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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1962

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Record Canned Crop

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1962 · page 6

Leeton Co-operative Cannery expects to break all records this season. The apricot crop has already…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1962 · page 9

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited reported on…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1962 · page 11

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., sold 6,743 bales of wool in Sydney on Thursday, February 8th to a…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1962 · page 11

The immediate outlook for wool has brightened with growing buying confidence by major wool…

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Record Asparagus Crop

The Western Herald · Friday 16 February 1962 · page 6

The asparagus crop harvested by Gordon Edgell at Bathurst and Cowra yielded more than 225 million…

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Wool Prices Firm

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 4

Japan was main buyer in a bouyant market at the opening of the 11th series of wool sales in…

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Wool Festival at Cunnamulla

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 3

At the second meeting of Cunnamulla and District Wool Festival Committee held 6th February it was…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 2

The U.S. Defence Department has cut its clothing, textiles and equipment budget by £51 million to…

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£5/4/- For Store Sheep at Belaringar Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 2

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. report that a line of Merino Ewes, October 1959 drop shorn March…

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Wool Market Holds to Better Values

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report: After steadily favouring woolgrowers throughout last…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 12

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Insurance & Agency Company Limited reported on 22nd…

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Sheep with False Teeth

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 8

A 10-year-old sheep on a farm near Newport, Isle of Wight (Eng.), has been fitted with false teeth for its…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. sold 7,269 bales of wool in Sydney on Wednesday to good general competition…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 2

Japanese buying remained the key factor in the present firm wool market, Dalgety and New Zealand…

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Nyngan to Apply for Aust. Championship Sheep Dog Trials

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 10

A disappointing number of seven people who attended the annual general meeting of the…

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Plans Made For a Wool "Festival" at Orange

The Western Herald · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 2

Plans for holding a six-week wool festival in Orange from April 30 to June 9 were made at a…

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Wool Donors

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 1

Several donations of wool have been made to the Ambulance and unfortunately the donors are not known…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., sold 6,872 bales of wool in Sydney on Tuesday to a fully firm market…

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Wool Consumption Fell 12 per cent in Australia

The Western Herald · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 11

Australian wool consumption fell 12 per cent in 1961 compared with 1960…

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Cattle Sale Postponed

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 1

Bourke Associated Agents notify in this issue that, on account of the transport strike, their Cattle Sale…

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