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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 43 of 64

Wool Prices and Production Cost (To the Editor)

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 1

Sir,—[?] view of comments that have ar[?] as a result of the publication of an article is…

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Monthly Crop Review

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 8

The Season: A very variable month has so far been experienced, with the majority of days…

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Better Farm Implements by Welding

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 2

New methods and techniques of welding had greatly improved agricultural machinery, said a spokesman for…

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Poultry Farm For Petrov SYDNEY

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

Ten Red spies had defected in various parts of the world since 1939, the Deputy Director of the Australian Security…

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Wheat Acreage Down

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 10

Members present at the meeting, in reply to a question said the total area under wheat in the district this year was…

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No Award for Grand Champion in Cattle Section

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 2

The suggested presentation of an award for the grand champion in the cattle section of future Dubbo PA and A…

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Wool Sales at Brisbane Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 1

There was good competition thorughout at the Brisbane wool sales yesterday, with Japan being again most prominent in the…

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10 Japs Raid Guam Farms Believing War Still On GUAM

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 1

At least 10 Japanese soldiers are living in the steaming jungles on the island here believing that the war is still on and refusing to take notice of signs and letters from families of missing men…

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Model farm as part of school training

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 4

A plan involving an estimated outlay of £6,000 will provide students at the Scots College, Bathurst, with an agricultural course of a standard available elsewhere in the State…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 11

A well attended meeting of the Committee of the above Association was held on Saturday evening last,…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 11

On Tuesday, 31st August, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 8

Winchcombe, Cason Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 9491 bales at Sydney sales last week…

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New Wool Season Opens

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: While values at the opening Sydney Sales last week were a little disappointing, the…

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The Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 10

Wool is 15 per cent, cheaper than at the close of last season, After two seasons of relative stability, the graph line of…

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Hydraulic Sheep Dip Developed In Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 6

All hydraulically operated sheep dip designed by Mr. Cec. Mawbey of "R[?]eneath," Dubbo, and manufactured by…

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A.m.l. & F. Wool Sale Report

The Western Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 11

At Sydney on 30th August, 1954, Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited offered a selection…

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For the Countryman Feature of Wool Market Is Crossbred Value

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 2

While values at the opening Sydney Sales last week were a little disappointing, state Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. in their weekly report, the market may be considered satisfactory in view of present world…

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Wool Price Variations—monthly Average Based on clean scoured costs—Ponce per 1b

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 6

This group, showing how wool prices have tended to stabilise during the past three seasons, was prepared by Shute, Bell, Bad[?]…

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4-H Projects Impress Junior Farmer Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 2

Projects are the most important part of the United States 4-H movement, counterpart of the Australian Junior…

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Better Handling of Wheat Is Urgent Need

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 2

A plea was mode in the legislative Council by Mr. F. W. Splcer, MLC (Country Party) for an improvement in…

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