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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

1,273 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 19 of 64

The Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 12

With the clip down by 115,000 bales in Victoria and South Australia, and by 37,000 bales over all…

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Wool Textile Research and Industry Conference

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

The C.S.I.R.O. Wool Textile Research Laboratory, Geelong, in collaboration with the Gordon Institute…

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"Tough Time" For Wool in U.S.A.

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 12

From Boston, Dalgety's correspondent commented this week that Argentina might, find it more difficult to clear…

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Farmer's Filthy Lucre Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

Police searching a farm for an earthenware jar containing £300, found almost £4000 in decaying banknotes…

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Commonwealth Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 5

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. expect that rates ruling at recent stock sales will be maintained this week…

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Dubbo Backs Requests By Wheat Board

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Bigger overseas wheat sales and more wheat storage space are urgently needed to benefit Australia's wheat industry, the…

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More Money From Wool This Year

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 5

Figures re[?]sed by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia show that the quantity of wool sold…

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Wool, 400 Years Old Retains Color

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

The discovery high in the Andes of the ice-packed body of an Inca child, clad in wool and thought to be more than…

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Bigger Yields of Wheat When Grazing Oats Sown

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

A demonstration just concluded at Wagga Agricultural College shows that over a seven-year period, where oats for grazing were sown in wheat stubble, subsequent wheat yields were appreciably increased…

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Wool and Stock Markets A.m.l. & F.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 5

ML and F report that 122 tons of tallow were offered. Good to prime lines unchanged, other grades ruled 10/- to…

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Prices Rise At Qld. Wool Sales BRISBANE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Support by Continental, British and Japanese buyers yesterday raised the prices for Queensland wool 5 to 10…

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Reds Short Of Wool, But Boycott Ours LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Russia's decision to abstain temporarily from further purchases of Australian wool seems unlikely to prove a major…

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Donations for Jnr. Farmer Exhibit

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

All expenses for the Junior Farmers' exhibition at the Dubbo Show have been paid by donations, the last meeting of the…

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Jnr. Farmers Protest To Minister

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

A letter of protest concerning the dismissal of part-time supervisors has been sent to the Minister for Education…

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Tailored Wool

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

A fine wool tweed dress in pale yellow, featuring a bolero movement in the bodice back…

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Wool Textile Research Conference

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 4

The C.S.I.R.O. Wool Textile Research Laboratory, Geolong, in collaboration with the Gordon Institute…

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Russia's Wool Purchases Only Small

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

Mr. R. D. Bakewer, Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, commenting on Russia's withdrawal from the wool…

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U.S. Passes Wool Subsidy Bill Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

The Senate yesterday passed the Wool Subsidy Bill and rejected an attempt to extend high rigid price…

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£9,000,000 for Wheat in No. 15 Pool Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 1

A final payment of £9,744,622 will be paid wheatgrowers on May 11 for wheat delivered to No. 15 pool during the 1951-52…

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Tractor School For Jun. Farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 2

Twenty Junior Farmers from the Western Districts will attend a Tractor and Machinery School at Bedgerabong near…

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