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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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Britain's Wool Imports

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1956 · page 8

It was recently announced by the International Wool Secretariat that. Britain last year imported more than 7:24 million…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 5

Dalgety & Co. wired as follows:— In a very sound market dominated by vigorous buying…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 12

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired as follows: — We sold 8100 bales of wool at Sydney on Monday. Keen…

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Sheep Killed by Lightning

The Western Herald · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 8

On Wednesday last week, during a heavy thunderstorm at North Bourke, lightning killed nine sheep belonging to…

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Scientists Finds Sheep Disease Cure

The Western Herald · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 12

A major contribution towards increasing the return from sheep in tropical countries is being made…

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Pastoral Industry Award

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1956 · page 4

The President of the Graziers' Federal Council, Mr. T. C. C. Sanger, has made the following…

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Wool for Japan

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1956 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report: The wool market at the moment appears to be on a very solid basis…

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Record Price for Stud Cattle

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1956 · page 9

A surprise ending to a day's bidding at the Aberdeen-Angus cattle sales at Perth (Scotland) this…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 1

Dalgetys wired as follows: When Dalgety's closed at Sydney Wool Sales on Thursday, values were fully firm for…

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Record Price for Shorthorn Cattle

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 6

A Shorthorn bull, Bapton Constructor, which was withdrawn from the pedigree Shorthorn cattle show and sale…

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Fish Farms in Guiana

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 6

There are now about 170 fish farms in British Guiana and the results of growing fish, as a poultry farmer grows his…

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Australian Butter

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 11

An Australian manufacturer of dairy products, Warwick Co-Operative Dairy Association of…

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Research Work in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The irregularity in wool values noticeable in the broader and more burry types…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 1

Winchcombc, Carson Ltd. reported on Wednesday:— We sold 7,300 bales of wool at Sydney to-day, values fully…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 4

Continental buying exuberance at Newcastle, and weight of Japanese orders at Geelong widened the…

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Japanese Wool Imports to Be Raised by 200,000 Bales a Year

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 10

A Tokyo message says Japan will import about 900,000 bales of wool in the financial year beginning in…

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Request for Quality Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1956 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The especially keen demand for the finer and freer qualities noticeable at last…

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West Germany As a Wool User

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1956 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The pre-Easter wool market closed on a firm basis and with a…

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Menzies' Profitbale "Dairy"

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1956 · page 6

Everytime a working man drinks a pint of beer the Federal Government taxes him 1/3. The president of the…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 6 April 1956 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report as follows:— All Australian wool selling…

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