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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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Cattle Parasites

The Western Herald · Friday 13 January 1956 · page 8

Worm infestation is frequently a cause of serious economic loss in calves and young heifers, but many stockowners…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 13 January 1956 · page 8

At Goldsbrough Mort & Co.'s Sydney Wool Sales this week, the following prices were realised for western clips:—…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 10

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Opening' sales of the New Year wool auctions in Sydney last week…

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Do Sheep Ever Sleep?

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 2

South African wool growers have challenged a claim by a United Kingdom scientist that healthy sheep sleep little, if at…

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The Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 10

Lower wool prices have now turned the tide. Demand for wool is increasing all over the world. Trade…

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730 Men to Fight Cattle Tick in North £3,000,000 Campaign Started on

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 11

On Monday, 9th January, a trained army of 730 men began, operations in a £3,000,000 campaign…

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Time Limit for Cattle Compensation Claims

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1956 · page 8

"Owners of cattle will in future be required to lodge their claims for compensation under the Cattle…

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Correspondence Kiver Irrigation Farms

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1956 · page 8

A recent visitor to Bourke, Mr. Butter worth, had some interesting impressions of the Darling River close to…

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Australian Wool Exports

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 6

Despite the lower prices paid for wool during the first half of the selling season, as compared with the previous season,…

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Survey of Beef Cattle Industry

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 11

It is clear from an examination of the industry over the last decade that there are certain definite…

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Cattle Tick Campaign Well Under Way 100,000 Cattle Dipped Every Week

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 4

The cattle tick campaign designed to kill every cattle tick in 2,000 square miles of north- eastern…

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French Propaganda on Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 6

Wool will be safe from the threat of synthetics for at least two or three years, the president of the…

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Italian Wool Suits for Europe

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 6

The textile recession in Italy has ended, and influenced by lower prices, two-piece wool suits are gaining sales on…

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Japan's Wool Boom

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 1

According to Dalgety's Tokyo correspondent, Japan's wool imports for the first 11 months of 1955 increased from 135.5 m…

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Synthetics Feeling Competition with Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 12

Most significant news item came from Dalgety's New York correspondent. He said that lower wool…

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Ballot for Crown Land Farm

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 6

A seventy acre Crown Land farm near Forbes will be allotted by ballot on Tuesday, February 14, the Minister for…

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Remarkable Survey by Dalgety's Pasture Improvement Is Doubling Farm Production

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 8

Longest run of good seasons in living memory, during which producers have received the highest…

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New Pastoral Award

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1956 · page 3

The conference held in Sydney last week in an effort to secure agreement on the new Pastoral Award…

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Pink Eye in Cattle

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1956 · page 8

Outbreaks-of pink eye in cattle continue to be reported from a number, of areas. One per cent, chloramphenical eye…

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Wool Auction Resumptions

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1956 · page 6

Winehcombe, Carson Ltd. report: It has now been found possible, provided the wharf dispute has been…

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