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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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Is Conquest of Sheep Fly in Sight? Nww[?]racle Insecticide May [?]Lel Achievement of [?]Xomatosis (Dalgety's News Service Special)

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 2

Now that myxomatosis has virtually cleared Australia of rabbits, news of remarkably successful…

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Borthwick Shearing Table— "Barber's Chair" For Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 3 August 1956 · page 3

It takes the backache out of shearing, and according to reports, anyone who can hold a handpiece can shear…

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Wool Clips Should Be Catalogued

The Western Herald · Friday 10 August 1956 · page 6

Wool clips when offered for sale should be catalogued either as being free from brands or as having been branded with…

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Fish Farm

The Western Herald · Friday 10 August 1956 · page 6

Mr. A. G. Porter, "Wyalah," Fittsworth, on the Darling Downs, Q., built a dam near his home. As it was above…

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Wool Trade

The Western Herald · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 8

It is significant that Japan bought' greasy wool to the value of £59m. in Australia last season, plus £1.2m. of noils (400…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 13

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report:— Now that there is…

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Wool Report Preparations for New Wool Selling Season

The Western Herald · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: With slightly less than a fortnight to go before the new season's wool auctions…

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Sheep Foot Rot Science Now Has a Simple Cure

The Western Herald · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 4

As the result of the long wet season in N.S.W. and Victoria, at least 1,000,000 sheep are suffering from…

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Wool Statistics

The Western Herald · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 8

Figures recently released by the Acting Commonwealth Statistician in a wool Bulletin revealed that the total wool…

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Buyers Now Reject Unclean Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 8

Sydney Fat Stock Salesmen are encountering difficulty in selling consignments of sheep which are in unclean condition…

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Accident at Wool Dump

The Western Herald · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 1

Whilst assisting in moving some railway trucks at the wool dump on Tuesday last, Mr. Dick Johnson's lorry,…

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Unusual Deaths of Sheep at Broken Hill

The Western Herald · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 13

Fifty out of a flock of 800 wethers on a property near Broken Hill have died from the effects of oxalic…

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This Week In Wool Suez Crisis May Cause Heavier Buying

The Western Herald · Friday 24 August 1956 · page 4

First wool sales of the new season have opened in New Zealand, where at Wanganui, Napier and…

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Cattle Compensation Changes

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 2

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

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 3

The Farmers' & Graziers' Cooperative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited, reported on 31st August:—…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 8

On Thursday, 30th August, New Zealand Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 13

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. reported on 27th August:— The 1956/7 wool selling season opened in Sydney today…

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Wool Has Made Australia

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 10

From Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.'s annual review we clip the following:— Wool has made this Country…

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This Week In Wool Wool at £88 Average Per Bale

The Western Herald · Friday 7 September 1956 · page 11

Strong opening of the new season's wool market has had a much-needed tonic effect on sagging…

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New Enemy for Sheep — the Sun

The Western Herald · Friday 14 September 1956 · page 13

Sheep, already the victims of many diseases and plagues, have officially been given another enemy—hot…

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