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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Miners Don't Wait For Money, But Wheat Farmer Must, F & S President Says

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 3

"I could not age [?] miners waiting years for their money like the wheat grower is expected to," Mr. W. R. Seilley said in an address to members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association from [?] and Peak Hill, who met…

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WOOL & Stock Markets Wellington Sales

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 5

A heavy yarding of approximately 5000 sheep was made at the Wellington stork sale last Friday…

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1953 Wool Consumption Near Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 5

World wool consumption in 1953 reached a total of 2,600,000,000 lb (clean), with one exception, the highest ever…

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New Silos To Be Built At Narromine And Talbragar To Store Million Bushels of Wheat for Dist.farmers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

Wheat storages capable of holding 1,100,000 bushels of wheat will be erected at Narromine and Talbragar in an emergency move to handle this year's harvest, a member of the Australian Wheat…

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Schools for Two Narromine Junior Farmers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

Junior Farmers L. Shepherd and D. Finlayson, of Narromine, have been selected to attend the annual schools at…

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Farmers' Problems Discussed at F & S District Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

Twelve brandies of the Farmers and Settlers' Association were represented at a meeting of the Dabbo District Council at the Dubbo CWA Rooms on Friday. They discussed many problems affecting the man on the land…

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Junior Farmer Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 5

H. Armstrong, of the Wellington Club, and L. Sheppard, of Narromine, have been selected to attend the vegetable growing…

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Good Cattle Prices

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 5

At the Gilgandra Associated Agents sale last Friday, £27/1/0 was secured for vealers…

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Wool Average Lower

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 8

During the week sales have been held at Newcastle, where on Wednesday and Thursday the 9th…

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Care in Use of Arsenical Sheep Drench

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 7

Early this month, 80 sheep out of a mob of four hundred were lost on a properly in the…

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Unique Protection Covers Wool Industry

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 7

Few people today realise the extent of aplication and protection afforded by Sheeps Back…

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Dubbo Seen As Central Wheat Terminal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 4

Dubbo is the logical site for a central, wheat terminal for the West and should receive first preference in allocation…

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Wheat Price In U.K & U.S. Is Still Far Above Curs, Say Experts And. Australian Wheat Costs Still Lowest in World Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

Optimistic views of Australia's wheat position are expressed by two officers of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The Director of the Bureau (Mr. Strong) says…

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Honour for Junior Farmer

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

Junior Farmer, James Ward, of Mendooran, has been selected to attend the annual School of…

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The Farmers & Graziers’ Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 11

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited 10th June, 1954…

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Eight new classes for Show Sheep

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

Eight classes have been added to the sheep section for next year's Wellington Show. The additional classes have…

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Drop in World Wool Production

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

A revised estimate of world wool production, compiled by the Commonwealth Economic…

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Wool Market Has Excellent Prospects Ahead

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

With the approach of the final week of the 1953-54 wool selling season in Australia, buyers are still finding that the market is maintaining a firming tendency, reports Winchcombe Carson Ltd…

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£170,000 From One Wool Clip SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 3

A wool clip of 1800 bales, said to be the biggest in Australia, which was sold at the sales yesterday, was worth more…

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Better Classing Needed for Wool for U.S. SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

More care must be taken with the classing of Australian wool for the United States market, to meet…

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