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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wheat Stealing at Gilga[?]dra

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

Arising out of the theft of nine bags of wheat from the Gilgndra bulkhead on December 28, two men were given…

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Record U.k. Wool Imports Russian Activity

The Western Herald · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Imports of raw wool into the United Kingdom during 1953 set new post-war…

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Sheep Sale

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Messrs. [?] and Matthews held a sheep sale at peak Hill on Monday. About 7000 were yarded, but the…

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Aberdeen Angus Cattle At Dubbo Show

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 8

Trangle Experiment Station was very successful with the three Aberdeen Angus at Dubbo Show Trangle Anthony was…

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Sheep Studs in Guard of Honor

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 4

The [?] sheep of six breeds in the Queen's Guard of Honour" at the showground were the product of 31 studs many of world [?]. Some individuals had a value of thousands of…

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Fallowing to Improve Wheat Quality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2

Wheatfarmers are urged By Mr. David Fairbairn, MP for Fairer, to adopt on a much wider scale the ley method of…

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American Junior Farmer Visits Peak Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

On Friday evening Miss [?] Hembrink, of Minne[?] USA. gave a large assembly of Junior Farmers and their advisory…

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Wool Sales at Newcastle Newcastle. Wed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

Quality wools yesterday maintained the prices obtained for similar wool at the last Sydney sales…

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Keeping Wheat Free From Weed Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4

Trials carried out at the Wagga Agricultural College show that any commercial variety of wheat can be safely…

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Permission Sought for New Dairy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4

A firm of Dubbo solicitors has asked Dubbo Council if it will permit the erection of a dairy on a section of land in North…

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The Farmers & Graziers’ Wool Report

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 9

We submitted our catalogue of 9,587 bales on Thursday, the 4th instant [?] was [?] to a large extent of the…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited, 5th…

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Wool Report

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: We sold 11800 bales of wool at our Sydney sale…

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1954-55 Wheat

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 8

It appears the total area sown to wheat during the coming season will be about equal to last year, stated Mr…

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Winchcombe’s Report Wool Auctions

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 16

Winchcombe Carson Ltd advise having sold 11,800 bales of wool at their Sydney wool auctions on Thursday last week…

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Rain Brings Inquiries for Store Sheep Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

The inquiry for all classes of store sheep has broadened considerably since the rain last week over the greater portion…

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Sheep-Dog Trials At Royal Show SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

Australian working dogs at their best will be seen by visitors to this year's Royal Easter Show when sheep-dog trials…

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Sheep swept into gully and drowned in storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

About 100 sheep were washed into a flooded gully and drowned on a district property during a heavy storm on Monday afternoon. In parts of the Geurie district, four inches of rain…

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222d. For Wool At Newcastle SYDNEY

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

Top price for wool at either Sydney or Newcastle sales this season was gained at Newcastle yesterday when…

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Junior Farmer Reps. Seen As Bad Blunder

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 5

The dismissal of Mr. A. Griffith as Junior Farmer Supervisor in Dubbo will be the subject of a protest by the Buninyong Agricultural Bureau. Mr. Griffith is one of the 130 part-time…

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