Sheep killed by dogs
More than 100 sheep have been killed near Molong, in recent weeks, by killer does…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1977
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Dalgety Wool Report
The Pre-Easter auctions concluded on Thursday, 31st March, with sales held at Melbourne, Sydney and Fremantle. The series concluded on a very firm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strong Wool Market Friday, April 1, 1977
This week's Sydney wool market ended on a buoyant note with widespread competition from Japan, the Common Market, Eastern Europe and local mills…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outback Contact Farming on Floods
Quite a few blokes around the district have expressed to me a desire to go into opportunity cropping as the floodwaters recede. This is very similar to what the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LETTERS Protecting the sheep killer
Sir â Premier Neville Wran I would have thought would have a deeper understanding and knowledge of the problems confronting the man on the land, but he seems to be lacking first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hobby farmers’ field day
A two day field day for hobby farmers will be held at Mudgee in October. The aim of the field day is to show small acre farmers how to do simple things around their blocks with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Growers must keep insects out of grain crop
Grain export is a multi-million dollar business for Australia, but it could suffer if overseas countries reject our products because of insects. Since 1973, the Department of Agriculture, the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oilseed Crops Lucrative
Western oilseed growers are now harvesting their record crops. The crops are grown in a wide area of the western region and the return for oilseed crops is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →100% Clearance at Bourke Sheep Sale
A very successful Boruke Merino Sheepbreeders Association Sale held on Wednesday, 31st March, resulted in 100 cent clearance with keen, widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Confident future to industry (Mr A. C. B. Maiden, Chairman of the Australian Wool Corporation)
For the remainder of this year the Australian Wool Corporation's short term outlook for wool can be described as âquietly confidentâ. Forecasting future production levels, both in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →$61 a week for the farmer’s boy
Farmers are eligible for the $61 a week financial support if they employ young people under the Special Youth Employment Training Scheme. Pointing this out the MP for Calare, Mr A. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hobby farms “waste land”
Hobby farms are a waste of the prime land around rural centres, the ALP Rural Conference at Bathurst was told. Secretary of the ALP rural industries…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Grazcos to Establish Jumbo Wool Auction Service
To ensure that woolgrowers receive maximum benefits from the Grazcos developed Jumbo wool-handling system, Grazcos will establish a service of regular…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The comforts of home for these sheep
This old house, formerly the Eurudgeree Post Office on the Mudgee-Hill End Road, has been taken over by sheep. The old house is being used as a wool shed and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LETTERS “Crucial vote” for the farmer
SIR â Farmers face the most crucial vote they will ever make for themselves selves and the future of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Slow silo system gets blame for wheat sales “on the black”
The shortage of grain storage in country areas, which has been blamed for upsurge in selling wheat âon the blackâ interstate buyers outside the pool, is to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Up 23 pc in Past Year
Wool prices were up 23 per cent at Sydney wool sales last Wednesday (April 27th) compared with a year earlier…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →1977 National Farm Innovation Award
Australia's richest inventor's award for farmers and graziers was announced in Sydney recently â with nearly $10,000 in prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lucerne Farmers Hard Hit by Aphids
The Spotted Lucerne Aphid has heavily infested many parts of the Central Western region,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New sheep and wool officer
The new Sheep and Wool Officer, serving West Wyalong and Bland Shire is Mr Jeff Herdegan, who is (right) speaking with District Agronomist, Norm Markham, during a visit to West Wyalong…
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