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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Sheep Dog Trials Results

The Western Herald · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 6

Fords Bridge Open Champion: Mr. H. O'Mally's Brown. Fords Bridge Reserve Open Champion: Mr. L. Jackson's…

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Wool Sales Wool Market Opened 5 TO 7½ Per Cent. Cheaper

The Western Herald · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 3

Wool prices were 5 to 7½% lower compared with Sydney closing rates of June, when Dalgety's opened the new…

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Australian Wheat Sales Improve SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

Australia would again be faced with a carryover of wheat if the coming crop is as large as the past two, the…

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Wool Sales Prices Steady Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

Prices for greasy merino at Sydney wool sales yesterday were practically unchanged compared with the previous day…

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Fords Bridge News Sheep Dog Trials and Gun Shoot Sports Meeting & RACES

The Western Herald · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 6

On Saturday last a Sports & Race Day, Gun Shoot & Sheep Dog Trials, organised by the Fords…

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Storage For Extra 2½ M. Bushels To Relive Silo Shortage Work Starts on 7 New Wheat Depots for West

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

Huge steel reinforced concrete silo-type structures, capable of storing a total of 2,600,000 bushels of wheat, are being erected at Talbragar, Narromine, Gilgandra, Binnaway and Gulgong in an effort to…

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Narromine Junior Farmers' Notes

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 3

A general meeting of the Narromine Junior Farmers' Club was held in the public school hall on Friday night…

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Adults Asked to Help Junior Farmers' Club

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

The first meeting of the newly formed Trangie Junior Farmers Advisory Committee will be held in the Central School…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: We sold 11,750 bales at auction and privately at our Sydney woll sales on Tuesday…

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Monthly Review of Crop Conditions

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 3

Very variable weather was experienced during August with the majority of days bright with hot sunshine and cold, frosty mornings. Only one effective fall of rain was received, being…

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Mixed farming block open for ballot

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 2

A 2017 acre sheep breeding and wool growing block near Tullamore was opened for application to-day under the…

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Sheep and Wool Block for Soldier Settlement

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 7

A 2017-acre Sheep breeding and woolgrowing block near Tull[?]re will he open for settlement on Monday…

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Commonwealth Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 5

A total of 71 tons of tallow were offered and the market was generally unchanged report the Commonwealth Wool and…

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Slow Growth of Wheat Crops Shows Need of Good Rain

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 6

Just how badly rain was needed is shown by the monthly report of the District Agronomist, Mr. N. S. Tickner…

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Late Cattle Sales Wanted at Show Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 5

The Aberdeen-Angus Society of Australia supported the opinion of the United Stud Beef Cattle Breeder's' Association of…

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WOOL & Stock Reports Pitt, Son & Badgery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 5

Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. reports, that its catalogue was sold last Wednesday and that there was increased support from the…

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Wool Market Firms At Brisbane BRISBANE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 1

The downward trend of prices at the opening of the 1954/55 wool sales was halted at the opening of the sales…

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OPENING WOOl SALES

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 8

Winchcombe, carson Ltd., report: Now that the new selling season has opened,…

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Wool and Stock Market Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 5

Competition was exceptionally strong for the 1159 fat cattle yarded for yesterday's Dubbo cattle sale, the Secretary of the…

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Wool Prices Firm At Brisbane BRISBANE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 1

Brisbane wool sales yesterday retained the best features of the previous day's auctions. Prices generally were…

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