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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1975

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Butter making was cottage industry

Western Magazine · Monday 20 January 1975 · page 5

For most people a butter factory is a sight but there was a time when dairying was an important local industry in many country towns. In this article Mr…

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Butter making a cottage industry From Pages

Western Magazine · Monday 20 January 1975 · page 6

The receipt of the monthly “Factory Cheque" did much to raise the living standards…

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Selling wool by sample can save the grower, cash

Western Magazine · Monday 20 January 1975 · page 3

It is only a matter of time before most of Australia's wool will be by sample and measurement At present nearly half the worn clip is tested for fibre diameter and yield after sale, and there is an increasing…

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Around and About... Why we can't sell our wheat to Chile

Western Magazine · Monday 20 January 1975 · page 2

THIS page of Western Magazine is usually devoted to the odd and the interesting and it is difficult to imagine anything more odd than the…

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Doohan Comments on Wool Corporation Appointments

The Western Herald · Friday 24 January 1975 · page 6

Congratulating the four woolgrowers appointed to the Board of the Australian Wool Corporation by the Australian Minister for Agriculture, Senator Wriedt, Mr. J. J. Doohan, said the…

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Obliging sheep

Western Magazine · Monday 27 January 1975 · page 10

In some places the call "Come in spinner!" is an indication that something illegal, such as gambling on the fall of pennies, could be going on…

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Latest farm estimates

Western Magazine · Monday 27 January 1975 · page 4

Net farm incomes in 1975 are expected to be 58 p.c. down on 1974 levels, according to the Leader of the…

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EDITORIAL Where Does The Dollar Go For Wool?

The Western Herald · Friday 31 January 1975 · page 10

An interesting advertisement, inserted in the Sydney “Sun” Newspaper on January 16, 1975, gives startling figures on “Where Does the Dollar Go For Wool.” The figures prove conclusively that woolgrowers get…

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Bigger wheat area not likely say experts

Western Magazine · Monday 3 February 1975 · page 3

This is the kind of season when grain is king, except in the areas where flood, frosts, fires, hail or locusts got there first. Yet the experts — no…

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Cattle TB tests start

Western Magazine · Monday 10 February 1975 · page 9

The compulsory testing of all breeding cattle for Tuberculosis in Dubbo Pasture…

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It costs a lot to grow an acre of wheat

Western Magazine · Monday 10 February 1975 · page 3

Wheat is for most western farmers the most practical crop for them to grow but the costs are rising so rapidly that the first payment of $1.20 a bushel is no…

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Bushfire menace as long, dry spell slows work on farms

Western Magazine · Monday 10 February 1975 · page 6

The bushfire hazard has remained extreme and apart from areas where thunderstorms brought rain the only green parts of the landscape are the irrigated sections…

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Dalgety Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 14 February 1975 · page 10

On Wednesday, 5th February, Dalgetys offered 6,720 bales on growers behalf including 1,570 bales…

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Japan to Buy More Wool Soon

The Western Herald · Friday 14 February 1975 · page 2

Wool buyers reported increased orders from Japanese mills last week. So far however, buying…

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No wheat quotas, but

Western Magazine · Monday 17 February 1975 · page 7

Wheat quotas have been removed but people who intend to enter the industry still have a few formalities to go through. The Grain Elevators Board wants to know a few…

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Wool Tone Best in Months

The Western Herald · Friday 21 February 1975 · page 8

The wool outlook was the best in months, the Newcastle manager of the Farmers and Graziers’…

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Wool Committee Discusses Moves on Private Treaty Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 28 February 1975 · page 8

Moves to overcome the potential risks posed to effective maintenance of the Australian Wool Corporation’s reserve price structure by private treaty sales of wool were discussed at a meeting…

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Near Perfect Wool from Rugged Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1975 · page 13

The world’s top woolgrower, Mr. Trevor Picker, of Hillcrest, Bigga, is rugging sheep to grow near perfect…

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Slaughter of Female Cattle

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1975 · page 11

At a meeting of the Cattle Council of the N.S.W. Graziers’ Association in Sydney last week it was agreed…

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Many Cattle Producers in Financial Trouble

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1975 · page 12

Recognising that the current beef industry crisis has placed many cattle producers in dire financial circumstances, the N.S.W. Graziers Association’s Executive decided when it met in Sydney on February 26 that the…

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