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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1962

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Wool Marketing Enquiry

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 12

Commenting in Melbourne on the release of the Report of the Wool Marketing Committee of…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 7

Redaction of the U.K. bank rate from 6 to 5½% is expected to lead to increased baying of wool by Bradford mills. Reporting this, Dalgety and New Zealand Loan Limited's correspondent in London…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Ass'n. Annual Show—May 18 & 19

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 13

At a meeting of the Council of the Bourke P. & A. Association on Friday night last it was decided to apply for a half holiday for Friday afternoon, May 18th, being the first day of the 1962 Annual Show…

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Fashion... Glitter Look in Wool for 1962

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 12

The Glitter Look in after-five wool fashions is the glamour news for Australian women this Autumn-Winter. Dress-up occasions this…

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Farmotels for City Visitors

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 4

Farmotels, where visitors will be able to watch milking in progress from a lounge or milk bar, and…

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Warning to Farmers

The Western Herald · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 4

Survival for farmers depended on the intensity of their undertaking and the efficiency of their…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 9

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

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 12

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., sold 6,200 bales of wool in Sydney on Tuesday, March 20 to strong competition…

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Record Classes For Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 11

The schedule for the 1962 Sydney Sheep Show, which is now available, reveals that the number…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 3

Confidence in the outlook for wool has taken a sharp upward rise following reports of…

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High Freight on N.S.W. Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 8

Victoria, with half as many sheep as N.S.W., sold more wool from its wool-selling centres last…

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Are your farm gates wide enough for stock?

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 2

Gateways through which stock enter a paddock must be wide enough and the gates well swung so that…

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Powdered Butter Developed

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 8

Housewives may soon be making their own butter in a matter of seconds and without any manual…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 13

Dalgety's wires as follows on March 22:— Better style medium to fine merino fleeces were…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 2

The present premium for fine wools was the best for many years, Dalgety and New Zealand Loan…

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N.z.l. Wool Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 2

On Monday, 19th March, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a…

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Keen Demand at Brisbane Wool Auctions

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1962 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The final series of wool auctions in Brisbane, prior to the…

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This Week in Wool Japan's Economy Improves — May Buy More Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 7

Japan was likely to strengthen her role as Australia's biggest wool buyer, Dalgety and New…

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Wool Classing Standard Still High

The Western Herald · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 7

The general standard of classing of the Australian wool clip had not declined to anything like the…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 13 April 1962 · page 3

Badly prepared wool clips were becoming harder to sell, Dalgety and New Zealand Loan…

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