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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Small Graziers Entries in Syd. Sheep Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

Record entries in the small graziers section of the Sydney Sheep Show have been received this year, the Acting Registrar…

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C’bran Sheep Dog Wins At Canberra

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

Clytie’s Sugar, a working sheep dog owned by Mr. R. H. Cox of Balmerah, gave her owner his most…

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Strong Demand At Wool Sales NEWCASTLE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

The market for all grades of merino and crossbred fleeces at Newcastle wool auctions here yesterday remained fully…

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Wool Research Men Discuss Merit of Fibres Geelong

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

"Taken out of doors from a dry room on a winter's day, a 2lb. woollen jacket generates enough heat to boil a kettle of water as it absorbs moisture from the air!" Dr. C. H. Nicholls of CSIRO's Wool…

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Girl Farmer Enters for Fat Stock Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 2

Miss Margaret Sewell of Albury, who has put in a Shorthorn steer is the first girl junior farmer and first woman to…

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4 Young Farmers For U.S.A.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

Exchange visits this year between young farmers of England and the United States of America with those of Australia…

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Wheat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 4

"Sowin things an grow in things an watchin of em grow; That's the game." my father said. an' father ought to know': "Setting things in getting things said. "That's very hard to beat…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain insurance and Agency Company Limited reported on 3th May:—…

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New Wool Fabric

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 4

Black [?] design on a [?] lazull blue background is used by light de Givenchy for this wool [?] with the…

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The Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 9

Avid demand from all major wool-consuming countries except Russia and U.S.A., continued to…

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Brisk Wool Buying At Auctions NEWCASTLE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

Brokens said yesterday that values were firm far all types of wool at the Newcastle wool auctions with most competition…

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Scientists Say Research Will Maintain... Wool's Supremacy Over All

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

"Australia must beware of the present high prices for wool being over-capitalised into high land values," Professor P. R. McMahon, of the NSW University of Technology, said at the final…

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The Turf Warwick Farm Races Saturday's Acceptances

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 12

2-Year-Old, 6 fur., 12.45—Fine Silk 8.5, Glenada 8.4, Avril 8.3, After All 8.3, Lady Dudley 8.2, Just Rose 8.0,…

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Peak Hill Sheep Sale

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

At the Associated Agents monthly sheep sale on Thursday about 3000 were yarded. Several lots were passed in, not…

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Smart Wool Day Dress

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 4

FB12/11 Australian Wool Bureau Photograph Unusual side buttoning and neckline treatment—with…

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Wool Values Hold Firm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 5

The tendency for wool to move against buyers continues in all auction rooms both in Australia and overseas, Winchcombe,…

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New Drench for Worms in Sheep

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 6

Recent abatements in the press about "a new phenothiazine drench" for worms in sheep have given graziers the…

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Demand For Late Season Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 5

At the Newcastle sales last week the offering comprised mainly top making wools with a sprinkling of spinners types the…

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Firm Values For Wool From West

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 1

All descriptions of merino fleece, most of it coming from the North-Western plains, Far and Central Western districts,…

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£7 Million More From Wool Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

The statistical summary issued by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia this week reveals…

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