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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1972

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Wool Prices Continue to Rise 126c Per Kilo (57.15c Per Lb.) Paid for Bourke Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1972 · page 3

Dalgety Aust. Ltd. report they experienced very strong competition when wool sales resumed in Sydney on June…

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Bourke Wool Museum

The Western Herald · Friday 7 July 1972 · page 1

At the next meeting of the Bourke Tourist Association, to be held on Monday, 10th July, at 5.30 p.m…

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Wool Sampling

The Western Herald · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 5

Last Friday afternoon a crowd of local graziers and interested spectators witnessed a Field Day on Wool…

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Wool Museum for Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 14 July 1972 · page 1

At a Meeting of the Tourist Association and interested bodies, chaired by Councillor J. Davis, it was…

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Sheep Coats for Wool Protection

The Western Herald · Friday 21 July 1972 · page 7

Investigations are being made in New South Wales, to assess the value of sheep coats for wool protection…

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Letter to the Editor “The Little White Wool Book” “Coomeratta.” Cobar, N.S.W 2835

The Western Herald · Friday 21 July 1972 · page 7

Dear Sir, Possibly many of your readers are in the same predicament as I was — not liking the idea of acquisition of our wool clip but not knowing what to advocate as an…

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Record Sheep Exports

The Western Herald · Friday 28 July 1972 · page 3

Australia was exporting record numbers of sheep, the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Company…

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Sheep Meats Poll Enrolment Deferred

The Western Herald · Friday 28 July 1972 · page 2

The closing date for enrolment on the preliminary list of persons eligible to vote at the coming poll to decide whether a sheep meats marketing board is to be set up In N.S.W. has been postponed to Tuesday, 8th August…

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Big Cattle Move

The Western Herald · Friday 4 August 1972 · page 8

On Wednesday afternoon of this week 700 head of cows and calves from properties in the Riverina area…

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Dalgety Launches New Non-Stripping Sheep Dip

The Western Herald · Friday 4 August 1972 · page 6

Dalgety Australia United have launched a sheep dip under its own brand for the first time in its 126 years of association with the wool industry. Making this announcement…

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Big Leap in Wool Prices

The Western Herald · Friday 25 August 1972 · page 8

Wool prices rose a dramatic 10 percent in Sydney this week compared with closing rates of the 1971…

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Dalgety Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 2

Dalgetys submitted 7,831 bales on Tuesday, 22nd August, when wool sales commenced for the 1972/73…

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Wool Seminar at Bourke

The Western Herald · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 1

Elders G. M. are to hold a Wool Seminar at the Oxley Club, Bourke, on Wednesday, 6th September. This is one of a series of such seminars…

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Wool Coming Back Into Favour

The Western Herald · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 1

With the Bourke Pastoral and Agricultural Association having decided to hold their Annual Show once again it couldn’t have been held at a more appropriate time seeing that the mainstay…

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Poor Attendance at Wool Seminar

The Western Herald · Friday 8 September 1972 · page 1

A somewhat disappointing crowd of just over 40 people attended a Wool Seminar conducted by Elders-G.M…

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Cattle Section

The Western Herald · Friday 29 September 1972 · page 6

Champion Bull at the Show. Conlea Andrew owned by P. and K. C. McCumstic. of Tullamore, was…

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Proposal Japanese Wool Processing Plant at Orange

The Western Herald · Friday 6 October 1972 · page 2

At a Press Conference held in Sydney last week it was announced that Toybo Co. Ltd., the oldest and most…

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Boom Sheep Prices if Drought Ends

The Western Herald · Friday 13 October 1972 · page 2

Boom prices are expected for quality Merino breeders with an ending of drought conditions…

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Spectacular Leap in Wool Prices

The Western Herald · Friday 13 October 1972 · page 4

Wool price leapt a spectacular 40c to 45c kg. in Sydney last Tuesday, 10th October, compared with…

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Farmers and Graziers Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 27 October 1972 · page 8

Strike threats caused buying jitters at this week’s Sydney Wool Sales the Farmers and Grazier’s…

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