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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1971

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Prices Up at Sydney Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 7 May 1971 · page 4

Wool values rose by as much as 24 per cent at the Farmers and Grasiers’ Co-operative Company…

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Large Scale Wool Processing — The Answer

The Western Herald · Friday 14 May 1971 · page 2

Jack Bonney, of “Manara,” Cobar and Bill Arnold, of “Norwood,” Cobar. were most impressed with their visit to Mitchell and Sons Wool Processing plant at Adelaide last week and Jack Bonney has said has no doubt that…

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Special Store Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 21 May 1971 · page 9

Bourke Associated Agents held a Special Store Cattle Sale last Friday, May 14th, which attracted a total…

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Dalgety Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 21 May 1971 · page 2

Strong competition was experienced with most descriptions of merino fleece and skirtings at the…

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Elders-G.M. Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 21 May 1971 · page 6

At their recent wool sale No 16 held in Sydney on May 13th Elders G.M. realised top price of…

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F. and G. Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 21 May 1971 · page 5

Japanese buyers dominated last week's Sydney wool market, the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative…

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Farmer’s Assistance Board

The Western Herald · Friday 28 May 1971 · page 5

The Annual Conference of the Grazlers’ Association of N.S.W. unanimously resolved in Sydney…

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Dalgety Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 4 June 1971 · page 6

At the recent Dalety Wool Sale held in Sydney, 7917 bales were submitted and strong competition…

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Commission Wool Sells at Profit

The Western Herald · Friday 4 June 1971 · page 3

The Australian Wool Commission sold bought in wool at a profit at last week's Sydney sales, the…

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How Wool Prices are affecting the Outback Area

The Western Herald · Friday 11 June 1971 · page 6

On Sunday last Miss Maric Tomach, a reporter from the “Sydney” Morning Herald” visited Fords…

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Cattle Prices Soar

The Western Herald · Friday 18 June 1971 · page 7

Cattle prices had [?]oared to record levels in an unprecedented export shortage, the Farmers and…

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Town Dogs Menace Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 18 June 1971 · page 2

On many occasions we have heard of town dogs roaming in packs to near town properties and…

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Editorial Minimum Wool Clip Price

The Western Herald · Friday 18 June 1971 · page 4

The Australian Woolgrowers and Graziers’ Council and the Australian Wool and Meat Producers’ Federation, at a meeting in Sydney last week, agreed to ask The Federal Government for a deficiency payments…

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Metric Changeover Starting in Schools, Wool Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 18 June 1971 · page 1

Pupils ill Australian Primary and secondary schools may be taught In the metric system from the beginning…

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Sharp Rise in Trade Sheep Prices

The Western Herald · Friday 25 June 1971 · page 2

An Improved mutton export market has caused a sharp rise in trade sheep values in the last three…

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Lowest Wool Price Average Since 1946

The Western Herald · Friday 9 July 1971 · page 8

The 1971/71 wool season ended on July 1st with the average wool price of approximately 29 cents Ib…

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Agricultural Team Visits Bourke Prominent Lucerne Breeder Speaks with Local Farmer

The Western Herald · Friday 9 July 1971 · page 7

On Wednesday of last week an agricultural team visited some farms in the Bourke area. The photograph above shows the team inspecting some lucerne at the farm of Mr. Venn Williams, (Left to…

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Wool Deficiency Payments

The Western Herald · Friday 16 July 1971 · page 4

The Prime Minister, Mr. McMahon and other ministers were told in Canberra last week that the…

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Associated Agents Conduct Successful Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 16 July 1971 · page 7

Bourke Associated Agents report having conducted a most successful Cattle Sale on Friday, 9th July last…

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Japanese $ 50m Plan for Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 23 July 1971 · page 8

Japanese manufactorers had designed a $50 millions, three year wool industry restructure plan, the…

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