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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1961

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. sold 8,671 bales of wool in Sydney on Tuesday, with the market showing a…

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Correspondence Wool Marketing

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 2

To the Editor, "The Western Herald," Bourke, Dear Sir. — It is feared that people who attended the…

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Strong Demand for Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The first scries of wool sales in Sydney for 1961 opened on…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Ass'n. Annual Show- May 19 & 20

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 10

At the monthly meeting of the P. and A. Association on Tuesday night it was announced that work on the new arena at the Showground is under way and other improvement are being carried out that…

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Western Graziers Ask For Referendum On Wool Marketing

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 11

At a well-attended meeting in Bourke on December 20th western graziers decided to ask the Minister for Primary Industry to give them an opportunity to vote at a referendum "on the subject of improved methods…

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Floor Price Scheme For Wool Near, Says Journal

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 5

"Wool Record and Textile World," the authoritive U.K. wool trade journal, believes that…

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The Future of Wool Marketing Bank of N.S.W. Reviews Marketing Plans

The Western Herald · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 5

The Bank of N.S.W., in its quarterly Economic Review, warns woolgrowers that it is only too easy to over-estimate harmful effects of buyers' actions in the wool market and to ignore the very salutary checks…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1961 · page 2

Dalgety's reported that Japan was buying clamantly and dominated the final sale of the first new year…

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Wool Levy Talks

The Western Herald · Friday 27 January 1961 · page 12

Graziers in the Western districts will hold a mass meeting at Dubbo to discuss a request by the…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1961 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report selling: 7,500 bales of wool in Sydney on Tuesday, January 31 to…

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Sheep Lice Must Go Says Mr. Nott

The Western Herald · Friday 3 February 1961 · page 12

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Roger Nott) said he was determined that the alarming…

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Nyngan Sheep Dog Trials Huge Prizemoney Confirmed

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 6

At a recent meeting of the Nyngan branch of the Sheep Dog Workers Association, the newly appointed committee confirmed the allocation of prizemoncy amounting to £500 plus trophies and sashes…

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Wool in the U.K.

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 6

The decreased wool clips of Australia and New Zealand are now showing clearly in the…

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Let's Not 'Unpromote' Wool, Says Bureau

The Western Herald · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 1

Australian woolffrowers often did wool ail unwilling dis-service by "unpromoting" wool, the…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1961 · page 6

Dalgety's reported crossbreds were again par to 2.. per centum dearer at Sydney Wool Sales on Tuesday…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1961 · page 1

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited. report…

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Cattle Production In Territory

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1961 · page 14

The cattle turn-off from the Northern Territory is likely to double within the next ten years if a sound policy of development is pursued and adequate resources in men,…

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Australia's Wool Exports

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1961 · page 8

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd., in an analysis of the latest figures issued by the Commonwealth Statistician show that Australian exports of 691,993,000 lbs. of wool in the first half of 1960-61 were 63,776,000 lbs…

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New Treatment to be Tested on Sheep Blowfly

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1961 · page 12

A new treatment introduced recently for the control of high- density fly populations will be…

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Australia Should Sponsor Overseas Wool Research

The Western Herald · Friday 17 February 1961 · page 10

Australia and its international wool partners believe it is now essential to help finance research…

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