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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Junior farmer supervisors Sacking Part-time Men "Foolhardy"

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

"The part-time supervisor was one of the foundation stones on which the Junior Farmer Movement had been…

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C’bran Junior Farmer Projects-Improve Out of Sight

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

Mr. Ian Hore, Macquarie district supervisor to the Junior Farmer movement said yesterday, the standard…

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Honour for Mendooran Junior Farmer

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 13

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

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Mendoran Junior Farmers’ Club Meetings

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 13

At the monthly meeting of the Mendooran Junior Farm Club held last week, Mr. Gerrard Blackman presided…

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The Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 9

Reluctance of the world wool trade to wind up the selling season with values embarrassingly high for the…

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Close of 1943-1954 Wool Season

The Western Herald · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: With the wool trade nearing the final week of the 1953/54 selling…

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Rural Bank Chief Welcomes Wool Cost Trend

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

Mr. C. R. McKerihan, President of the Rural Bank of New South Wales, states that recent trends in the Australian wool growing industry justify an optimistic view of its future prospects…

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Wool Season Closes On High Note SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

Sydney wool sales for 1953-54 closed with the market the most stable for many years. Trade authorities said they…

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The Turf Warwick Farm Races Saturday's Acceptances

The Western Herald · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 12

Silverdale Handicap, 6f., 12.20- Moyborough 9.0, Lady Dudley 8.8, Atlantic Fort 8.7, Belle Elect 8.3, Glenada 8.3, Sabah 8.1,…

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Daring Mac Best Bet at Warwick Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 8

Starting at 14/1 Daring Mac was an outsider in the Croydon Stakes (6f) at Canterbury last Saturday and won well beating…

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Wool Report

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-op Crain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd., report under date June 24…

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Rain Needed To Save Wheat Crops In West And N.W. SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 6

The NSW wheat crop may fail unless rain falls in the West and North-West districts in the next few days, a…

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Wool Season Ends With Prices Firm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

The final wool sales in Sydney for the year were held last week and the Australian season will close in Brisbane…

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Damage To Wool By Branding SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 6

Discussion of damage caused to wool by branding: fluids and the best means of preventing damage will be made…

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Sound Outlook Is Seen for New Season's Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 6

With this week's auctions in Brisbane, Geelong and Perth, the 1953-54 Australian wool selling season ends. Apart from a London auction early in July, there…

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To Be a Farmer's Girl

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

This [?] to Australia, Miss. Mar[?] [?] come from Berlin with [?] other German [?], who [?] to work on a farm [?] her English improves, [?] she hopes to become a hairdresser…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 3

The eighteenth and final series for the season commenced in Sydney last week when Goldsbrough…

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Protects Sheep Through Winter

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 3

One large dose of a new calciferol compound will now protect sheep through out the entire winter…

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New Wheat Storage

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 3

New bulk storage facilities for wheat would be erected at Talbragar and Narromine this year, as…

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Decisions on Wool

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 8

Delegates to the Commonwealth Wool Conference at Pretoria, South Africa, decided to survey…

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