laboratory at Trangie

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 6

The Wool Research Laboratory at Trangie Agricultural Experiment Station is one contribution the NSW Department of Agriculture is making to the Australian Programme of sheep and wool research…

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Aircraft May Be Used To Save Crops From 'Hoppers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

Aircraft may be used on large mans [?] of [?], a [?]…

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Narromine Crop May Yield 17 Bags an Acre, Expert Says

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

Narromine's [?] championship, a [?]…

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