Wheat — all sold but can’t be trucked out
The call made recently by the Chairman of the NSW Grain Sorghum Madketing Board, Mr John Logan, for urgent action to rationalise the Stateâs…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1976
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Crop growing for haymakers
A crop of 18.2 hectares of oats has been sown on the Australian National Field Days site for the feature demonstration of this yearâs display…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Black sheep welcome in church
Black or coloured wool sheep are worth big money, thanks to a craze for home spinning and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wool comes back—and a city critic climbs down
Wool seems to have survived at attack in which synthetics were helped by circumstances. Suddenly there is no huge stockpile of wool that nobody…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kenaf- a Crop for the Darling River?
Recent publicity in the Financial Review and elsewhere has created interest in kenaf production along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dalgety Wool Report
The eighth and final Newcastle wool sales for the 1975/76 season commenced on Tuesday, 15th June,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded Lands Ideal For Wheat Growing
Vast areas of outback Western N.S.W. covered by floodwater earlier this year, couId be sown to wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dalgety Wool Report
On the second day of the final Sydney Wool Sales for the 1975-76 selling season Dalgety submitted 6,485…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Better Outlook For Wool
Widespread competition at this weekâs Sydney wool auction had boosted wool prospects for the 1976-77…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elders G.M. Wool Sales
At the 12th Wool Sale of the season held on the 30th June, 1976, Elders G.M. realised the following prices on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool Spinning News
A Wool Dyeing school will be held at the Bourke High School on the weekend of August 7-8th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trangie Market Report Cattle Sale 13/7/76
Slightly reduced yarding of 677 head (down 29) with all descriptions on offer except bullocks, quality…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Wool Reserve Price Important to Wool’s Future
The increase in the minimum reserve price would be critically important to the continuity of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Why Measure Wool?
Why measure wool? The question seems too easy. Wool is measured so that a price can be put…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Wool Is Tested
When a woolgrower asks a wool testing house to test his clip before sale, three steps are involved before a test certificate is issued. ⢠The wool bales are sampled-either…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Good sheep getting even better at Wyuna
The Wyuna Merino Stud logo of âGood Sheep Getting Betterâ describes perfectly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yennora Sets Pace in Wool Selling
Wool is now being sold at Yennora within a fortnight of receival compared with up to a month and even…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Field Day Crop Coming on Well
A crop of 45 acres of oats, sown on the Australian National Field Days site, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Dyeing School
A Wool Dyeing School will be held on August 7-8 at the Bourke High School, commencing at 10 a.m. Tutor, Mrs. Glasson, will bring some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Yield Award
A wheat yield award sponsored by Elanco Products Company has been introduced into the 1976…
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