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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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New Shearing Table at Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 8

A shearing exhibition with the new Borthwick table will be featured at this year's Sydney Sheep Show. The…

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Experts' Advice on Treating Sheep with Foot Rot

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 6

The treatment of sheep suffering from foot abscess was one of many interesting subjects dealt with at…

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Bank of N.s.w. at Sydney Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 12

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will conduct a branch at the Annual Sheep Show in…

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Better Rail Service Urged Threat to Farmers Slated

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 12

Greater efficiency, better service and fewer breakdowns and accidents, rather than the wielding of a…

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This Week In Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 4

For the third time this season, wool sales have been disupted by strikes of waterside workers,…

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It's Shearing Without Shearers Now New Method Removes the Sheef's Wool Chemically

The Western Herald · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 12

Queensland is certainly the home of shearing inventions at the moment — with two rotary shearing…

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Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 6

There are probably more erroneous ideas held about minerals and licks in sheep feeding than about anything…

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All Wool Wins

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 11

A test of twenty-one fabrics was recently completed in the U.S. Dept. of Commerce for the Armed…

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Wool Auctions Postponed

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Owing to the Shearing dispute and the consequent difficulties with…

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Vaccinating Sheep Against Enterotoxaemia

The Western Herald · Friday 22 June 1956 · page 10

The disease of enterotoxaemia, or pulp kidney, can be prevented by an efficient vaccination…

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Wool Lorries Held Up Load Thrown to Road

The Western Herald · Friday 22 June 1956 · page 6

At about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening last, some 20 miles from Bourke, a "road-black" was placed…

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U.s. Govt. Stocks Nation's Farm Ponds

The Western Herald · Friday 22 June 1956 · page 2

A one-acre fish pond— well managed, properly fertilized and adequately fished — will yield an…

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Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1956 · page 2

At the meeting of the Committee of the P. & A. Association on Thursday of last week, it was notified…

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The Week in Wool Fine Merino Rose 20% Since Easter

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1956 · page 5

Merino fine wools climbed back to levels only 3d. (for 70's) to 11d. (for 60's) below the peak clean prices of the…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1956 · page 2

On Monday, 2nd instant, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a…

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

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1956 · page 4

At Sydney on 5th July, 1956, the last day of the Sydney 1955/6 season, Australian, Mercantile, Land…

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Worm Threat to Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1956 · page 8

The very wet season has caused an enormous increase in worm infestation ol sheep in many parts of…

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Wool Production Increases

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1956 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The prediction by some Authorities that the Australian wool clip will increase by 5½%…

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This Week In Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 4

Wool markets in southern hemisphere producing countries are now in recess while workers in northern…

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Wool Demand Between Seasons

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 6

Winchombe, Carson Ltd., report: The quality of the wool recently on offer at the London Wool Sales cannot be taken as…

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