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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1962

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Wet and Warm Weather Predisposes Sheep to Fly Strike Diazinon Recommended As Preventive Treatment

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1962 · page 6

Unsettled weather recently could lead to widespread trouble from blowfly strike in sheep. An entomologist of the Department of…

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Non-Scourable Wool Brands Cause Big Annual Loss in N.S.W. Cloth Ruined by Tar and Paint Specks

The Western Herald · Friday 19 January 1962 · page 6

Use of non-scowable brands in wool could be costing the New South Wales wool industry £750,000 a year. Non-scourable brands…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1962 · page 4

Merino fleeces were five per cent higher at Tuesday's Sydney Wool Sales compared with the same at…

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This Week in Wool Trade Deficits Affect Wool Purchases

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1962 · page 2

Balance of payment problems in Japan and the U.K. again affected values at last week's Australian wool auctions. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan Limited's wool valuers, who reported this, said a…

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Coloured Clothes Pegs to Save Raddle Marks on Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1962 · page 2

Country housewives are likely to find their husband raiding the laundry peg bag if a suggestion…

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Cattle Compensation Rise

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 7

Following representations from various producer organisations the N.S.W. Government is…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 3

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

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., sold 8,414 bales of wool at their sale on the closing day of the first…

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This Week in Wool Japan Steps-up Wool Buying

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 10

Highlight of last week's Australian wool auctions was the improved demand by Japan, Dalgety and…

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Freight Rates for Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 3

Woolgrowers in N.S.W. would not only have had their producing costs cut by £1½m. but would also…

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Suggested Maximum Weight for Bale of Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 3

A maximum weight limit of 310 lbs. on a bale of wool has been suggested by trade unions concerned with wool transport. The suggestion was made at a recent conference between representatives of the…

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Wool Freight Rates and Better Rail Loading Facilites

The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1962 · page 9

The N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways, Mr. McCusker, has been invited to discuss two matters of…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 8

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reported on 24th January, 1962:—…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. report the following sales of local wool:— H. R. and B. M. Balcombe,…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 9

Values at Dalgety and New Zealand Loan Limited's wool auction in Sydney on Tuesday were 5 to…

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Keen Demand for Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: With strong and well distributed demand for almost every section of…

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This Week In Wool Loan Helps Japan Buy More Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 5

An International Monetary Fund loan for £136 million and increased sales of woollen goods to…

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S.A. Pastoral Company Buys Brewarrana N.S.W.

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 9

Brewarrana, one of tralia's most attractive properties, together with the famous Brewarrana…

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Apple and Pear Crops Expected to be Record

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 11

Apple and pear growers in the Orange district expect record crops this season, a Department of…

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Heavy Peach Crop

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 6

Bathurst and district orchardists are harvesting one of the heaviest crops of peaches for several years…

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