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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Wool Prices Rise At Two Sales SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 1

Wool prices rose at sales in Newcastle and Melbourne yesterday. In Newcastle values for…

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Wheat Production Costs Set At 12/7 Bushel CANBERRA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 2

Costs of production of wheat for the new season, which began this month, has been assessed at 12/7d. per bushel. This represents an increase of 8 pence per bushel…

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Elong Farmlet For Ballot SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 2

A 12 acre farmlet at Elong Elong would be open for application late in January, the Minister for Lands, (Mr. Hawkins)…

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More Vehicles Than Phones on U.s. Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 5

Latest figures show that there are more motor vehicles than telephones on United States farms…

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Wool Prices Remain Buoyant SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 1

Wool values were firm or slightly Improved at three sales — Newcastle, Melbourne and Perth—yesterday…

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Divisional Wheat Championships C’bran Entry Third

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 5

Mr. J. McEvoy of Rosewood, Ulamambri, who won the Coonabarabran District Field Wheat Competition…

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Wheat Carters Complain Delay in Unloading At Bulkhead

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 2

Wheat carters delivering loads to the Coonabarabran bulkhead at the railway station are complaining at the…

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Wool Dealer Loses Appeal on Profits Case Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 2

The case of wartime wool profits involving £3,000,000 was the subject of a decision by the Full High Court yesterday. The court held that wool dealers were not…

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Junior Farmers’ Exhibit For C’bran Show

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 7

A letter was received from the Coonabarabran Junior Farmers’ Club at last week’s meeting of the…

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Champion Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

Shepherd Harold Barber, of the University of Kentucky, shows Kentucky Colonel 3rd, at 1021b. Southdown of the University after being named grand champion wether, the first big award of the open competition, at the international live…

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Delays in Wheat Handling Hamper Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

The need to improve wheat handling facilities in the West so that crops can be received speedily by elevators and bulkheads, has been highlighted again this season by the delays wheatgrowers have…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The conclusion of the first half of the Sydney wool selling season…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 9

At Winchcombe Carson Ltd.'s sales last week, local clips realised the following prices A. W. Lowe, ewes 105d.; M…

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Narromine's Championship Wheat Crop Yields 60 Bushels Per Acre

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

Narromine's championship winning wheat crop has averaged 20 bags to the acre, it was announced this week. The grown by McKillop and Sons "[?]…

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Steady Market For Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

The conclusion of the first half of the Sydney wool selling season brings to a close one of the steadiest…

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Bulk Wheat System Breaks Down Again

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

The Narromine silos are full of wheat and none has been accepted since Monday because rail trucks, promised by…

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Australian Wool Cheque Increases Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

The Australian wool cheque for the five months ended November 30 last was £164,774,766, compared with…

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Wool Firm At Goulburn Sale SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

The market for crossbred wool at the Goulburn sale yesterday showed an advance of 5 per cent, on late Sydney rates…

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Wool Markets All Over World on Sample Pattern

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

At the current London wool sales the general pattern of market values being experienced in primary markets was in evidence, says Pitt, Son and Badgery…

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Govt. Fails to Arrange Talks on Wheat Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 2

The Acting Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) said that the Commonwealth had been unable to arrange a…

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