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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1972

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Wool Prices on Upward Trend

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1972 · page 8

Sydney Wool Sales resumed at Sydney on Wednesday strong competition from Japan Continent…

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Editorial Wool Prices Rise at Sydney Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1972 · page 4

The opening wool Sales in Sydney for 1972 showed a dramatic rise in buying and prices. 98.5 percent of the 24.241 bates catalogued were cleared at the auction. The rise per kilo was 3 cents…

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Funds Available for Farm “Build-Ups”

The Western Herald · Friday 14 January 1972 · page 4

Finance is still available for the farm build-up section of the Rural Reconstruction Scheme…

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Tancred’s Meatworks Cattle Killing Suspended for Three Weeks

The Western Herald · Friday 28 January 1972 · page 1

Due to the recent extensive rains in western N.S.W. and Queensland, Tancred Bros. buyers are finding cattle difficult to purchase. Mr. M. Moran who has been manager for…

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Rural Bank at Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 4 February 1972 · page 5

“Visitors to Sydney for this year’s Sheep Show will find the Rural Bank occupying its usual position in…

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Sydney Sheep Show 8/10 February, 1972

The Western Herald · Friday 4 February 1972 · page 5

The 73rd Annual Sheep Show will be conducted by the New South Wales Sheep-breeders’ Association at…

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New Hope for Wool Industry

The Western Herald · Friday 11 February 1972 · page 1

25 per cent rises in wool prices at the Sydney Sales on Wednesday following animated competition from Japan, supported bv the Continent, Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom…

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Forty Years of Stud Sheep Breeding

The Western Herald · Friday 18 February 1972 · page 6

“Talbalba” Stud was founded in 1932 by the purchase of stud rams and inlamb ewes from “Egelabra”…

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Bigger Cattle Kills Expected at Meatworks

The Western Herald · Friday 25 February 1972 · page 1

Cattle killing will recommence at the Bourke Meatworks on Thursday next. March 2nd. This is notified by advertisement in this paper. In a statement to “The Western Herald” yesterday…

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Ian Robertson’s Weir Farm Vegetable Growing on the Darling

The Western Herald · Friday 25 February 1972 · page 1

Three miles out of town to the west is a farm; three years ago the area now covered by this same 80 acre farm was bare earth with hardly a tree anywhere, the name of the place — Weir…

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Successful Cattle Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 3 March 1972 · page 7

The Associated Agents of Bourke report a successful cattle sale held at the Bourke Sale Yards on…

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Direct Wool Selling Proposal

The Western Herald · Friday 3 March 1972 · page 2

Representatives of the Direct Wool Pty. Ltd. attended Darling Shire Council meeting on Tuesday,…

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Dalgety Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 10 March 1972 · page 7

At Sydney Sale No 10 on 29th February, Dalgety's sold the following local clips;…

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YOUNG Wool Promotion Week

The Western Herald · Friday 10 March 1972 · page 8

A record turn-up of wool-growers from all parts of the State is expected at the Wool Promotion Week to be…

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Sheep Meats Marketing Board Referendum

The Western Herald · Friday 17 March 1972 · page 4

“Qualification to vole at the Referendum on the Sheep Meals Marketing Board will now be 350…

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Improved Wool Prices What of the Future?

The Western Herald · Friday 17 March 1972 · page 4

The recent upswing in wool prices was attributable mainly to precautionary buying by mills against…

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Bourke to be local Centre for Direct Wool Selling

The Western Herald · Friday 17 March 1972 · page 1

Woolgrowers in the Bourke area will soon have the advantage of selling their produce at Bourke when Direct Wool Pty, Ltd. set up their regional selling centre in town. The organisation, which…

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Dalgety Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 24 March 1972 · page 4

At the Sydney Wool Sales held on 11th March (Sale No. 11) Dalgety Australia Ltd. Submitted 7.800 bales…

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Further Isein Wool Prices

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1972 · page 8

Wool prices at Tuesday’s Sydney Wool Sales were generally 5c kg. dearer than at the previous local sale,…

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Wool Selling by Sample Proves Successful in Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 2 June 1972 · page 1

The highest price for some years was paid for wool last week in the Bourke area…

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