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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1962

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1962 · page 8

Value of Japanese woollen good exports rose 30 per cent in the first three months this year…

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Summer Sheep Show for 1964 Statement by Sheepbreeders' President

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1962 · page 4

From 1964, the Sydney Sheep Show will be held in the summer instead of the winter. The 1964 Show will commence on January 22. The changed date is the…

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Wool Coats Adopted by Rural Fire Brigade

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1962 · page 13

All - wool "Tasmanian Bluey" type coats are now compulsory equipment for volunteer fire-fighters of…

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Wool Selling

The Western Herald · Friday 6 July 1962 · page 13

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia today warned Australian woolgrowers…

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Australian Wool Labelling

The Western Herald · Friday 6 July 1962 · page 13

A farther step in the campaign to have woollen goods properly branded has now become effective…

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New Restrictions on Sale of Lice-Infested Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 6 July 1962 · page 4

New restrictions on the sale of lice-infested sheep will be in operation from August 1, the Minister for…

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Successful Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 1

Dalgety - New Zealand Loan Limited, Bourke, report a very successful Special Cattle Sale held…

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"Wild" Wool Colors

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 3

Australian men and women will be seen next years in "wild colonial" wool colors…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 14

World prices for wool would remain close to recent levels during the early part of the new…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Ass'n. Television Film of Rodeo on September 28 and 29

The Western Herald · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 12

At the usual monthly meeting of the above Association on Friday night last a letter was received from Television Services Ltd. applying for the film rights of the 1962 Rodeo for screening on its…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1962 · page 13

Shortage of foreign currency had forced Communist China to curb her wool imports, Dalgety and…

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Potato Crop Worth £250,000

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1962 · page 11

Millthorpe and district farmers have almost completed harvesting a record potato crop — estimated…

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Farmers Get Answers to Fencing Problems

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1962 · page 2

Questions submitted to Australia's first free Fencing Advisory Service show that farmers and graziers in all States urgently need reliable information on modern, economical fence erection methods…

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Record Wool Year Tipped

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 3

Leading wool industry leaders have predicted that Australia's wool production for the coming…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 15

U.K. wool textile leaders have protested to Britain's Prime Minister (Mr.Harold Macmillan)…

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Local and General Bourke Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 1

A.M.L. & F. Co. Ltd. and Associated Agents will auction 1000 Fat and Store Cattle at the Bourke…

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Our Biggest Cattle Shipment to N.G.

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 14

A record Australian shipment to New Guinea of 437 cattle and 50 horses is bound for Lae on the…

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Report — Wool Marketing Committee of Inquiry

The Western Herald · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 15

The North West Wool Marketing Association with Headquarters at Walgett met recently to…

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Private Sale of Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 3 August 1962 · page 12

A warning against the private sale of wool has been given by Mr. D. L. McMaster, President of…

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The Antiquity of Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 10 August 1962 · page 2

"Who invented sheep?" So asked a nine-year-old during a lecture series to city schools by an education officer of the Australian Wool Bureau. Perhaps in an age of technology the nine-year-old could be…

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