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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wool Prices Steady In Two Centres SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 1

Prices at the Newcastle and Geelong wool sales yesterday continued firm on rates established the previous day…

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Uliman Past. Co. Win C’bran Crop Comp

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 4

Senior district agronomist of the Department of Agriculture Mr. F. Filan, announced yesterday, after…

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Grazier’s Generous Gift to Junior Farmers

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 3

To advance the interest in the Junior Farmers’ movement Mr. D. L. Jones, of Hawthorne, Binnaway, has…

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Ten Entrants In Mendooran Crop Competition

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 13

J. E. and Z. W. Capps, Boori, Mendooran, submitted the winning crop in the Mendooran wheat crop…

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Judge’s Report on Baradine Crop Competition

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 5

In his report on the Baradine P. and A. Association’s wheat crop competition the judge, Mr. F. Filan, district…

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Good Sheep Glassing Will Lower Commonest Faults in Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 6

Good sheep culling is essential to the grazier to ensure maximum returns by avoiding common faults of wool grown on inferior animals, Mr. A. K. Cantrill, sheep and wool expert of the Department of Agriculture,said this week…

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Weekly Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 6

Normally November to February are peak months for our exports—and even a brief suspension of these has costly…

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Special Sheep Sale at Well[?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 6

Over 10,000 sheep were yard, ed and 9000 were [?] at the wellington special stock sale by Storrier and Hawker on…

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Wheat for Poultry Feed

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said recently…

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Recovery of Wool Wax

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 5

Good progress is reported in the commercial exploitation of the flotation process devised some time ago…

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Protection of Sheep Against Blowfly Strike

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 6

Blowfly strike of sheep which formerly caused extensive losses to the pastoral industry can now be regarded as under…

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Keep These Qualities in Mind When Culling Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 2

Good sheep culling is essential to the grazier to ensure maximum returns by avoiding common faults of wool grown on inferior animals Mr. A. K. Cantrill, sheep and wool expert of the Department…

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Trangie Junior Farmers Club Elects Officers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 7

A very [?] and well attended meeting of the Trangie Junior Farmers Club was held in the Central School on…

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The Turf Warwick Farm Races Saturday's Acceptances

The Western Herald · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 12

Kindergarten, 5 furlongs, 1.0—Accept 8.5, Spanish Fiesta 8.5, Stock Topic 8.5, Penarth 8.5, Devil Dancer 8.5, Lady Bataan…

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100 "Bookone" Stud Rams for Soldiers' Farms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 2

F. S. Falkiner and Sons Pty. Ltd., of "Boonoke" Stud, at Conargo, have again donated 100 merino flock rams for…

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W'ton Special Sheep Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 8

Attention is directed to the Special Sheep Sale which is to be held in the Wellington Saleyards on Wednesday of this…

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Wongarbon Crop Wins Field Wheat Contest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 2

The results of the local competition in the RAS Field Wheat competition for 1954 were:…

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Commonwealth Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 5

The market for hides at the opening was in buyers' favor, but closing sales were without much alteration, reports…

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Record Wool Production Expected

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 5

Wool, sales last week have taken place at Newcastle, Goulburn and Geelong. At Newcastle last Tuesday, the…

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U.K. Cuts Purchases Of Merino Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 2

The falling off in wool consumpion this year in the United Kingdom has been almost entirely confined to merino…

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