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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1961

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Far West Sheep Dog Championships

The Western Herald · Friday 12 May 1961 · page 11

The 1961 Championships held in Bourke over the 4th, 5th and 6th May, attracted working sheep dogs from South Australia, Queensland and many parts of New South Wales…

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International Wool Conference

The Western Herald · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 16

Winch combe, Carson Ltd. report: This week's Sydney wool auctions saw a continuance…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 1

Winch combe, Carson Ltd. report: We sold 8,147 bales of wool in Sydney on Monday to keen and…

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Science And The Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 5

A record number of 2,089 sheep will be exhibited at "The Science Sheep Show" wliioh will…

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Move for New Wool Levy

The Western Herald · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 3

Two major Australian wool organisations have clccidccl to rccomnicnd to their members that a wool…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Ass'n. Successful Show

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 11

The 1961 P. & A. Association's Show proved that a Bourke Show can stand on its own feet and be a success without running in conjunction with a Rodeo. This had been…

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International Wool Secretariat

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1961 · page 12

The conference of the International Wool Secretariat which concluded in Sydney last week has…

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Double Wool Production

The Western Herald · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 6

Australia will double its wool production in the next 25 years and will sell, at a satisfactory price,…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Ass'n. Programme Approved For August Rodeo

The Western Herald · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 8

At a meeting of the Bourke P. & A. Association on Friday night last the programme was approved for the Far Western Championships Rodeo, which is to be held at the Bourke Showground on August 25th…

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Bright New Facilities For Wool Students the New Sheep and Wool School Sydney Technical College

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 5

On Friday, Dth June, the new Sheep and Wool School at Sydney Technical College will be…

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This Week In Wool Brighter Outlook for Wool Trade

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 8

A brighter outlook for wool was the keynote of week-end reports from Dalgcty's correspondents in the U.S., Japan and the U.K. In New York, the U.S…

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Wool Ties More Colourful

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 4

W in chcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The strength of wool at the moment lies in the manner in…

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Importance of Balanced Diet a Word About Butter

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 2

You want good health? Of course you do. Health is life's most important assets. What arc some of…

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Wool Production

The Western Herald · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 2

An estimate made last December that Australian wool production for the 1960/61 season would be…

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First Commercial Pea Crop at Narromine is Sown at "Buddah"

The Western Herald · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 8

Ninety acres of pens, intended for the frozen foods market, have been sown on McKillop and…

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Cattle Disease

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 8

Trichomoniasis is one of the worst of the diseases' causing abortion and lowered herd fertility in New…

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Australian Cattle for Guam's First Dairy

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 1

Sixty heifers, bought from Nicholls Dalgety & Co., Casino, will form the nucleus of Guam's first…

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Shorthorn Cattle Stud for Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 6

For many years it has been common knowledge among Bourke cattlemen that Mr. Lyle Barton, of…

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Ampol Award at Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 1

The Grand Champion Strom Wool Merino Ewe which won the Ampol Award at the recent Science Sheep Show in Sydney was a vindication of her owner's judgement…

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Some World Wool Statistics

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Lid. report: The International Wool Textile Crganisation and the…

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