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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Mendooran Field Wheat Competition

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 1

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

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Ras Field Wheat Championship

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 2

Gunnedah district agronomist of the NSW Agriculture Department, Mr. J. A. O’Reilly, will tour the State’s central slopes…

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Australian Wool Record to Barunah Plains Clip

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 2

A new Australasian seasonal wool record was established at Geelong on Tuesday when Dalgetys sold the Barunah Plains…

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Better Quality Wheat Urgent Is Expert's View Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 2

The NSW Flour Millowners' Association's Commonwealth-wide campaign to encourage production of new varieties of higher-yielding and better quality wheat would rank among the major endeavors…

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New World Record for Lambs' Wool at Geelong Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 1

The world's record price of £2/3/0¼ a lb. paid for lambs' wool at the Geelong sales on Tuesday was smashed yesterday when a single bale of extra superfine merino lambs' fleece realised £2//7/6 a lb…

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Butterfly Farm in U.k. Is World Famous

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 5

A 7-years-old boy who is proud and quite skilled assistant on his father's butterfly farm, may one day become a…

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New Pastoral Award

The Western Herald · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 5

The Conciliation Commissioner has announced the new Pastoral Award rates of pay which result…

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Field Wheat Championships

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 2

The Gunnedah district agronomist of the NSW Agriculture Department, Mr. J. A. O'Reilly, will tour the State's central…

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Review of Western Wheat Crops by Chief Agronomist

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 3

Championship crops which won the RAS Field Wheat awards in the Western district were reviewed on by the judge Mr. C. Nicholson, acting principal agronomist of the Department of Agriculture in…

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Wheat Harvest Begins

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 3

Farmers in the Dubbo district have begun harvesting wheat and bags are beginning to pour into the Dubbo Flour…

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Confidence In Wool Values

The Western Herald · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 9

Winchcombe Carson Ltd writes as follows:— The comparatively long period of steady values for wool…

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Synthetic Fibre Mills Return to Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 2

At a conference of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers in the United States, it was revealed that a number of mills which had been weaving only synthetic fibres have now turned to…

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More Wool Used in U.S. New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 2

Consumption of wool in the United States is rising the American Wool Bureau has announced…

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Girls Learn Work Of Farmer's Wife

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 4

LONDON: The work of the girl who marries a farmer is so important that the Education Committee in the…

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Field Wheat comp. results

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 1

Mr. A. Scars, of Geurie, won the Wellington Show Society's Field Wheat Competition with a crop of Bencubbin…

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Excellent [?]lity Wheat At Sales

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 5

Wheat of excellent quality is being harvested [?] the Narromine district. At the Narromine [?]…

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Big Money for Wool Clip

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 2

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia has released figures which show that just over a quarter of the…

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Narromine Again Wins Western Wheat Championship

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 1

Narromine has [?] was the western wheat championship. The [?] to the acre crop of [?] by Messrs.McPhillip and [?] at [?] was pleased first in the [?]…

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Russia Buys Big Quantities of Crossbred Wool Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 1

Nearly 80 per cent. of crossbred wool offered at the Sydney wool sales yesterday morning was bought by buyers believed to be operating for Russia and other Eastern European countries…

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