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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Annual Wool Review

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 4

This article is a summary of the 65th Annual Wool Review by Winchcombe Carson Ltd., an advance…

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Sheep Mortality Results From Drought

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 7

Mortalities in sheep and lambs were mainly Confined to conditions resulting from drought, stated Mr. P. D. Car…

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Protecting Sheep From Body Strike

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 6

Mr. H. A. Veron, Technical Adviser of Wilcox Mofflin Ltd., stated that tests carried out in England, South Africa and…

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AML & F. CO., Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company Limited at their Sydney wool auctions last week offered a…

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Wheat Ballot Applications Close Soon Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 2

Wheatgrowers who had not yet applied for inclusion in the ballot on the wheat stabilisation proposals, closing at 4 pm…

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117d. For Wool At Newcastle SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 1

The market at the Newcaste wool sales yesterday retained all the best features of the Comeback and crossbred…

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Wool proved, again, to be most valuable source of nation's income Steady average level of sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 4

Wool has again proven, by far, to be the most valuable source of Australia's income and the most significant feature of the past two years has been the remarkably steady average level of market sales per pound and per bale. The United Kingdom proved to be Australia's greatest wool buyer. During…

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Australian Junior Farmer Impressed By... Great Use in U.S.A. Farms of Power Equipment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 6

Value of machinery on small farms in the Lyons district in New York State, USA, sometimes exceeds the value of the properties themselves. Australian Junior Farmer, Mr. Charles…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 9

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited reported on 16th September:—…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 9

On Tuesday, 14th September, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 2

The second series of Sydney wool auctions concluded on Thursday, Sept. 16th, when Goldsbrough, Mort and Co…

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The Late A. K. Butter

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 8

Recently there passed from our midst into the Great Silence one, the memory of whom will linger long…

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The Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 3

The downward trend in the wool market has touched bottom, and values of the finer merino…

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Faulty Dipping Cuts Profit on Wool Clips

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 2

A faulty dip for external parasites of sheep this season may cost graziers thousands of pounds in wool value next year, a veterinary officer of the Department of Agriculture said this week…

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Wool Price Advance at Newcastle Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

Good style fleece wools showed an advance of 2½ per cent yesterday on the price at the previous day's wool auctions…

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

The Western Herald · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 8

At Sydney on 15th September, Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Co. Ltd., offered a selection comprised of…

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95-Mile Desert Now Producing Top-price Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 2

Top-price wool at this season's Adelaide sales has been produced on land which years ago was known as the 95-mile desert…

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Wool Show being held by Yeoval R.S.L branch

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 1

The Yeoval branch of the R.S.L. will conduct a Wool Show in the sheep pavilion at the Yeoval Showground on Saturday, November 13. All proceeds from the effort…

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July Wool Exports Down

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 2

Statistics released by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician and quoted by Pitt Son and Badgery Ltd. showing the actual…

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Wheat Payment On October 19

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 3

There will be a further payment of 4d per [?] on both bagged and bulk wheat on October 19. This was stated by…

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